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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any poster that thinks the top youth leagues (except for the funded teams) are not exclusionary by cost is living in lala land.   You simple do not find low income talent in these leagues with a few exceptions.[/quote]

LOL, interesting past few pages!

Couple things about the lower middle class or worse…

So it looks like a few posters here don’t realize just about every large club, GA or ECNL provide financial assistance to low income families. What they cannot provide is an Uber to and from practice for single parent families.

It also looks like posters don’t understand demographics or culture of many of our lower income families/demographics (which I am son of an immigrant). Many children participate in either travel AAU basketball or travel Track Clubs which both are quite expensive themselves. The big difference is where these clubs are located versus Travel soccer. Also, some cultures birth many children while most suburban families often have two children or less. A household with four children rather than one or two children will be under much more time and financial burden.

Common sense conclusion is that travel soccer is not a “privelage”. It is just less accessible in financially strained areas. Also, soccer is much less popular compared to other sports (American Football, basketball, and track) in these areas. Culture and the gender hierarchy also plays a part in who gets to participate in what with household that may have more than 2 children.

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