When you are winning by that much you put in your backup players with instructions to take as much time off the clock as possible..
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From a sportsmanship view I completely AGREE with you.
BUT
As a (former) athlete, were I to be assigned to the 2nd or 3rd or cleanup crew, my precious moments would be utilized to show Coach what a terrible mistake he was making having ME ‘ride the pines’.
If you leave the starters in ( I KNOW -UNFAIR) you at least can keep them in ‘line’ by telling them if they don’t follow YOUR ‘rules’ etc they will be 2nd team.
OTOH ... Once you tell them to ‘lay down’ it may become sort of habit forming...
Really could be a conundrum of sorts...
It’s not the continued goal scoring, its the unnecessary celebrating and ‘in your face’ behavior after each goal.
That kind of behavior only pisses-off your next opponent too. You don’t want to give them extra motivation.
Good sportsmanship is a win-win for everyone.
No you don't. You keep scoring. Ties in group stage are eventually broken by common opponents, and other teams are also going to blow out Thailand.
But you do it with class. You stop celebrating. This is similar to when a player scores a goal against his old team on their home field, at there stadium. As your team celebrates, you wave them down, tell them to cool it.
It's a matter of respect.
Thus far the US women aren't making me fall in love with them, I have more respect for the Thailand team.