Second Game: All Hell Breaks Loose

Resentment and issues began to fester after the last game.  There was this uncomfortable feeling in the atmosphere that no one dared to speak of... we just kept going through the motions as if we all got along. For a while, it seem to work.

Teammate Ana playing dirty

It worked so much that in the second game, we actually started to play as a team.We were able to keep the final score at 6-0(an improvement from our last game). 

It was unbelievable, we had ignored our team issues and begun to play like a team. Was that possible? Was it too good to be true?

We worked so well together during this game, the coach decided against having a team meeting to discuss our issues. 

He decided to quick. 

Right after the game, all hell broke loose. We were all sitting around a circle on the field waiting to leave

Player number 17 was complaining about lugging all the soccer equipment off of the field, while we all sat on the field.

I do not take good action photos

In her defense, she was considered an "injured" player, but her complaints irritated one of the players. 

By the time player number 17, had come back to collect other soccer equipment she was mumbling under her breath. I don't know what she was mumbling..but player number 00 had enough. 

"If you don't want to do it, leave the shit right there" Player number 00 said in the nastiest tone possible. 

We all looked at her in astonishment.  Player number 00 was the most optimistic and positive girl you will ever meet and she was being mean. 

"Like seriously, shut your mouth," player number 17 fired back

"don't you tell me to shut my mouth,"player number 00 said

Teammate Kiersten giving it her all

 While some teammates, including myself, tried to calm down the situation. Other teammates got into it as well, defending player number 00.  And before you knew it , we were in the early stages of having a downright brawl.  The girls who wanted to fight were ready to go . 

Player number 17 was not backing down. The coach and our team captain(who is also number 17's best friend) came to her defense, yelling at the rest of us. 

Number 17 was not reprimanded in any way, which left some of the girls feeling some way. Their perspective was no matter who started the fight, EVERYONE involved should have been reprimanded.  Until that point, it was pure speculation that the coach played favorites, but this event solidified our concerns. 

Defense players holding off  WCCC's  offense

The fact that me and two other girls were trying to stop the fight by neutralizing the situation and then you had the coach adding to the fight by screaming in people's faces, didn't sit well with me. 

There's a difference in being assertive and aggressive. And we needed someone to be assertive. We already had so much aggression going around...did we really need more? 

Needless to say tensions between the team were elevated to a whole new level