“Ay, dios, Manny! Shoot the ball!” Gloria yelled out, gesturing wildly at the soccer goal. Maybe forcing Manny into sports was a bad idea — for her, of course.

The other moms and dads were side-eyeing her like she’d just ran out in a straitjacket, which wasn’t too far off since her voice was overshadowing the referee’s. No doubt Gloria was a very volatile and hostile woman, but her son definitely brought out the fire within. Especially when it comes to him being humiliated.

One of the other boys purposefully tripped Manny over while he had the ball, which the ref simply glossed over. Gloria was not having that.

“Hey! You, referee! ¡¿Estás siquiera viendo el maldito juego?!” She marched forward, ready to either cuss the guy out in Spanish or full on fight him in front of everybody.