Ventura Alvarado at FC Juarez

Someone send up the bat signal, time for a new thread name. I suggest "Drinking at Corona: Ventura Alvarado @ Santos Laguna", as a play on the stadiums name or "Laguna Beach: Ventura Alvarado @ Santos Laguna"

 

Starts:

XI América: Muñoz; Ventura, Álvarez, Goltz, Pablo Aguilar, Samudio, William, Ibarra, Quintero, Romero, Peralta

— Zona TUDN (@Zona_TUDN) December 5, 2016

 

Went 90 in a 2-0 win (3-1 aggregate).

 

In the squad for the Club World Cup:

http://www.concacaf.com/article/clu...ce=twitter&utm_campaign=CONCACAF&sf45310864=1

 

How many CWCs has this guy played in? Ventura subbed in as a RB in the quarterfinal vs. Jeonbuk Hyundai, and delivers a cross which probably should have been finished off. CA goes ahead 2-1 on the ensuing corner.

 

Good piece on Ventura's time at CA and his impending move to Santos.

http://www.espnfc.us/club/america/2...e-at-santos-as-he-closes-club-america-chapter

 

Starting against Real Madrid in the CWC semis.

Nuestras 11 Águilas que comenzarán el vuelo ante @realmadrid en la semifinal del Mundial de Clubes #AguilasEnJapón #CreoEnAmérica pic.twitter.com/dgsESDRCf6

— Club América (@ClubAmerica) December 15, 2016

 

Oh boy. This is gonna get ugly.

 

Feel bad for CR7 about to get Crying Jordan'd? [emoji14]

 

Came out in the 54th.

 

He did fine until being sacrificed for a tactical change.

 

Alvarado misses his tackle on Kroos when he charged off of Club America's defensive line, creating space for Benzema's opening goal.

 

Ventura made the right decision to jump the passer, knowing that he had inside coverage. See 0:53

http://www.espnfc.us/fifa-club-world-cup/1932/video/3020407/club-america-0-2-real-madrid

 

Alvarado played the first half as America eventually lost on penalties to Atletico Nacional in the third place game.

Highlights

Club America host Tigres in the first leg of the Apertura final on Thursday.

 

📢🇲🇽Ventura Alvarado on the bench for América; José Torres on the bench for Tigres, Leg 1 #LigaMX Final. 10:00pm ET Univision/UDN#USMNT 🇺🇸🌍⚽ pic.twitter.com/n9nIwed1tW

— Roderick MacNeil (@rodmacneil) December 23, 2016

 

Alvarado earned a red card while sitting on the bench in the Liguilla final. There was a brawl, and it's now 9 v 9 in extra time.

 

A George Costanza-type great exit from his time at Club America

 

"To be with Santos is a great opportunity to help me with @ussoccer to do things well" - @Ventuzzz #USMNT

— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) January 3, 2017

Hopefully he can get a starting job. Santos have had two steady starting CB's (one of whom is Mexico international Nestor Araujo) and a steady RB, but I doubt they're world-beaters.

@bungadiri "Ventura Alvarado at Santos Laguna"

 

Ventura Alvarado at Santos Laguna: The Rest is Still Unwritten

 

Has there been any discussion about whether they view him as exclusively a center back?

I know many have speculated that he'd be better at fb or DM but wasn't sure if that was just a big soccer thing.

 

816821949716307968 is not a valid tweet id

 

Interview:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/114/...-home-with-santos-laguna?ICID=HP_HN_HP_RI_1_3

Alvarado can be plugged into pretty much any spot on the back line. After struggling with injury at the start of the season, something that the defender said kept him from joining up with the U.S. during qualifiers in the fall, America's new coach Ricardo La Volpe slotted Alvarado in as the right wing back for the close of the regular season and kept him there during the playoffs. It resulted in a great chemistry with right winger Renato Ibarra, as the right side of the America attack became the focal point with Alvarado and 19-year-old right center back Edson Alvarez also keeping teams from finding attacking success.

Alvarado doesn't know new U.S. coach Bruce Arena and said he hasn't had any contact with U.S. Soccer since the managerial switch but is confident that if he does his job well in Torreon, Arena and his staff will take note.

 

Starts for U20s:

Starting XI for the U20 vs. @TigresOficial. @jesusau98 with the captain's band. pic.twitter.com/i1MgL8vsMY

— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) January 7, 2017

 

Starts for the U20s:

Squad stacked for the U20 against Veracruz U20, which kicks off at 11. @CesarIbanez92 will wear the captain's band. pic.twitter.com/ApetOEDJkt

— Club Santos EN (@ClubSantosEn) January 15, 2017

 

Starts in Copa MX with Villafana:

#AlineaciónGuerrera

Con estos 11 jugadores, saltamos al campo del @EstadioAzteca por los tres puntos 👊 pic.twitter.com/avSUOAacv3

— Club Santos (@ClubSantos) January 19, 2017