M.L.S. Club Owner Has Latinos-Only Policy, Suit Says

Chronopoulos said that when Vergara arrived at the meeting, which was held at a Beverly Hills hotel, he began speaking in Spanish to a group of roughly 60 people. After a few seconds, he laughed and switched to English, but then asked for a show of hands from the employees to indicate whether they spoke Spanish.

Then, Chronopoulos said, Vergara told the group, “If you don’t speak Spanish, you can go work for the Galaxy,” referring to the other, more popular, M.L.S. team that also calls the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., its home stadium. Vergara then added, according to Chronopoulos, “Unless you speak Chinese, which is not even a language.” ...

Chronopoulos and Calichman also said that in subsequent meetings with the team’s president, Jose David, they were informed that the team was seeking to “return to its Mexican roots.” Chivas Guadalajara, which is also owned by Vergara, has been celebrated for using only players who are Mexican or have Mexican-born parents since being founded in 1906...

On two occasions, Willmore recalled, the manager of his son’s under-11 team inquired about examining his son’s birth certificate and asked for background information on both Willmore and his family, including his parents.

Willmore was offended by the request — “they basically wanted to know if we had any Mexican heritage in my family,” he said — and the lawsuit charges that David, the team president, told Chronopoulos to determine the heritage of all the academy players shortly after Vergara made his comments to the staff.

See, the Ghost is not confused about our some of our "friends" south of the border. The Ghost has read his history books.