El Tri or the United States? What do the players prefer?
Five Mexican-American players preferred to defend the United States jersey in the Concacaf Pre-Olympic
The winger Julian Araujo was born in California but his parents they’re Mexican.
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Today, when the meet on date 3 of the Concacaf Pre-Olympic Games, there will be five Mexican American players who preferred to play with the Stars and Stripes team to the detriment of El Tri.
Due to migration from Mexico to the United States, many are the children of Mexican parents who have dual nationality.
Regarding soccer , they have the possibility to choose one of the two combined, and that is where the fight between both federations begins .
Heart divided between Mexico and the United States
Of Mexican parents but born in the United States, five are the players who can face Mexico Sub – 18 today in the match that will decide who advances first of gru po in .
Julian Araujo, David Ochoa, Sebastián Soto, Sebastián Saucedo and Mauricio Pineda chose to represent the combined stars and stripes.
Coach Lozano says there are players who They were born in the United States, but feel Mexican, especially because of the family environment.
When the El Tri Sub technician was asked – 23 about this decision, Jaime Lozano replied: “There is some who look more American than Mexican , it is something very respectable, it is a battle that has the FMF with the United States, stay with the players that each one wants, you have to be honest with the player and let them choose. ”
Efraín Álvarez case
The young promise Efraín Álvarez, from 03 years and who plays in the LA Galaxy, has been tempted by both teams to such an extent that his father, Crescencio Álvarez, told the TUDN television network the following: “(The ) federations are, in quotes, traumatizing me because one calls him, the other calls him, both call him at the same time. In the pre-Olympic pre-list they called him, then the United States also put him on and then took him off the list. ”
The Mexican-American Efraín Álvarez in a training session, in Cardiff, on the Mexico tour of Europe.
In the end, Efraín Álvarez accepted The call of the coach of the Mexican national team, Gerardo Martino, and will be available with El Tri for the European tour that the Aztec team will face.
