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View Full Version : Nice Jorge Flores Article in the NY Times



joelakeshore
06-06-2008, 09:52 AM
A (relative) rags to riches story about teen Chivas midfielder Jorge Flores, that also brings up some questions about the serious issues regarding development of football talent pools in the US- worth a look, and nice to see that the issue is receiving some exposure in such a large media outlet.



To describe how Jorge Flores ended up here — an unknown teenager traveling to South America and Europe to play for his country after emerging quite literally from a cast of thousands to win a tryout with Chivas USA — a word is worth a thousand pictures. Sueño...


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/sports/soccer/06sueno.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Detroit_TFC
06-06-2008, 11:00 AM
Good article.

Chivas needs to move to San Diego. That way they could relaunch with a much more refined marketing approach. Playing out of Home Depot is just not viable for them.