So a fight between opposing fans breaks out a recent soccer match in Sweden - no surprise. But what is surprising (and funny) is what happened to break up the potentially dangerous situation.
We're having a bit of an 'America's Funniest Home Videos' day here. First there was the incredibly painful faceplant compilation, and now we've got this kid getting smacked right in the face with a soccer ball by his dad.
I know every team wants to win and beat up on the other guy. It doesn't matter if it's football, baseball, basketball, soccer or any organized sport. Every child is encouraged to play hard from the time they step onto the t-ball or soccer field.
My oldest son got hurt in the first game of his high school soccer season and had to miss an out of town tournament, but he's back and it was good to be back out there.
Sign-up for the fall soccer season begins
Friday, August 12 at the S. Main Mall and ends Saturday, August 13. The times are 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday. The cost is $50 for first player in each family and $40 for each additional player.
As the number of soccer players in the U.S.A. nears 20 million, the number one soccer company in the United States & Canada, Challenger Sports, has been invited to hold one of their highly regarded “British Soccer Camps” right here in the growing soccer community of Shreveport-Bossier City.
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Here's the story of a teenage boy who plays soccer for Pineville High School. He has Downs Syndrome and has never scored a goal in a game (other than a PK), but that changed this week when his team met powerhouse Lafayette in round one of the playoffs...