Club soccer puts the sport out of reach for many kids
Briefly

Fifteen-year-olds from a DCXI soccer team practice together in Washington, D.C., in November.Club co-founder and coach Pierre Hedji says some of their team members pay and some don't."If you can afford to pay the whole thing, pay the whole thing.That way we can afford to help the next kid that can't pay anything at all." Maansi Srivastava/NPR Youth soccer coach Pierre Hedji co-founded the club DCXI to give kids in Washington, D.C., a chance to learn the game, develop their skills and compete, just as he did when he was a kid growing up in Benin.
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