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Are Natives Americans our most obscenely ignored and untapped soccer resource?
Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:56 pm
Posted on 6/14/15 at 7:56 pm
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and I mean completely untapped, soccer is almost non existent in most reservations.
Indian reservations are bleak places, high poverty, high drug use, high crime and high suicide rates. But because it's the last bastion of endangered cultures, many do not leave.
Around the world, conditions like this have quickly bred proud sports cultures from cricket in india, football in the American south, rugby in South Africa and soccer pretty much everywhere else. Most American reservations have a buffer against soccer built in by the overall American indifferent culture and the sport enjoys little to no exposure.
Seems like an ideal situation for an MLS club to develop and search for talent (obviously it would be a long term investment). Possibly as far as installing an academy within a reservation and working along side local leaders which would, along with jobs, create hope for a better life. Besides, how cool would it be one day, to have a native american star on Team USA, it only seems right.
and I mean completely untapped, soccer is almost non existent in most reservations.
Indian reservations are bleak places, high poverty, high drug use, high crime and high suicide rates. But because it's the last bastion of endangered cultures, many do not leave.
Around the world, conditions like this have quickly bred proud sports cultures from cricket in india, football in the American south, rugby in South Africa and soccer pretty much everywhere else. Most American reservations have a buffer against soccer built in by the overall American indifferent culture and the sport enjoys little to no exposure.
Seems like an ideal situation for an MLS club to develop and search for talent (obviously it would be a long term investment). Possibly as far as installing an academy within a reservation and working along side local leaders which would, along with jobs, create hope for a better life. Besides, how cool would it be one day, to have a native american star on Team USA, it only seems right.
This post was edited on 6/14/15 at 8:20 pm
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Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:08 pm to Lordofwrath88
How many are actually left?
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:11 pm to Lordofwrath88
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Besides, how cool would it be one day, to have a native american on Team USA
Fans fricking love that Wondo guy
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:11 pm to Lordofwrath88
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Besides, how cool would it be one day, to have a native american on Team USA, it only seems right.
Chris Wondolowski says hi.
But seriously, he is half native American. And everyone hates him except our coach
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:20 pm to BCLA
oh yeah, that helps the cause, next you'll tell me Bornstein is half native as well.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:24 pm to pvilleguru
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How many are actually left?
Quite a few actually and the largest is the Navajo nation which resides in four states. There's a reason we're almost tempted to think of them as borderline extinct or refer to them in the past tense, they're all live away. It's very sad when you think about it since a lot of countries mock us and our mere 200 years of existence, when really, this country has thousands of years of history that predate modern nations just like Europe and Asia.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:41 pm to Lordofwrath88
Posted on 6/14/15 at 8:49 pm to Lordofwrath88
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countries mock us and our mere 200 years of existence,
Do countries actually mock us for our infancy? We've done nothing but dominate the world since our birth.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:52 pm to cheesesteak501
as an overseas traveler I can confirm this and yes it's a silly thing to deride given that we've done more in 200 years that probably any country in history.
Posted on 6/14/15 at 10:54 pm to Lordofwrath88
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as an overseas traveler I can confirm this
This is a funny quote, considering this board.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:51 am to Lordofwrath88
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oh yeah, that helps the cause, next you'll tell me Bornstein is half native as well
Do not speak that heathen's name again
Posted on 6/15/15 at 8:21 am to JLock
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Do not speak that heathen's name again
Can someone explain the hate for Bornstein to me
Posted on 6/15/15 at 8:23 am to cheesesteak501
HE SUCKS!!!!! That is the explanation you need.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 11:43 am to Lordofwrath88
I would think Lacrosse first.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 11:46 am to Lordofwrath88
No they are not ignored. This is like saying why didn't the Soviet ice hockey team have players from Tajikistan on the roster.
This post was edited on 6/15/15 at 11:47 am
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:06 pm to WarSlamEagle
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This is a funny quote, considering this board.
Guess he does not know the company he is trying to keep around here.
This board is very well traveled.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:43 pm to goatmilker
Lacrosse has been fully embraced by the tribes in Upstate New York, especially. I've been surprised we haven't seen more Native American tribes getting into it and embracing it as "their sport".
For those wondering "are there really any left"? Yes. There are more than 3 million who are solely Native American and another 2.5 million who are Native American mixed.
It'd be interesting to start a pilot-program for soccer around the Cherokee, Navajo, and Sioux reservations...just to see if it was embraced.
For those wondering "are there really any left"? Yes. There are more than 3 million who are solely Native American and another 2.5 million who are Native American mixed.
It'd be interesting to start a pilot-program for soccer around the Cherokee, Navajo, and Sioux reservations...just to see if it was embraced.
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