Probably a good idea to have your son speak only American while on the pitch.

 

A few of our kids hail from England, I think they are the only ones that actually speak English.

Right, that's what I meant that they live in Boone county somewhere and not in Mexico. That would be a long way to go for a game! lol

 

I am not certain they are from Mexico but I though I heard them speaking Mexican during a game so I just guessed. They may be from Costa Rica or something too so who knows but they are good players.

 

I agree with SEF1 your posts are false and irrelevant.

I quote candidate Marty Hutchins from the movie the Campaign,........"You know who else had a mustache? The greatest American that ever lived, Jesus Christ"

 

You can't fix stupid !

 

Nope, it is usually terminal!!!

I still think that the Scott offense will be able to dictate the speed of play, even though this is being played at Boone.

 

I am going with Scott winning this one 3-1.

 

This game is actually a home game for Scott.

My bad, I was going off of the comments of others in this thread.

Right, that's what I meant that they live in Boone county somewhere and not in Mexico. That would be a long way to go for a game! lol

 

I am not certain they are from Mexico but I though I heard them speaking Mexican during a game so I just guessed. They may be from Costa Rica or something too so who knows but they are good players.

 

You are an embarrassment to your username---Please have an adult proofread your posts before you submit them!

I just looked up their rankings headed into this matchup, seems to be as close as you can get...

 

NKY Coaches Poll has them tied for 5th with 37 points each.

 

Maher Rankings has both of them at a Scaled Rating of 7.16.

Easy now on ScottEagle. We don't need to be chasing anyone off and I'm sure they got the message. Please, just be a little more considerate in your posts.

As for speed, Boone's starting outside defenders on the back line are state qualifiers in track. One in a sprint and one in the 800 meter. The one in the mid range event can run ALL day. The other boy is just about as quick as you will see on the soccer field. I would say that there are several young men who speak Spanish on the team but my judgment is that several of Boone's very best players do not at all, one or two do.

 

I will predict that Boone wins this one by a score of 3-2. Of course, I haven't seen Scott this year and I am hardly unbiased when it comes to Boone.

 

As to referring to people by their country of origin, I do not think it is offensive in certain cases. It may be right to call ScottEagle on it because he made a generalization based on appearance about country of origin and whether that made a person a good soccer player or not. You could say it was based on stereotypes. But if a player has parents who hail from Latin America and the player is speaking Spanish on the field, to refer to him as Hispanic or Latino is accurate and not meant as an offensive term. Last year, the Boone squad was in a tournament down in Lexington and between games they went to a restaurant and after the meal parents were taking pictures of the team together. A Latina parent, born in Latin America but now a US citizen, said, "Now I want a picture of just the brown boys." That was her term. One of the Caucasian parents was offended by that. I could care less. We are way too uptight about race and we become illogically guarded about it. Take an instance where one kid is brown, one is black, one is white. If you did not know their names and wanted to single one out, say one of them got an award and you were trying to tell your wife about it, couldn't you say, "The black kid was valedictorian of his class," and that would not be racist, derogatory, or demeaning? It would just be the easiest way to distinguish between the three kids in a conversation where they may not be present and so you can't point.

 

One more point, in Lexington for the tournament this year Boone played Tates Creek. TC had three of four players with first and last names that were hard to pronounce and obviously from Africa. They were speaking their first language on the field, a distinct advantage because NOBODY else knew what they were saying. The ref tried to tell one of them to move the ball on a corner kick and another Tates Creek player yelled, "Sir, he doesn't speak English." The ref just shrugged his shoulders and made hand motions to communicate his intent. I don't think anybody would be offended if you referred to those players as African, least of all them. I think they would be proud. It would be accurate. If you wanted to refer to one of the players in a conversation to compliment his foot skills and foot speed and referred to him as one of the African players, that would immediately eliminate 7 players on the team as a possibility and narrow the choice down to the three or four guys. This is just an easy observation no matter what race you are. No one should be offended by that. Heck, I was at a birthday party for the child of an Indian friend who is here on a work visa. My family was the only non-Indians at the party. As I was talking to a gentleman I just met I referred to my oldest kid and I pointed towards him and I said, "He is the one in the red shirt." He and the several men standing near just chuckled. Everyone knew my kid was the "white" one. That's not racist. It's a logical observation based on the most obvious distinguishing characteristic.

 

Oh boy, how do I get this back on topic...? Oh yes, Boone 3 Scott 2. I wish both teams an injury-free game. And the best team, on this particular day, will win.

Well said, Oldgrappler! The only point I'll make on your generalization comment is; do you know that ScottEagle is a man? Perhaps it's woman?

As for speed, Boone's starting outside defenders on the back line are state qualifiers in track. One in a sprint and one in the 800 meter. The one in the mid range event can run ALL day. The other boy is just about as quick as you will see on the soccer field. I would say that there are several young men who speak Spanish on the team but my judgment is that several of Boone's very best players do not at all, one or two do.

 

I will predict that Boone wins this one by a score of 3-2. Of course, I haven't seen Scott this year and I am hardly unbiased when it comes to Boone.

 

As to referring to people by their country of origin, I do not think it is offensive in certain cases. It may be right to call ScottEagle on it because he made a generalization based on appearance about country of origin and whether that made a person a good soccer player or not. You could say it was based on stereotypes. But if a player has parents who hail from Latin America and the player is speaking Spanish on the field, to refer to him as Hispanic or Latino is accurate and not meant as an offensive term. Last year, the Boone squad was in a tournament down in Lexington and between games they went to a restaurant and after the meal parents were taking pictures of the team together. A Latina parent, born in Latin America but now a US citizen, said, "Now I want a picture of just the brown boys." That was her term. One of the Caucasian parents was offended by that. I could care less. We are way too uptight about race and we become illogically guarded about it. Take an instance where one kid is brown, one is black, one is white. If you did not know their names and wanted to single one out, say one of them got an award and you were trying to tell your wife about it, couldn't you say, "The black kid was valedictorian of his class," and that would not be racist, derogatory, or demeaning? It would just be the easiest way to distinguish between the three kids in a conversation where they may not be present and so you can't point.

 

One more point, in Lexington for the tournament this year Boone played Tates Creek. TC had three of four players with first and last names that were hard to pronounce and obviously from Africa. They were speaking their first language on the field, a distinct advantage because NOBODY else knew what they were saying. The ref tried to tell one of them to move the ball on a corner kick and another Tates Creek player yelled, "Sir, he doesn't speak English." The ref just shrugged his shoulders and made hand motions to communicate his intent. I don't think anybody would be offended if you referred to those players as African, least of all them. I think they would be proud. It would be accurate. If you wanted to refer to one of the players in a conversation to compliment his foot skills and foot speed and referred to him as one of the African players, that would immediately eliminate 7 players on the team as a possibility and narrow the choice down to the three or four guys. This is just an easy observation no matter what race you are. No one should be offended by that. Heck, I was at a birthday party for the child of an Indian friend who is here on a work visa. My family was the only non-Indians at the party. As I was talking to a gentleman I just met I referred to my oldest kid and I pointed towards him and I said, "He is the one in the red shirt." He and the several men standing near just chuckled. Everyone knew my kid was the "white" one. That's not racist. It's a logical observation based on the most obvious distinguishing characteristic.

 

Oh boy, how do I get this back on topic...? Oh yes, Boone 3 Scott 2. I wish both teams an injury-free game. And the best team, on this particular day, will win.

As always, good post, oldgrappler.

Agree that people in general can be too sensitive.

 

Since this is a high school soccer forum and we are talking about minors, it's not exactly appropriate to dwell on issues of race and ethnicity.

Well said, Oldgrappler! The only point I'll make on your generalization comment is; do you know that ScottEagle is a man? Perhaps it's woman?

 

TOUCHE'!!! LOL!!!!

My inside person at the Boone v Scott game said it is 0-0 at halftime. A second insider said it has been a very physical game.

 

I wish I could b there but I drew the short straw and my wife got to take my son to the game and I ran the other two to band and football practice. Oh well...

I am thinking that Eagle is probably at the game so that is why we haven't had any responses...

Well said, Oldgrappler! The only point I'll make on your generalization comment is; do you know that ScottEagle is a man? Perhaps it's woman?

 

I say woman.