{"id":152036,"date":"2025-12-20T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=152036"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:25:29","slug":"afghanistan-veteran-turned-soccer-coach-parents-hated-her-until-the-truth-came-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=152036","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan Veteran Turned Soccer Coach \u2014 Parents Hated Her. Until the Truth Came Out."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAf0hKCxkQY?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>When veteran Sarah Mitchell started coaching a youth soccer team, her strict methods sparked outrage from suburban parents. They saw push-ups and wind sprints \u2014 not the discipline and unity behind them. What they didn\u2019t see was the soldier behind the whistle, preparing her team for a tournament honoring a fallen hero. As the town turned against her, it was the children who stood up, armed only with their words. They defended her, not just as a coach, but as someone who believed in them. And by the end, they taught the adults what real teamwork means.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\ude96 Help me gain 100 subscribers so that more veterans and other people will see these kind and motivational videos<br \/>\nSubscribe to the channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@StoriesOfGeneralDave?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\ude96Watch all our videos in one place \u2013 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLOdXWRe8irrZTK-Aww8LRJGiUpqFdmO5c<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qAf0hKCxkQY\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When veteran Sarah Mitchell started coaching a youth soccer team, her strict methods sparked outrage from suburban parents. They saw push-ups and wind sprints \u2014 not the discipline and unity&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10085,"featured_media":152037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/152037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}