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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People here might be making fun, but yes, ECNL discriminates against Hispanic clubs 100% [/quote]

My son is one of only two white kids an ECNL roster of 19 players. My other son is the only white kid on his MLSNext team.

These are U17 & U19 so I’ve been around awhile.

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It's socioeconomic. If you're wealthy and Hispanic/POC, you're good to go. If you occupy the lower echelons, you'll be shut out. And yes, there are a ton of Hispanic families with enough money to slug it out in ECNL. But many majority Hispanic clubs were formed to be affordable options for families who can't pay the hefty fees charged by bigger clubs. So ECNL does discriminate against lower socioeconomic groups, which tend to be POC[/quote]

It's not discrimination against the poor per se. But it is filtering out those who can't afford it. A lot of things work that way, unfortunately. It isn't ECNL or a Club's responsibility to make sure everyone can afford its services. They just need enough people with money to fill their roster. It's called capitalism.[/quote]

I’d be okay with it if the system was just capitalism at work, but most of these clubs are heavily dependent on public field space that they are paying well below market rates for and are being granted access to as a non-profit community organization. They are essentially being subsidized by taxpayers, including those that can’t afford their services. [/quote]

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