You know you are a soccer family when:
*You have owned every style of camping chair ever made.
*You have never met a linesman that knows how to call off-sides properly.
*You have never met a competent Center Ref in your life.
*Your kids takes a bloody wallop to the nose, and you first thought is that he/she needs to quit crying or be subbed out because time is running out in the game.
*You know where every elementary, middle and high school, college and park with a soccer field in the Metro area is and you know where the closest Starbucks, McDonald's, and Subway is to each of those fields.
*You know how to get to all of the above without getting lost.
*Yo! ur gas credit card bills are larger than your second mortgage.
*All of your vacation time is taken up with tournaments.
*You know where the closest grocery stores to the practice fields because that is wher e you do your shopping.
*You have seen all kinds of movies in between tournament games that you NEVER would have watched otherwise.
*You own every possible Hotel rewards card.
*There are posters of Englishmen and Brazilians in your house.
*You feel compelled to point out hand balls to 65 year old refs with thick glasses.
*You've forgotten where you go to church.
*Your child's "good shoes" are his/her newest pair of cleats.
*You and your spouse spend all weekend at soccer games. In different counties. With different kids. And talk on the cell phone only to compare scores. And don't see each other until Sunday night.
*You are ok with spending $140 on soccer cleats, but are appalled when the materials for your c! hild's science project costs $45.
*The kids on your team are "aggressive" but the kids on the other team "play dirty".
*You have been to several cities in the country that have wonderful tourist attractions, but have only seen soccer fields, hotels, car rental counters, and airports.
*The mats in your car are never free of dried grass and mud.
*You have a rule about never removing shin guards inside of the car.
*You look forward to Monday so that you can go back to work and relax.
*You have not celebrated your anniversary in 3 years or more because it always falls on a practice or game day.
*You own a 2 year old SUV with 180,000 original miles
*On the rare weekend your child does not have a game you look for something soccer related to do like go the game of a friend's child.
*Your closest friends are the parents of your child's teammates.
*You receive at least three copies of "Eurosport" catalog in the mail in o! ne week .
*Wish you had bought stock in the Igloo company because you have owned every possible cooler and water bottle they have ever made.
*When someone asks you how old your child is, you respond "He's U - 1 0".
*You drive home from a game complaining about the condition of the playing field and its adverse affect of your kid's game, only to have your spouse point out the 14 inch high grass in your yard that has not been mowed in 2 weeks because you haven't been home a single weekend to get it done.
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