Stereotypes in Soccer?

When people think about international soccer or soccer in general, the primary ethnicity that they assess with the sport is hispanic. Whether we like it or not their is still racial profiling or stacking  that occurs, a lot of the times in sport. We see it in many popular American sports where African Americans are the dominant ethnicity. This, however does not influence the idea that minorities such as African Americans and latinos deserve any more respect it is a way to sell tickets. I recently read an article on fox news that said how Major League Soccer(MLS) had a desire to have hispanics be the cornerstones of the league. In fact of the 19 teams in the league, their are 78 players total who come from some type of hispanic ethnicity. One quote I thought was interesting in the article was by Alfonso Mondelo who is director of player development for the MLS who said that the reason behind this move to more Latin based players is the fact that those players are the most skillful. I think in a way he is being stereotypical in that he feels that all Latino players are more skill focused than being physical and that everyone else is just the opposite. Its the same argument that is made in pro football about how black players are only good athletes but when it comes to playing positions that require a large amount of thinking they fail. Again these are not my opinions but they are those of people involved in such sports like the director of player development for the MLS and I feel it hinders the game. Yes while it is a good PR move and it is obvious that the fans of soccer are more likely to watch a game in which the players with the best skill are playing--Who wouldn't? My point is that like American football having racial stereotypes on players will only lead to negative press in the future. And that instead of moving in one way to sell tickets, league executives should do its best to protect the integrity of the game.

~Max Householder