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Police called to Florida soccer game after parents say three-year-old benched for being too good

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Organizer says parents were causing disturbance No one arrested or made to leave game in Florida Police were called after a dispute involving the parents of a three-year-old player at a soccer game in Florida over the weekend. The boy’s parents can be heard on police body cameras saying their son, Nevada, had been kicked out because he was too good at soccer and was embarrassing the other children.

However, an organizer at the game said Nevada had pushed other children and his parents had become argumentative when their son was taken out the game.

Read the original report at The Guardian.

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