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Hello everyone, Hector here… This past Saturday, I was finally able to watch The Odyssey with my girlfriend, and it instantly became one of my favorite movies… For those who don't know, The Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, a great warrior who spends 10 years trying to get back home after the Trojan War. Every single time he gets close to home…something else goes wrong. Monsters. Storms. Gods working against him. A crew that makes the worst decisions at the worst possible mom

Hello everyone, Hector here… Yup…that’s me and my dad in the picture. That is what every weekend looked like after finding out I made the B team when I was 7 years old… The new season is here. Rosters are out, teams are set…and that means that this week, somewhere in Memphis, a kid will start training with the team he didn’t want to make. Maybe that kid is in your house. Maybe that kid is you… This message is for you, the kid who has been dropped to the 2nd or 3rd team… I kno

Hello everyone, Hector here… This post isn't really about soccer… or maybe it is. A few nights ago, Venezuela was struck by two major earthquakes within 30 seconds of each other, one measuring 7.1 and the other 7.5. Because they weren't very deep beneath the surface, the shaking was even more intense, and it lasted over a minute. That might not sound like much, but when the ground is moving beneath you, a minute feels like an eternity. I'm not entirely sure why I felt compell