A father of one of the kids acted weird towards me from day one. He would try to take over my practices and would encourage his daughter to disrespect me and her fellow team mates.
One game, the father stood on the opposite side of the field screaming at my team to do the opposite of what I was instructing them to do. When his daughter did what he commanded, the other team was able to score. This sent him into a rage. He started yelling at his daughter as she stood on the field yelling back. I pulled her off the field hoping to diffuse the situation. This just diverted his anger towards me. As I tried to focus on the game, I heard him cursing at me as his wife joined in. His wife, not receiving any reaction from me decided to walk around the field to curse and scream at me more. After the game, I immediately went to the woman who was in charge of the association. She told me he requested to coach this Fall, but she wouldn't allow it.
Fall season was approaching so I contacted her requesting to coach. She told me that the father was coaching and since I had issues with him, she was not letting me coach.
I found the national soccer association and spoke to the man in charge. I told him the situation and he informed me that what happened last season was over. He told me their association needed to protect their coaches from a couple of moms that were trying to railroad their coach.
I replied that there were many witnesses that saw this man harass me all season and witnessed his anger fueled meltdown. My team witnessed the whole situation. This wasn't about railroading, it was about misogyny and teaching our children that it is wrong and it will not be tolerated.
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