Hello, my name is Juan Luis Guerra, singer and soccer analyst

[Juan Luis Guerra]

Hi

For those of you who are new to the forum, I'm Juan Luis Guerra and I've been a member of bigsoccer since 2001. ( more than 6 years ). I've posted close to 4,000 threads so far and counting. I live in New York City and I'm a fan of the NY/NJ Redbulls. I've supported MLS since its insertion in 1996. Besides MLS I also enjoyed watching Futbol de Argentina, La Liga of Spain, English and Italian soccer as well. I'm a true fan of the USMNT though I dont personally like Mr. Bob Bradley. I have 2 daughters and I'm 34 years old. I weight 160 and I'm 5-7 1/2 inches tall. I work as a Spanish teacher in New York. I'm a fan of dominican icon singer, writer and poet Mr. Juan Luis Guerra who recently won 6 Latin grammys and was choosen as the "personality of the year" in the USA by the Latin Grammy Academy. I play several sports including: Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Voliebol, swiming. I love to travel to Dominican Republic, Colombia and Spain during my vacation time. I also enly going to the movie with my two kids, going to Time Square in New York and going to the gym. Feel free to ask any question about New York, Latino life, baseball and Soccer.

[broomtree]

So are you a Yankees fan? :eek::mad:

[Juan Luis Guerra]

So are you a Yankees fan? :eek::mad:

Actually, I'm a Mets fan.

thanks

[Guy Debord]

shouldn't you know english to teach spanish to english speakers?

[Smoga]

Hey, I have a question, and it's 100% serious one, so don't take it the wrong way. It's about the DR birth certificates. Remember five years ago or so there was this Dominican kid on the Bronx Little League team, who looked much older, and played much better baseball than he should for his age? There was a question of a forged birth certificate, and a huge uproar about cheating, but I had some Dominican friends, who said that in the DR you never really know what a person's real age was becasue their birth certificates are issued many years after a kid is actually born. So my question is: is that true? and does anyone in DR rally know what someone's age is? Or is it VERY easy to forge a birth certifictate from the DR? I am asking this both as a sports fan, and someone who is an immigration lawyer and has to deal with people with different backgrounds with different laws...thanks!

[Juan Luis Guerra]

Hey, I have a question, and it's 100% serious one, so don't take it the wrong way. It's about the DR birth certificates. Remember five years ago or so there was this Dominican kid on the Bronx Little League team, who looked much older, and played much better baseball than he should for his age? There was a question of a forged birth certificate, and a huge uproar about cheating, but I had some Dominican friends, who said that in the DR you never really know what a person's real age was becasue their birth certificates are issued many years after a kid is actually born. So my question is: is that true? and does anyone in DR rally know what someone's age is? Or is it VERY easy to forge a birth certifictate from the DR? I am asking this both as a sports fan, and someone who is an immigration lawyer and has to deal with people with different backgrounds with different laws...thanks!


Dear lawyer

It was like that in the past. Now, its differente and forging a birth certificate could send you to jail for a couple years. This was more common in the countryside where people did not have the means to go the the city and get a birth certificate. We know a lot of cases of baseball players who pay money to reduce their ages in order to obtain a more lucrative contract witha major league team. The same happens in south america, central america and africa with soccer players. All i know is that the dominican office of vital records is doing a much better job. I know that a couple of years ago, some people went to jail for doing just that with birth certificates.

[FARFAN 17]

Dear lawyer

It was like that in the past. Now, its differente and forging a birth certificate could send you to jail for a couple years. This was more common in the countryside where people did not have the means to go the the city and get a birth certificate. We know a lot of cases of baseball players who pay money to reduce their ages in order to obtain a more lucrative contract witha major league team. The same happens in south america, central america and africa with soccer players. All i know is that the dominican office of vital records is doing a much better job. I know that a couple of years ago, some people went to jail for doing just that with birth certificates.

Eres dominicano? O te pasas por uno panita...?

[Juan Luis Guerra]

Eres dominicano? O te pasas por uno panita...?

Madre de España, padre de la Republica Dominicana

[FARFAN 17]

Madre de España, padre de la Republica Dominicana

Oh ya veo. Visite a la Republica, me gusto mucho. Tengo familia en Santo Domingo.

I saw a few people playing futbol there. There was one guy who played ok, we was juggling the ball pretty well, that was at the beah about 30 minutes from SD. I hope I go back one day. Cheers

[Mia_Hamm_MLS]

Considering the possibilities of a new MLS team in NYC. Are you considering switching teams?

[Juan Luis Guerra]

Considering the possibilities of a new MLS team in NYC. Are you considering switching teams?


Good question, If they name the new team "The Metrostars", i probably go with it. I love that name. I will continue to fight for that name. Many of us were upset. I think the current team should be called. "Redbulls Metros" at the very least.