Last Sunday I coached a game, and I reffed a game. Both results saw clear winners, with lots of goals scored. Both matches had their moments of pride and joy for individual players, and the teams as a whole. Yet, from my point of view, not all of those moments of pride and joy were positive. At the risk of imposing my own codes of conduct on the wider world (regular readers may be used to this by now), I’d like to discuss the different ways we have of celebrating success in youth soccer.

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