Just for Fun...Right?

How can you not enjoy a game with a view like that?

I love playing soccer.  Not the least because it's a great workout (I mean come on...how many miles can you run or dumbells curl before you go crazy).  And then there's the fact that from the age of 7 till 22, I basically played soccer every day.  So it's always nice to get back out on the field.  And the league I'm in right now is perfect.  It's a turf field and the perfect size to take advantage of my skill set (namely, no speed but good ball control).  But there's one thing that really annoys me when playing.  And that's taking it too seriously.

Look, I'm not saying don't try hard.  I mean, as a completely overly competitive person, that wouldn't really be a fair thing to say.  But there's a difference between going out there and trying hard to win, while also enjoying yourself...and taking it so seriously that you start looking like Renaldo in the Champion League, diving every which way, and then yelling at the ref when you don't get the call.  Example: I'm not one of those girls who wants the ref to give me all the calls in a coed league (in fact, I hate girls who ask for special treatment...but that's a different rant meant for a different time)...but come on.  Do you seriously think you are going to get a call when you have about 70 pounds on me, but somehow you go flying when I touch you?  I know, I know.  I'm such a thug.

I just wish I could get through a game without a pushing match...a yelling match...or just general cattiness.  It's a beautiful Saturday...with Spring just around the corner...can't we just enjoy ourselves without getting into a stupid pissing match?

Apparently that's too much to ask for.  Which is just too bad...as every time the yelling erupts, I find myself thinking, "Well, running laps isn't that bad."  A run being more fun than a Spring soccer game?  Now that's just wrong.