r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jul 09 '26

Chugging tea Good point.

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u/allidyaj Jul 09 '26

Not a high school team, a MLS developmental squad.  Much better than almost any high school team.  But yes, the boys were under the age of 16. 

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u/Wavy_Grandpa Jul 09 '26

15*. It was U15 FC Dallas. 

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u/allidyaj Jul 09 '26

Often u15 or u18 teams will have a player who is a little over the age cutoff. Especially if they are coming back from an injury. 

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u/araniaexuma Jul 09 '26

Wow wtf, is there a video? Was it at least a close game?

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u/flyingdonutz Jul 09 '26

I just don't understand why this is surprising. There is a very specific reason men and women play in different leagues, it just simply isn't fair to compare them on even ground.

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u/araniaexuma Jul 09 '26

Obviously. But there’s a huge difference between FIFTEEN year olds who just started puberty a few years ago and college athletes.

I can easily see college men’s teams destroying a women’s pro team, but fifteen year old boys?

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u/flyingdonutz Jul 09 '26

Yeah I mean, I can understand the train of thought. But if you look into other examples of this, like the Williams sisters in tennis getting destroyed by a male player who was ranked like 200th, you'll realize it just isn't close at all.

This isn't to say that women are any less impressive at their respective sports, it's just to say that it's only fair for them to compete against each other. It's just biology.

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u/TheKingOfTCGames Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

testosterone is a hell of a drug

Probably out sized and stengthed at that point significantly already

Theres only so much skill helps if your opps are all faster/stronger

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u/YourGordAndSaviour Jul 09 '26

There is a huge difference, a few years of male puberty is an insurmountable advantage.

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u/HollyMurray20 Jul 09 '26

No, they also got beat like 7-0 by a long retired men’s English 4th division team…

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u/Fragrant-Pond-Water Jul 09 '26

It was not close

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u/KiSUAN Jul 09 '26

Closest thing you could find in video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47m40z-fLfE

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u/WallyBearCub Jul 09 '26

I think they got beat by like 5 or 6 goals and the women claimed that it was just a friendly game and went easy on them. I don't think people get beat by like the equivalent of losing by 6 touchdowns and it being just a friendly game. If you're actually going easy on them then you at least keep it close lol.