Whorehay Veeyafanya is starting again for Santos. They are dead-locked at zeroes with Queretaro going into halftime. Back in his rightful place, the American international starting lb. Guess he has enough prestige now. Bruce runs the show there. Who he tells Chepo is good enough to play, he plays.
Your starting XI, Guerrero! On the bench: Julio, Abella, deBuen, Andrade, Cuero, Chaton, Ronaldo pic.twitter.com/NuSg0M99CZ— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) April 2, 2017
Started again yesterday and went 90: 🇳🇬⚽️ ¡En marcha el partido en el Corona! XI inicial Vs @Tuzos: pic.twitter.com/XHWbtVkq0w— Club Santos (@ClubSantos) April 9, 2017
It's now become so commonplace and expected that it's not reported about until the next day. Also, commonplace now, is Santos getting results and keeping clean sheets. 1-0 over might Pachuca. Now they're up to a tie for 4th in the table. No, Jorge and his play were never the problem.
Interview with the Shredmeister: http://americansoccernow.com/articles/jorge-villafana-i-knew-eventually-it-would-happen “I always wanted to play for the United States national team,” Villafana said. “I played for the U-20 team and the U-23 team. It was always on the back of my mind that I wanted to play for the United States. It is where I was born and I have a lot of love for the country. I was disappointed at the time when I did not get the call and I was playing well. I knew Mexico could call me but I was always waiting for the call from the United States.”
Starts against Monterrey: Starting XI, @ClubSantos: Orozco, Jorgie, Nestor, Cali, Villafaña, DeBuen, Gael, Rivas, Osvaldo, Furch, Djaniny. #SinGuerrerosNoHaySantos— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) April 13, 2017
Started and went 90: 🇳🇬⚽️SAN 0-0 AMÉ ¡En marcha el partido en #TSM! XI Guerrero: pic.twitter.com/EAAlXoHMnX— Club Santos (@ClubSantos) April 24, 2017
Santos Laguna won 2-1 over mighty Club America. They scored at the death ala Barca in el Classico. Slammed shot took a lucky deflection. Villafana had nothing to do with that goal or the other one. I don't think he had anything to do with the goal against either. It was scored off a corner. Did come from his side. Huge victory when it comes to making the playoffs. Santos vault to 5th, 5 points clear of 9th, with 2 games to go. Villafana back in the good graces permanently, it appears. In the end it worked out for him he didn't make a move back to MLS for p.t. and to get back into the nt picture. It was touch and go there for a while.
Having a natural LB, who's actually pretty good, is so comforting. EDIT: Ooof, 4,000 posts now. Perhaps it's time for me to go outside?
Interview at US Soccer: http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/201...afana-on-the-rise-for-santos-laguna-and-usmnt
Started the season finale: Starting XI, @ClubSantos: Orozco, Sanchez, Cali, Araujo, Villafaña, Osvaldo, Rivas, Gael, Furch, Djaniny, Jona. #SinGuerrerosNoHaySexta— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) May 7, 2017
Started last night: Your starting XI Guerrero! On the bench: Acevedo, Abella, Arteaga, Andrade, Chaton, Davila, Cuero. #SinGuerrerosNoHaySexta🌟 pic.twitter.com/nu5PLkeFXn— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) May 11, 2017
Profile: https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/20...m&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_si Back at Santos Laguna, Villafaña then recaptured his place in the first 11 and started nine consecutive matches for Los Guerreros. They were on a 3-0-5 run heading into the Liga MX quarterfinals but lost the first leg, 4-1, to Toluca. Villafaña wasn’t the weak link, but coach José Manuel ‘Chepo' de la Torre opted not to dress the defender for the return match. It was a puzzling decision, but not one that’s likely to deter Arena or damage Villafaña’s confidence. He’s not on Santos’s transfer list. And he’s come too far, and overcome much higher hurdles, to reach this improbable threshold. Winning the starting job with the USA may wind up being the easy part. “Last season some of them didn’t know [about the show] and when they found out they were like, ‘You really came out of a reality show?’ And I told them it was more like an open tryout, but they were amazed,” Villafaña said. He’s not called ‘Sueño’ at Santos. While many athletes earn their nicknames through their play and performance, Villafaña employed the same to finally lose his.
📰| @JVillafana19: Winning titles with @TimbersFC & @ussoccer leaves me with desire to be champion w Santos. More👇https://t.co/7tQhEbpjQs— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) August 1, 2017
On the bench. And the award for the *worst* lineup graphic goes to the team that requires you to know their players by sight... Your starting XI, Guerrero! Available subs: Acevedo, Abella, Villafaña, Armenteros, Lozano, Cortes, Rodriguez.#SinGuerrerosNoHaySantos pic.twitter.com/jJs1ml3Dxv— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) August 4, 2017
Starts in Copa MX: Estos son los 11 #Guerreros que saldrán al campo de juego para enfrentar a @fcjuarezoficial ⚽👊#CopaCoronaMx #SinGuerrerosNoHaySantos pic.twitter.com/SHzKlz4d8F— Club Santos (@ClubSantos) August 16, 2017
Back in the starting lineup: #XIGuerrero | @Telcel presenta la alineación con la que saldremos a buscar el triunfo Vs @Xolos 👊#SinGuerrerosNoHaySantos pic.twitter.com/NFUPncuuna— Club Santos (@ClubSantos) August 19, 2017
Starts: Starting XI, @ClubSantos:Orozco, Sanchez, Ventura, Nestor, Villafaña, de Buen, Lozano, Osvaldo, Gael, Djaniny, Furch.— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) August 24, 2017
So crucial that he got back in there. That's a number of times he's worked his way back in the team now.