Perhaps you can help the ND team define and understand the difference between good sportsmanship and bad sportsmanship, Canesoverhere.
2 goals were scored within the first 10 minutes of the first half - should good sports just dribble the ball around for the rest of the half to pass the time? Two more goals were scored by headers off corner kicks - would you advise that good sports let those go by?
Where should ND stop scoring - at 4-0, 5-0? At the end of the half, the score was 8-0 (although the score board never showed more than 7-0). Is that bad sportsmanship? What score would have been good sportsmanship? Perhaps 7-0, or 6-0?
Is 3 more goals in the 2nd half poor sportsmanship? In most of the 2nd half, the starters sat and the rest of the ND bench played the duration. What would you advise them to do? At times, I counted 10 passes before a shot in the second half (obviously directed by the ND coaches) What then would be good sportsmanship in the 2nd half? Twenty passes before a shot? Would only 2 more goals then be good sportsmanship? or 1? or none? Would it be good sportsmanship for the ND defense let a goal in the net to make their opponents feel better?
The SM team played hard and showed some guts and grit. They have good athletes, talented soccer players and a good coach. In time, they will be a very competitive team. But with all due respect, the ND score could have been much more that it was.