1990 Arg
I think there is a big oversimplification that just cause an hispanic population exists they should 1. be interested in soccer and 2. they would automatically be good at soccer. Outside of Mexico most of the hispanic population comes from countries where baseball is the most popular sport. So it's not really a big surprise when young hispanic athletes in the US choose to play baseball cause that is what their parents played. For Mexican-Americans, every year there is usually a battle to get a player to commit to either to the US or Mexico. Some we win like Ricardo Pepi and others we lose like David Ochoa. Football is also king in Texas and Southern California so Mexican-Americans are funneled towards football. Hell, there are teenagers in Mexican border towns who cross everyday just so they can play football for an American high school.
Yeh, it shows you don't have to win every game. Being concentrated and compact as a team more important. Momentum and belief built that way.
Yeh definitely have to have the interest there to begin with. If there isn't as much then those athletes within the Hispanic communities aren't going to go the way of football.
But it was a great pass. Under pressure and being able to execute It. The weight of it etc.
Yeah, the pass was fantastic. It's everything else which they overhype because it's Messi.
