Originally Posted By: Spazdog
The last year I ever played soccer was in the 9th grade. It was also the first time I played on a co-ed team.
I learned a lot about playing with females.
A: A female player will flop worse than Vlade Divac. A 5'11 120lb male midfielder is going to be faster than a 5'3 120lb female fullback. That's a fact. You rocket past a female and she will fall to the ground clutching her knee like she was Nancy Kerrigan and you were one of Tonya Harding's goons. She gets a stoppage of play. You are at least denied a shot on goal if not a given a yellowcard.
B: You could get away with a slide-tackle on a boy as long as you contacted the ball first. It had to be obvious that you contacted the ball first but you could do it. I was fast so I could take an oblique angle on the opposing forward, stop his progress, and get the ball back up to my forwards.
Don't even think of doing this to a female. This is a redcard offense.
C: When a 14-15 year old girl chests the ball, it falls different than when a boy does it...which really doesn't matter because if you are a hormonally challenged 14-15 year old boy, you were mesmerized by what just happened on the girl's chest and weren't paying attention to the ball anyway.
D: For the bickering/giggly lot that they were, they did actually move the ball pretty well. Good cooperation.
So in summary, what did I learn about female soccer players? They are slow, soft, deceptive and can't kick as far or hard. But they cooperate well, again are smartly deceptive and it's fun to watch the effects of running and a soccer ball on a girl's chest when you a hormonally challenged 14-15 year old.
If I'm being honest, there were a few girls in the league that were the equal if not better than the boys. But their numbers were very small