Just not good enough until you beat the boys???

"We showed the boys", "We wanted to beat them all year long", "The girls stuck it to the boys". Why? Isn't it counterproductive to have those kind of thoughts as the parents of a girl playing in a boy dominant sport? Why do we make the distinction ALL the time? My daughter has played "boy" sports since she was five. She never says "I am playing boy soccer or boy hockey!" "She also never says "I am playing girl lacrosse", to her playing ice hockey is playing ice hockey. Is the game faster and more challenging when she plays with the boys, yes of course, it should be, there IS a difference between boys and girls when they play the same sport. Should it be pointed out every time? No! My daughter plays on an ice hockey team, she is an ice hockey player. We never say "You are a girl ice hockey player, playing on a girl's team". Why do others feel the need to point it out? I see Facebook pages for girl's hockey teams plastered with "I cannot believe we beat the boys, we've been trying to do that all year long". Really? So all the wins beating other girl's teams were "not as important". Aren't you doing exactly what you are yelling at others NOT TO DO? What are you saying? "Yeah sure you beat the girl's teams, but that's just girls, now this is an important win because you beat the BOYS". Wake up parents, and yes mostly these are dads, your daughter plays hockey, a wins a win a win. 
Are you going to be unsatisfied with her as a hockey player because her team NEVER beat THE BOYS? Come on! Haven't we learned anything from civil rights movements, women's movements? 
Your child is playing a sport, your CHILD is playing hockey, soccer, lacrosse, your child is dancing, swimming, running. Your child's team won, they lost, they tied. Your child won against an opponent or lost against another team, player, opponent. 
That's IT!
Winning is great, it shouldn't matter if your daughter won against a boy or a girl, she won! congratulations! Losing is great too, does it matter if they learned a valuable lesson losing against "the boys" or "the girls"?