Currently I am in Chivas USA preseason camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson California. As some of you may recall I played for Chivas USA for two years in 2005 and 2006. Last year, in 2007 I played for the California Victory in the USL 1 based out of San Francisco. Now I am back with my first professional club and to be honest I have loved every second of it. For the first time in a very long time I feel healthy in all parts of my body and have a new re found hunger for the game of futbol. Lets be honest though, no matter how tough or difficult futbol has gotten in my life, whether it has been through injuries, bad coaches, hopeless managers or tough losses, the passion for the game will never die.
It's great to be back with the boys. Many of my former teammates are still with the club, players like my boyhood mate Johnny Borenstein, Lawson Vaughn, Ante Razov, Panchito Mendoza, Jesse Marsch and Brad Guzan...and then players that are in preseason camp that I grew up playing with since the early club days. I look forward to every training session where the futbol is quality, the pace is fast, and the competition is tough. How futbol was meant to be played I say.
Today we played the New York Red Bulls in a preseason exhibition and the Goats pulled out a 1-0 win. I played the center back position in defense, where most of you that know me knows that I have never played there in my life, but the club needed me there and in the end we got the shutout so it all worked out. I look forward to the rest of preseason in LA. The team is planning only one trip out of the state for preseason, so that means that I can spend all my time with family, friends and the lovely girlfriend of course. Should be epic times of epic proportions.
Right now I am staying at my parents place which is very nice. The parents know how to take great care of me and the older I get the more I cherish the moments we have together, especially since me and my sister Carmen are never around these days. They have always supported me in all my adventures in life and love the fact that I could be home playing for el roji blanco otra vez. Well its off to bed as I have to be in the training room at 8 tomorrow morning. I took a little knock in the match today, nothing serious but a knock nonetheless and it needs a little work on.
Until next time I leave you with a favorite quote of mine from the true captain, Roy Keane, discussing practice and training. "You spend only 90 minutes performing in public, the bulk of your work is done in private on the training ground. That is the work that counts. You find out all you need to know about a player. Monday to Friday in training." Can't wait till tomorrow...Cheers!
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