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>>[William Aiken] So Chico, Charleston area clubs are not producing quality minority soccer players-predominantly in the Mt. Pleasant area? Am I closer to finding your "keys" now?<<

Almost. No club in SC of which I'm aware is doing a good enough job of promoting and developing soccer to all of our kids, regardless of their background or ethnicity. Some are actively trying, some aren't. But noticing that a highly competitive high school program has few minorities, while a valid observation, is much like noting a slight skin condition on a terminally ill patient -- it's a symptom of the problem, but not the problem itself.

>>[dttplayer] does it make any difference that even the micro soccer programs have very little minority representation? maybe there is little interest in soccer?<<

This really isn't a chicken and egg problem [i.e., which came first]. Clubs have the responsibility to promote and develop soccer for all the children in SC. When you see under-representation from any ethnic minority at young ages, it's an issue for the club to address. By the time you get to the high school level at a highly competitive school, it's years and years too late.

adidaskitten --

Thanks for taking the time to shed some light on Mount Pleasant and Wando soccer over the last few years.

lpfa,

I watched hre play. The Bolt kid didt'n look black to me. She was good. But not blakc. The other grils were (or are), I think.

lpaf,

Fair enough. I think im a little clearer now that i've read your explanation. I guess I jumped the gun a little bit and took offense to it and for that I owe an apology. I'd also like to note that I was one of the infamous Wando boys at the Girl's state championship a few years back.

Minority is not about color, but ethnicity pilgrim.

WA, lpaf, and my dyslexic pilgrim,

Julie Bolt, WA 2005, currently playing for Clemson, certainly didn't appear to be african-american. I concur with pilgrim that the other WA players on lpaf's list did appear to be black. What am I missing here?

ps: Included is her bio from CU including picture:

http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/bolt_julie00.html


pps: If she's african-american then we should re-evaluate the minority status of Wando, I think.

Set up the parameters for "minority" and lets see if she fits. If Lapf says she does, I'm willing to bet there is truth to the matter. He has done his homework concerning diversity through the Charleston public school arena. For club soccer, however, see the greyhound.

WA and pilgrim --

I'll go on the record as affirming that every WA player I listed as African American earlier is, indeed, African American.

Well, she is a tan Charlestonite so that throws out the Albino theory.