Every parent loves spending time with their kids. And when the little one has an elite athlete for a parent, you’d think playtime gets a whole lot better, right? Well, not exactly per se. Even as the son of Crystal Dunn, there seem to be no privileges—at least, that’s what three-year-old Marcel would say. The toddler recently endured a brutal 1v1 showdown with his star mom that left him in tears—and soccer fans around the world thoroughly amused.

It all comes after the USWNT star recently shared a video of herself kicking a soft balloon soccer ball in her home in Paris with her adorable son on Instagram. Aww must be the initial reaction of many but just wait for how things take a drastic turn. Hilariously, for context, Dunn has even added captions to describe each moment.

Stage one begins where “everyone starts off having fun 😃.” Marcel—whom the Paris Saint-Germain veteran shares with her husband, Pierre Soubrier, whom she married in 2018—can be seen kicking the ball with force. But soon after, the toddler moves into phase two: the trash talk. Dunn humorously captioned it, “Then Marcel starts talking smack😒.”

That only forced the former NWSL star to remind his little one who her mom is, with the defender mentioning, “Then I turn the heat🔥up a bit😏.” Just as everyone expected, Marcel couldn’t take it, with Crystal mentioning, “He gets mad at me😞.” In fact, talk about not being a good sport as the three-year-old literally started crying while lying on the floor.

That only made Dunn realize that she’ll let her son win next time, as the USWNT star even admitted the epiphany in the caption of the post writing, “I have to let up next time🤦🏾‍♀️…it’s the same cycle of events. LOL,” while also admitting this ain’t the first time she ended up having such a moment with Marcel.

Either way, it is indeed quite a hilarious yet heartwarming moment between Crystal Dunn and her son Marcel. Given how the PSG defender didn’t hesitate to share the moment on her socials, ardent fans had to make their way and discuss the moment among themselves in the comments.

Crystal Dunn’s playtime with son leaves soccer fans in stitches!

Back in April, in the opening doubleheader clash between USWNT and Brazil, Marcel came in support of her mom, even donning the name Dunn on the back of his USA shirt. Heartwarmingly, the 31-year-old had even shared the moment on her socials writing, “Marcel is all the motivation I need.” But who would have thought this motivation would end up turning into something else? No wonder, netizens couldn’t help but go all over this 1v1 moment that Crystal Dunn dominated over her little boy.

Of course, the initial reaction of many was that they found things cute. Even we don’t think that’s something to blame the little one right? But greater than this, this fan hopes that Marcel realizes how to play soccer with her mom in the future:

“Soooo darn cute!!! Typical age-appropriate behavior. Lesson- Don’t mess with your momma.”

Anger, betrayal, or perhaps a sense of seeking revenge, what’s the mood of the day Marcel? Well, clearly, not happy as he seems to have taken the 1v1 beating from his superstar mom to his heart. But boy did we have a lesson to learn. Even though we saw a sheer determination to win against your not-so-ordinary mom, one has to make sure it is done with the utmost respect, at least this fan says so:

“Lol life lessons, Marcel! Also, you gotta put some respect on mama’s name cuz she ain’t no ordinary mama.”

Well, it’s not like Marcel’s mom is ahead of her little one. In fact, it reminds us of a unique story. For context, Crystal Dunn’s husband Pierre Soubrier is French. So moving to Paris earlier this year was the right call for her as she may take her husband’s help to battle the language barrier. However, the funny story is that it’s rather her three-year-old son who understands the foreign language much better than her.

“I find that so frustrating because I should be better at French than what I am. But he has his little flash cards that I take sometimes, and I study them. He already knows what the words are, so it’s embarrassing. He’s going to teach me, basically, very soon!” once remarked Dunn to CNN. So where does that leave both mom and son? 1-1 perhaps! But one thing is sure the kid will be back soon as this netizen alleges:

“Lmaoooo @cdunn19 why did you do that baby like that lol it’s ok marcel! Gotta learn it lil homey! Now when he gets you back…you know why…”

As we said, he is a kid after all. On the brighter side, Marcel seems quite enthusiastic about the beautiful game. Who knows, we might even see him follow in the footsteps of her talented mother. But the problem is that has the toddler been learning too much about the game, say the dark arts of influencing the referee?

“Marcel is 💯 learning how to play to the ref…”

Interestingly, this isn’t the first time we have witnessed such a moment between a soccer mom and her kid. Coincidentally, past instances have seen Crystal Dunn’s fellow USWNT mate Sydney Leroux also engage in such hilarious playtime shenanigans with her kid. Then again, this fan has rather asked the kids to be aware of their savage soccer moms:

“‘Because you just beat me’ hahahaha poor little dude. Cassius Leroux incident all over again lol @sydneyleroux To be fair, their mamas aren’t ordinary players.”

Be that as it may, this was just a glimpse of what you saw as hundreds of comments saw all the fans seeming to enjoy this moment between Crystal Dunn and Marcel. But we would like to know your thoughts as well in the comments.