[Victor]

your kids must be super young and in leagues that stress noncompetition.

i played as young as 6. we kept score and many parents were completely obnoxious. i experienced this even more severly when i was 13 and started reffing the young kids for extra money. parents were horrible.

you say "Unlike baseball, the parents aren't frantically shouting instructions to their kids, because the parents don't know anything about soccer!"

very true that parents dont know anything about soccer. BUT THAT DOESNT STOP THEM FROM ACTING LIKE THEY DO. as they get older it gets worse.

also this "nobody is getting knocked down" is pretty dumb. theres a lot of contact and collisions. and its legitimate bc diving is not prevalent in even the competitive club and high school leagues in the states. at least it wasnt when i played 10 years ago.