Latino Soccer Triumphs Against the Odds - Paul Cuadros in Siler City, North Carolina (you should read this one)

“But many of Cuadros’s biggest problems came from the Mexican boys who so desperately wanted to have a team, and a field to play on. Cuadros began as the assistant coach, and by the second year he was something he never intended to be: the head coach of a high school soccer team.
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And so it went for Los Jets, two seasons during which the team learned to live with racist abuse. Cuadros lists some of the insults, which sound suspiciously mild: “Stupid Mexicans!” “We’re gonna call the INS!” “Go back to Mexico.” There was awkwardness, too: The referee who looked at the team for a pregame check and asked “Where are the Americans?” Then, quickly realizing he had been offensive, he started his apology, “Do you all understand English?”"

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