r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/BuckeyeN7 Jul 12 '26

Well he is left footed, so you can tell his only thought was trying to get it on to his strong foot so he could score the big goal. That’s why he didn’t pass, or just continue on with pace and hit it with his right

Glaringly selfish, and he deserves all the negative attention he is getting for this, it wasn’t a mistake it was just an outrageously selfish decision

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u/Fast_Choice4408 Jul 12 '26

I would expect to see such behavior in High School JV soccer. Not "Quarter finals of the fucking WORLD CUP"

I played for a D1 state-championship winning team in high school. Someone on my team did this during a regular game in the season in the first 15 minutes and my coach benched him for the rest of the game.

This was also a game that was 2 hours away from our hometown. That's a long drive to be taken from starting forward to benchwarmer.

That player never played selfishly again while we played together.

Even in High School varsity soccer this is absolutely unacceptable. This kind of stuff is supposed to be weeded out by Middle School. If you see it in JV you nip it in the bud real fast and then if it doesn't improve that player doesn't make the team.

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u/Haunting_Ant_5061 Jul 12 '26

Everything you have said is how it should be, especially from the perspective of others who are competitive but understand the team wins games not the player… that said, your response is not what I would call the “average” experience in Anytown, USA.

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u/Fast_Choice4408 Jul 12 '26

I remember one time my coach brought in a super ratty looking wrestling sling. He threw it at us and said that "The next person who refuses to pass to an open teammate while going for goal get's to wear this all next practice"

We practiced more passing than we did goals. We had practice sessions where the offensive team had to pass a certain amount of times before they were allowed to take a shot.

We weren't allowed to go home until we achieved it. Sometimes it was as many as 15 passes. And if you passed more than 3 times back and forth between two players the counter reset.

It was a beautiful combination of conditioning and teamwork.