Comments on: Where are all the Latinos in US Soccer? http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2009/02/24/where-are-all-the-latinos-in-us-soccer-2/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2009/02/24/where-are-all-the-latinos-in-us-soccer-2/#comment-390 Chris Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:36:31 +0000 http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/?p=3129#comment-390 Good videos. I'm glad to see this being addressed. The USL, from the PDL on up, can help to bring more Hispanic players into the fold. That's especially true down here in Texas, as well as California, Florida, etc. I just wrote about the new PDL team down in the Rio Grande Valley, which joins the Laredo Heat and the El Paso Patriots as teams that are literally on the border. Which brings me to Houston. Not on the border, but that city still has the third-largest Hispanic population in the United States (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Houston#Race_and_ethnic_origins" rel="nofollow">per Wikipedia</a>). Now take a look at the Dynamo's roster. I don't mean to accuse anyone of discrimination, but with the exception of Kei Kamara and Brian Ching, it's got to be about the whitest bunch of guys you'll ever see take the field. Okay, it's the original Earthquakes, transplanted from San Jose, but that was 4 years ago now! For the record, I'd root against that classless gang of orange-clad losers no matter what their players' ethnicities. But this has had me stumped ever since I noticed it. Good videos. I’m glad to see this being addressed. The USL, from the PDL on up, can help to bring more Hispanic players into the fold. That’s especially true down here in Texas, as well as California, Florida, etc. I just wrote about the new PDL team down in the Rio Grande Valley, which joins the Laredo Heat and the El Paso Patriots as teams that are literally on the border.

Which brings me to Houston. Not on the border, but that city still has the third-largest Hispanic population in the United States (per Wikipedia). Now take a look at the Dynamo’s roster. I don’t mean to accuse anyone of discrimination, but with the exception of Kei Kamara and Brian Ching, it’s got to be about the whitest bunch of guys you’ll ever see take the field. Okay, it’s the original Earthquakes, transplanted from San Jose, but that was 4 years ago now!

For the record, I’d root against that classless gang of orange-clad losers no matter what their players’ ethnicities. But this has had me stumped ever since I noticed it.

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