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| Posted by: Howdy-Hoo on Tue Jun 30 2009 11:56:38 AM |
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the Hispanic/Latino community where I live. I think it may become more
common to see more of these kids (children of first generation immigrants) on our national teams in the years to come. one big problem, though, is that these immigrant families often don't have the money to play club soccer, which is the de facto farm league for high school players, which is the farm for college, which is the farm for some national team players. I think the issue is getting the young immigrant kids noticed and supported at an early age. Locally we are trying to do Spanish language outreach to grow the club teams, helping families without Internet access register for the league, and offering registration discounts and fee waivers for poor families. Still, I think there are a lot of good players who never enter the organized soccer pipeline because they are poor and don't speak the language. |
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The problem with us soccer isnt at the top its in the development stages (youth -- wahooinflorida Mon Jun 29 2009 9:52:10 AM |
Agreed on the political nature of it, especially in DC -- 2001Hoo Mon Jun 29 2009 6:30:06 PM |
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Not just racially motivated politics -- 111Balz Mon Jun 29 2009 8:47:31 PM |
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Wow, that is poor governance at its best. -- GoochlandHoo Tue Jun 30 2009 9:29:57 AM |
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Yeah i dont know if mine wouldve been racial..religious perhaps but dunno..but i -- wahooinflorida Mon Jun 29 2009 9:07:58 PM |
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Soccer here vs Europe or South America is just like -- 111Balz Mon Jun 29 2009 10:19:04 AM |
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There are a tremendous number of pick up games everywhere among -- Howdy-Hoo Tue Jun 30 2009 11:56:38 AM |
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Agreed ** -- 2001Hoo Mon Jun 29 2009 6:30:52 PM |
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Well, one thing that's occurring that might slightly circumvent the problem you -- CAVern Mon Jun 29 2009 12:28:42 PM |
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