In a word, yes.
Please reference the most recent NCAA Men's Division I basketball and football numbers. African Americans receive over 50% of athletic grants-in-aid in these sports; over 60% in basketball, if I'm not mistaken.
It may be a coincidence, but two prominent pay-to-play sports -- soccer and baseball -- are still significantly majority Caucasian. In fact, in major league baseball, there are significantly more Latin American players than African Americans.
But back to soccer: The reality is, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR ETHNICITY, soccer historically attracts fewer high caliber athletes than basketball and football. Not that soccer players are unathletic. There just isn't the demand for dominant size, strength and quickness that other sports require. Our best athletees tend to gravitate to other sports.
Can you imagine, for example, if the likes of A.J. Green, Sidney Rice, Alshon Jeffery, Marcus Lattimore, Devan Downey, etc., had chosen soccer at a young age, and had been properly trained and developed in the sport?
You really think Benny Feilhaber could compete?
