Another great article. Hard to defend the mess that is US Soccer.
In the end, diversity does not come down to a committee or some token scouting/coaching appointments, it starts with making and keeping youth soccer affordable and enjoyable for as long as possible. See the correlation between the age kids quit and the age club starts to become a real factor (between age 9 and 10) and soccer becomes less affordable? Keeping participation levels high should not be at odds with US Soccer's goals of producing world class players, but they have convinced themselves and most parents that it is. Join a club early, go to the USSDA teams at U12, do not play pick-up, high school, or college, just keep pouring money into unnecessary travel and mediocre training, playing games among a decreasing pool of talented players in some anonymous place in front of no one, until you realize there is no World Cup in your future (even if you make the USMNT).
The roster of the team most likely to win the MLS Cup this year is mostly foreign players. When will US Soccer realize that the MLS interests and theirs are not the same?