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As an observer, how can one middle school from the same town beat another middle school 14-0 when the second middle school is playing only 7th graders this season. What point needs to be proved? Just curious as a new observer to area soccer

Don't know which area you are talking about, but that is pretty classless. While I don't coach soccer anymore, I still am the HC for the middle school football team where I work. We were up 28-0 at halftime against the other middle school that feeds into our high school. I pulled every starter that I could after the 1st series of the 2nd half and replaced them with 7th graders. We still went down and scored on them. If we had been jerks, we could have scored 60 on that team, but that just isn't me. Feelings would have been hurt and no one would have benefitted from it in the end.

Hear ya but appears some of the varsity teams play by those same rules!

There is no region, playoffs or champion at middle/JV. This makes win loss and the score irrelevant. Looking at a final score is pointless.

When my team played Wando we would get beat 10 or 8 nil. The parents bellyached but I heard my girls talking after the match wanting to learn to play like that. Those same girls moved on to varsity and achieved the highest amount of BHS wins and went into the second round of the playoffs.

Until I start witnessing seppuku after a loss I really believe these kids will survive a butt kicking.

Echoing Coach Tim...our butt-kickings, coupled with resolve, made us a better team in the long run. I bear no resentment toward those who delivered them.

I see your points, but I did not know what point was being proven by Gold Hill in beating up on a first year Banks Trail with only 7th graders. Both teams feed to the same school, so I am confused. I get the "making you stronger" reference, but I guess as a coach, I am not wired that way.I could not do that to a team that I see in the community and go to church with.

Not gonna try and defend the score, but I would be willing to bet that Coach Bill had placed restrictions on his players before they could score. Things like had to cross it or be a corner and other things that would slow down the scoring. Would also bet most of the later scores were by defenders playing up top or non starters who do not normally get to score.
Problem is they are a very very good team (have been for 4 years now) and instead of playing keep away for 3/4's of a game they let their players play. While it may seem harsh I think the losing team can lean alot from watching a good team like that play around them. I would think a 14-0 loss where they were challenged the whole game would be better than a 5-0 loss where the other team scored 5 goals and then played keep away for 40-50 mins, to me that is more like taunting than playing.

A warrior/competitor owes the other the best they have in a competition. A negotiator attempts to barter some sort of compromise. Both ideas exist, choose your side and step on the field.

In a world where the 14-0 loss does not occur you cannot find Rudy. Braveheart does not scream "FREEDOM!" Patton doesn't rip the guts out of the Nazis. Indiana Jones doesn't get the hat that makes him into the icon that he becomes. Tenzing Norgay doesn't step back and let Hillary step on the summit. Even if Chewie didn't get a medal they still needed a Death Star to blow up.

So bring your Death Star, I haven't seen anything blown up in a few weeks!

theres just a serious disparity in school soccer, at all classes & levels that i'm sure its just as frustrating for the haves, as the have nots. i'm starting to think that the clubs should just go ahead & play u15 & up in spring & leave high school soccer to the rec type kids which would make it more competative & maybe more kids involved.

Totally agree with sandman..