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there is not "hood" soccer in the usa.
a kid from the hood would get involved with soccer if his dad was a baller, or his older cousins or brothers were ballers.
in the usa, elite soccer is exclusive to frat daddies, country club members.
that being said. i can only hope that the fat preppy kids get better, and i mean, worlds respect not "all american" respect.
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Alma, I think you're 100% correct. Just look at the number of minorities and under privledged kids in a soccer club. Do you think there is discrimination by soccer clubs towards minorities?
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Alma, I think you're 100% correct. Just look at the number of minorities and under privledged kids in a soccer club. Do you think there is discrimination by soccer clubs towards minorities?
i dont think that there is racial "discriminatino." is just a business cultural thing.
in other countries, soccer is part of the culture, so you dont have to pay a lot of money to compete in elite competitions, some people do but the most talented players that cannot afford it get help from professional clubs.
in the usa, yes soccer is a business of the upper middle classes, of the suburban son of a lawyer, and what happens with this type of business is that the working classes or the "masses" cant not afford it.
soccer would have to go deeper into the culture of the working classes so they can compete at the same level as the upper classes, but they have to think where to find the money to fund "public" soccer.
in other countries, professional teams develope their elite players, but at the same time, publich high schools also make their competition a lot better.
at least where i come from, a lot of kids in high schools, at 16,17 or 18 years old, are already making money playing for 2nd division clubs. you dont see that happening in the states.
in the states a kid that cannot afford an elite soccer club would hardly ever catch up with a club player.
when you see players like maradona, pele or hugo sanchez who come from very humble homes, they prob played soccer about 5 hours everyday as children in the dusted fields but at the same time, a professional club came after them when they were younger.
soccer is just a new thing to the masses in america, and it will take sometime to develope elite competition for those in the working class.
a lot to say but prob not much to do in south carolina since we only have the charleston battery here.
in other countries, in a city as big as columbia, you will have sometimes 2 professional teams, about 4 teams in the second division and like 10 teams in third division...
third and second division are where most high school players end up, at least the ones that wont go to college and are not good enought to play pro, and they still make money.
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