Personal Narrative: The Largest Mexican Team

Since the age of six my favorite national soccer team has been Mexico. Soccer came to Mexico by European industrial workers and Spanish Civil War exiles at the end of the 19th century. It was then used by industrial companies as a way to instill unskilled workers with modern labor practices such as cooperation with other employees and competition. Due to this, many of the early football teams such as Pachuca, America, and Necaxa were associated with industrial companies. The sport appealed to workers because it gave them new identities, cost little, and provided entertainment along with socialization opportunities. Eventually, soccer became the number one sport in Mexico for boys; thus, leading to The Mexican Football Federation being founded

It did not matter if it rained or if it was sunny Carlos was out there every day at the park practicing to get better. His teammates would see how hard he would work but still they would say harsh words to him. Carlos remembers the method of his brother to ignore his teammates. Carlos coach saw how Carlos would practice with his team then with a personal trainer, he was impressed how Carlos was improving. Carlos would motivate himself everyday like saying to himself to not give up it was a pain in the butt practicing everyday, but at the end it's going to be worth it. He would always come home tried an would go to his back yard to kick a ball to get better every day. He always had to motivate himself to get something he wanted or needed he would not just say positive words for himself but he would always be confident on himself. There was a time when he had a soccer game he was playing so well that a scouter saw him play when the game was over the scouter talk to him if he wanted to play with Chivas de Guadalajara. He so excited to hear this news, but he knew that his parent would not let him because it to far and also they had to move to Mexico for him to play. Chivas de Guadalajara was his dream

He won the MLS Goalkeeper of the year award, US soccer athlete of the year, and Futbol de Primera Player of the year award, and this is the story of his life.

In many battles, the Texas Rangers proved their valor and skills, but also their ruthlessness and greed

With his goal drought well diminished Chicharito is finally back on track leaving his shaky past in England in the books. As he continues to awe the Bundesliga and his club with consistency his 18 appearances and 13 goals say more than just statistics. With a 72% chance of scoring every game Chicharito has done more than just break records in the Bundesliga but has opened doors for other foreign footballers. Overcoming his father’s success Chicharito is edging as Mexico’s all-time top soccer with only 4 goals short of Mexico legend Jared Borgetti’s 46 (Salvadore). With time, surely on Chicharito’s side to set yet another record for his country, he’s more than just overrated but overlooked due to his

One of my goals was to become a coach. Me being Hispanic descent I already know I’m outnumbered in the field. In my 15 years of playing I have never faced or had a Hispanic coach before. In any sport this is relevant. I have an uphill battle to beat the odds and become a head coach somewhere. Former head manager of the Atlanta Braves Freedy Gonzalez mentions, “I feel that being the only Latin American manager in the major leagues. I fell that I have to do a really good job managing so that other Latin American coaches can get an opportunity”. This goes to show that the entire Latino race is behind Latino coaches. Hopefully one day I can be an inspiration to Latinos everywhere. another example of how my identities connect to my future is profession

Culture is a personal thing. An average person has many cultural identities not just one but many others. These Identities could be Beliefs, Rules, what you like to do or what you feel like you belong in. My cultural identity would be sports because I have been doing sports for a long time. Also sports are a way to release some stress.

I meet my Grandparents and Mexico because of my mom. “Jamie we are going to Mexico and you will your Grandparents” said my mom “What!”. The time had come I had to say bye to my dad and get into the plane. “Bye dad I will miss you so much” “You will come back Jamie, I will miss you too” my dad answer. We got to Mexico City and my Grandpa was at the airport waiting for us. We got to the town I had never seen so many people all my family was there the family of my dad and mom. I didn't know what to do I was barely 5 years old. They had make tamales and don't remember what else. I just wanted to do is go back to the US. The first few weeks were horrible I hated Mexico they didn't have good pizza and hamburgers the food that my grandma did I didn't

Waving goodbye from the backseat of the car, as we pull out of my parent’s driveway. Looking out the window at the oddly, white shaped clouds. Thinking, I had never been away from my parents and my younger sister for so long, even though it was only for two weeks. I was excited and scared all at once, but I wasn’t too thrilled about the whole 29-hour drive there. Hoping that the trip would go well and nothing bad will happen to us.

Everything was so new and yet so familiar. Places I have seen and places I have not. A new and funny feeling swam through my body unsure what to think about this feeling. Never felt it before, and I somehow knew it wouldn’t be that last.

Narratives often provide the opportunity to hear personal experiences of certain individuals to better understand a struggle and finding of identity and purpose. This is especially true when being presented the stories of a marginalized group. Majoritarian stories, while valuable, may distort and silence the experiences of minority communities, often resulting in unfair assumptions made towards said communities. Being presented with counter-stories not only allows people of various backgrounds to hear a response towards more wide-spread claims, but also prevents the majoritarian narrative from dominating the discourse and understanding towards an experience or a group of individuals (Solorzano and Yosso, 2001).

Growing up in an area with a large Mexican community I never really understood how much my culture means to me. I grew up with the stories my dad and grandfather would tell me about my ancestors. My people were the raiders from the hills of Mexico City and that we were a family of warriors. I never held much weight to the warrior part of my grandfather’s stories but I did know that my great grandfather was a fighter. He left Mexico and rode the train up to Denton Texas and sold tamales on the square his entire life. He fought to give my grandfather a better life here. I don’t talk about my dad’s side of the family much, in this day in age being seen as white has more advantages than being seen as Mexican. This thought changed as I came to

Standing in front of the customer blanked out not knowing what to say. November of 2015 was the first day I started working with my parents it was scary and exciting because it meant that I was going to earn money once a week. For that day I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, I wanted to be a cook. I believe that if people dedicate their time to a new subject they will find what they really want to be when they grow up. My dad told me go to get the customer's order. I’ve been practicing what to say for three days already and I was really nervous. I wasn’t really nervous because it was one of my dad's friend that ate there every day. Everything was going alright until a big line of Mexican workers came to eat. I was doing each order as

Have you ever seen yourself accomplishing a big dream that you’ve had for almost all of your childhood ?. If yes, then you are just like Santiago Munoz. If no, then you will have sometime in your life. Santi is a young illegal boy who had to cross the border at a very young age to live in Los Angeles, and help his father in a landscaping business . The movie skips to a part in his life where he is now able to work, but continues to play football. He is seen by a retired scout, and is able to get a tryout for a professional soccer club. Will he have the skills to impress the coaches?

I got adopted by my step-dad when I was three so I grew up in a Mexican family. I remember eating Mexican food. It’s was so good, the soups were great too. I loved the party’s we always through. My favorite meal was tacos growing up it was so good the tortilla was nice and warm, the meat was perfectly seasoned. I was a happy kid.