--- title: This Soccer Dad Had the Funniest Parenting Hack of All Time description: This rad dad and soccer fan figured out a way to enjoy an Atlanta United Football Club game while entertaining his young daughter. canonical: https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-12T16:12:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T00:30:53.000Z og:title: Soccer Dad May Have Pulled Off Best Parenting Hack Ever og:description: At a recent soccer game, one father inspired the internet og:url: https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Soccer Dad May Have Pulled Off Best Parenting Hack Ever twitter:description: At a recent soccer game, one father inspired the internet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Soccer Dad May Have Pulled Off the Most Hilarious Parenting Hack of All Time by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:30 AM UTCPublished: Mar 12, 2019 4:12 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:30 AM UTCPublished: Mar 12, 2019 4:12 PM UTC One [rad dad](http://time.com/5548990/billys-donuts-texas/) figured out a way to have his cake and eat it, too — by enjoying a soccer game while [entertaining his young daughter](http://time.com/5530444/olive-oil-car/), that is. At a recent Atlanta United Football Club game, a father enjoyed his hot dog during the National Anthem, while showing his daughter some kind of entertainment on his iPhone as the toddler sat comfortably in contentment. > [](https://twitter.com/espn/status/1105180908905213952) The video, originally posted on Instagram by another soccer fan, quickly gained traction on Twitter and Instagram. Some people thought the tactic was a genius parenting move. > [](https://twitter.com/JOEGOTTI2K/status/1105193587875241984) > [](https://twitter.com/AllYallsDaddy23/status/1105219742812569600) > [](https://twitter.com/StocktonJewkes/status/1105226775800483844) > [](https://twitter.com/AWPeebles/status/1105271917546782720) Even the Twitter account behind Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., the team’s home stadium, voiced support for the dad’s clever move. > [](https://twitter.com/MBStadium/status/1105202788324294657) Atlanta United definitely backed up the father’s choices, too, asking followers to identify the fan in order to reward him with a star for his jersey. > [](https://twitter.com/ATLUTD/status/1105204973518966790) The team did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/"},"headline":"Soccer Dad May Have Pulled Off the Most Hilarious Parenting Hack of All Time","datePublished":"2019-03-12T16:12:22.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T00:30:53.000Z","description":"At a recent Atlanta United Football Club game, one father inspired the internet","url":"https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Soccer","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. Greenspan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5549849/soccer-dad/","name":"Soccer Dad May Have Pulled Off the Most Hilarious Parenting Hack of All Time"}}]}] ```