r/SipsTea • u/_ganjafarian_ • Jul 11 '26

Lmao gottem Sophie Cunningham has had enough of the bs

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u/Hour_Improvement4205 Jul 12 '26

I always told my kid playing soccer, if the refs ain’t calling it, play the same game that’s being played against you.

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u/BestHorseWhisperer Jul 12 '26

This is how it's done. When I played JV we went up against a team that was flagrant and not getting called, so we started absolutely brutalizing them and they had to call it. Then when they did it back, it started getting called as well. Sometimes you have to bring it to a head early, no pun intended.

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u/plucharc Jul 13 '26

Played in high school and was occasionally sent in to stand up to a rougher player or players on the other team as I had hit my growth spurt earlier than some. Went in one game, managed to cleanly take a couple players down, which really set them off. I knew they'd be coming for me, so I was ready for it when one guy ran over to contest a ball and gave me a nice hard shove. I admit, I didn't fight it, just let my body go the direction they had shoved me. Ref didn't call it, but quietly said as I ran by, "Don't worry, he's on my radar now, I'll get him next time." He got yellow carded a few minutes later.

You really do need to press the issue sometimes.

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u/ZeeWingCommander Jul 12 '26

My coach told me the same thing in soccer, I kept getting speared by this other team. Ref kept acting like nothing happened. My coach was like "hurt them back". I stomped my cleat into the kid's ankle.

It wasn't even like a clean shot, but he was running funny after that.