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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of valid points here, and rings true all over the DMV

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-privilege-of-play-why-the-worlds-game-is-a-white-game-in-the-us-150024228.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw[/quote]

I have to say this hasn't been my experience in Northern VA.  I don't think my daughters ever played on a single team which was all white.  Nor did the majority of the girls on the team attend private schools - in fact I can only remember three girls - in fifteen years - who did, although I may have forgotten one or two here and there.  In general my daughters' teams had anywhere between one and three black girls on the roster - which is about proportionate.

For boys it's even less true with huge numbers of central and south american kids playing, especially at the higher levels of youth soccer.  My son's team for example has three black kids, four hispanic kids, one asian kid, and nine or ten white kids.

And pretty much all soccer programs offer financial aid to kids who could not otherwise afford to play.  In some cases this is 25% or more of the roster.[/quote]

My boys were one of two Caucasians in their u13 and u16 teams.  As blondes, they are very east for me to spot with my bad distance vision.

The higher up they’ve risen, the less white the team becomes.[/quote]

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