>>[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.
