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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington and Braddock road both have superior talent in their areas but are price out of the club. theses clubs in particular are more of a safe haven for more well off white kids . The parents their would get he reality check of a life time if the clubs were free . they would form a new club and price the better kids out of it too just so Jonny and Kim could play travel with three friends and not be shown up by Carlos or Maria on a daily basis. Only other thing I would add is in this area its not just white kids. Its the well off Asian and middle eastern kids too. it just so happens the DMV is such a well off area we are blinded by fact that there is a whole lot better quality of talent in the lower income latin communities that don't get the the exposure for multiple reasons and thats fine with the well off families who can afford to create this protected false dream for their kids to believe they are elite when they simply are not. and this my friends is why the USA isn't dominating the world in soccer yet.[/quote]

The richest kid on our team is Hispanic.  The second one’s parents are Argentine.  I have a Bolivian friend that goes nuts because people assume if he’s dressed down he’s a poor day contractor.  He is very wealthy.  It’s good to check the bias all the way around.

The playing field should be neutral except where talent is concerned.  But, politics abound in the sport in this Country at every level and things like you describe definitely happen...and not just to the Hispanic kids, btw.  I’ve seen white kids frozen out in the same manner by a group of parents.  [/quote]

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