“I’ve been playing since I was 10 years old, because that’s whenever I started watching soccer. I look up to God and Javier Hernandez. I’m going to try out [for Alianza] next year, and when I try out, I’m gonna make it. My dad had so little in his life, and I’m trying to be what he couldn’t be whenever he was young. I’m trying to go farther than my parents in life right now. They give me everything, but I want to return everything back for everything they’ve done for me. I love them, and I want to be what they want me to be.”

sophomore Jose Rico