Prophetic Emperor

I don't think Claudio Suarez knew exactly what had gone on with his former Chivas USA teammate, Carlos Borja, but I find his answer to a question I had for him a bit prophetic.

Do you think the U.S. and Mexico will one day vie for some of the same players, perhaps some young Mexican-Americans here in Chivas USA?

Yo creo que si, y ahora, lo estamos viendo. Hay un muchacho que juega en Santos, que nació, creo, aquí, pero de padres mexicanos y se considera como mexicano. Edgar Castillo. De hecho que Hugo les llamo a la selección. Empieza ser ese tipo de conflictos, que como el fútbol de acá esta creciendo, ya. Están golpeando que el mundo ver a este fútbol, de que antes no sabían mucho. Entonces, creo que hay aquí mucho calidad, y yo creo que en un futuro haber ese problema, ese conflicto. Depende en cada jugador, lo que el decida, lo que mas – que con siente mas identificado. Sabemos que algunos que tienen toda su vida acá, aunque tienen residencia de México, ya consideran que son de Estados Unidos. Yo veo que eso va pasar aquí en los Estados Unidos mucho.

I think so, and we already see it happening. There's a player in Santos who was born here (U.S.), but to Mexican parents and he considers himself Mexican. Edgar Castillo. Hugo has called him into the national team. So we're beginning to see those types of conflicts, because the soccer here is growing. It's getting the attention of the world, which wasn't paying attention before. I think there's a lot of quality here, so in the future there will be that problem and conflict. It depends on each player, what that decision is, which place he identifies with more. We know that some players have their whole lives here, even if they have Mexican citizenship, and they feel they are Americans. I think this is going to happen in the U.S. a lot.