The beautiful game is turning out to have an ugly side

WATCH ABOVE: Violence on the soccer pitch is becoming more common for West Island teams, with police already responding to two incidents in the past two weeks. Global’s Kelly Greig reports.

MONTREAL – It’s been an especially bad year for violent incidents in local soccer in the West Island.

Two weeks ago, a game between Pierrefonds and Lakeshore turned nasty, leading police to be called to the field.

“It was violent and that’s not something you want to see,” said Lakeshore Soccer Club President Nick Pantemis.

“It was an early game Sunday afternoon. You don’t want to see police cars coming into the neighbourhood.”

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This comes right on the heels of an incident last Thursday where players ejected from a game between Dollard and Trois-Lacs allegedly attacked the opposing team’s coach.

Trois-Lacs assistant coach Jean-Paul Aube said everyone needs to keep in mind that this is local soccer, not the World Cup.

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“These people will never be pros, they go in there and they think they’re super players and they let their egos get in the way. It’s up to the coaches to control it,” he told Global News.

Police were called to the field in Dollard.

The coach who said he was attacked told Global News he has filed a police report.

Officers confirmed they are looking for more information.

But the common theme between the two incidents is it’s not younger players who are fighting, it’s the adults.

Both events took place between senior men’s teams.

“You’d think it’s the 16, 17, 18-year-olds when the hormones are brewing,” said Pantemis.

“But to see it at the men’s age it’s sad.”

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The league insisted it is trying to be proactive in its approach to dealing with these matters, including hefty consequences for those who ignore the warnings like suspensions and up to $1000 in fines.