Good sportsmanship is overrated. Sports are supposed to be fun, and few things make sports more fun than people dancing, celebrating, and in general being overly-excited weirdos. This is especially true when we're talking about rec league soccer, which is basically a gym class that doesn't take place in a school.

I'm clearly not alone in feeling this way, because Cleveland area teenager Brian Garruto recently received an epic email that listed all of the (often funny) unsportsmanlike things he's done since joining a rec league team. The person who sent the email, which Brian tweeted out, clearly thought it was a good argument for why Brian was being kicked out of the league. I think the email is a good argument that Brian is a legend and should be treated like the hero that he is.

It's hard to choose a favorite part of this. I'm fond of his repeated distaste for shinguards and his giving birth to the soccer ball celebration, but nothing can top his actions on January 3rd, 2016. Brian received a red card, and then switched jerseys with a teammate so that he could continue playing. The gall of that is so funny, because it so obviously wouldn't work. It's not like the ref won't remember the face of the guy he ejected fifteen minutes ago, but did Brian let that stop him? No. No he did not. Being banned from a league can be tough on someone (i.e. why Pete Rose has transformed into a sad pumpkin of a man), but to his credit, Brian is handling the moment with class. Along with the screenshots of the email, he tweeted:

I'd like to thank all the loyal fans of the Cleveland Steamers co ed team for supporting me during my season.

First, does this league not know what a Cleveland Steamer is? They must not or they would have included the choice of that name on their otherwise exhaustive list. But more importantly, this tweet shows that even when his very important, and not at all a joke rec soccer league career is threatened, Brian isn't worried about himself. No, he's only thinking of the fans. What a class act.

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