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[QUOTE="ZooCougar, post: 1727765, member: 296"]
Good grief.  I never said the system was racist or classist at least intentionally.  It's basically systemic myopia.

The system is inefficient.  And it has evolved to support a certain constituency. Does AAU basketball cost inner city families $2000 a season to play?  I don't think so.

Secondly, if there was a wealth of college football and basketball talent residing in large immigrant communities around the US do you think that colleges would overlook that talent pool because they didn't play in typical suburban youth academy setups?  If you don't think there are large swaths of eligible talent that get overlooked by  US Soccer and MLS then you simply don't understand what is happening, or not happening.

I mean, MLS didn't even bother trying to sign Zelalem, or even Pulisic.  Liga MX Clubs sign Americans every year that MLS and US Soccer don't even know about.  Clubs that don't even play in America do a better job scouting in this country than our own league and Federation.

I'll go ahead and wait for your answer.
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