Tigerpunk
24 Jun 2004, 06:47 PM
Look, as a fan, I couldn't care one way or another about Chivas, as I'm a Metros fan (altho moving to DC may make me switch allegiences, as I'm hardly a very passionate one). But I think Chivas USA (and/or Club America USA) will be very good for US Soccer.
If there's one thing that US Soccer does TERRIBLY, it's find and utilize hispanic soccer players. Look at our team....of the few hispanic soccer players on it, most of them are either from majority caucasian neighborhoods (Reyna) or from another country entirely (Mastroeni). Having a team like Chivas that wants to field hispanics and can't get too many from Latin America means they have to mine the hispanic pockets in America...where I believe there's a host of talent that will eventually suit up for the Nats.
If there's one thing that US Soccer does TERRIBLY, it's find and utilize hispanic soccer players. Look at our team....of the few hispanic soccer players on it, most of them are either from majority caucasian neighborhoods (Reyna) or from another country entirely (Mastroeni). Having a team like Chivas that wants to field hispanics and can't get too many from Latin America means they have to mine the hispanic pockets in America...where I believe there's a host of talent that will eventually suit up for the Nats.