GO-O-O-O-AL for Latina girls – Summer camp overcomes cultural barriers to playing ‘a man’s game’ – North Carolina
Tagged: latina, North CarolinaPosted on: August 20th, 2007“Monica Herrera and a dozen other Hispanic girls spent their summer playing soccer on a Chapel Hill field while their dads and brothers watched.
The girls learned to control and pass the ball and even perform some goalkeeping moves. With every kick and header, the girls challenged a cultural perception among Hispanics that soccer is for boys.
Every practice concluded with a rowdy cheer: “Que jueguen las ninas” Those words, “Let the girls play” came to Elicia Hyde-DeRuyscher one day after she walked by Hispanic men playing soccer in Chapel Hill. Nearby, their sons kicked around balls, like their fathers. But the women and the girls sat.”
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