Maturity, experience, positioning, strength all develop over time. The kid doesn't need to be the fastest player out there, he just needs to be quick enough to get to the ball first. Being in the right starting position is huge for central defenders and I wonder if with age and experience he figured out where he needs to be on the field to be most effective as a defender.
Starts: Nuestro once inicial para el #NECvsQRO:#FuerzaRayos ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/2V8b1xwNZX— ⚡️Club Necaxa⚡️ (@ClubNecaxa) February 16, 2020
Starts: El once inicial que envía el profesor Alfonso Sosa para el #LEOvsNEC:#FuerzaRayos ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/qxjlzDBwSp— ⚡️Club Necaxa⚡️ (@ClubNecaxa) February 22, 2020
Had an interesting visitor: Greg Berhalter, DT de @USMNT , acudió al León vs. Necaxa para observar a Ventura Alvarado y después del juego platicó con él. 🇺🇸📸 | @jromovazquez#USMNT | #VenturaAlvarado | #León pic.twitter.com/peaZ3cPEk7— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) February 23, 2020
Yeah, GPS speeds have him at 22.5 mph. For comparison? DeAndre Yedlin = 21.85 mph Leroy Sane = 21.86 mph Alphonso Davies = 21.59 mph Jonathan David = 20.50 mph Kylian Mbappe = 23.61 mph Gareth Bale = 22.93 mph His top end speed is very good.
I saw this elsewhere, and thought it was a waste of time, because Alvarado is in his early 30s in my head. Imagine my surprise when I learned that he's still only 27, a whopping two months older than Aaron Long.
Liga MX cancelled the remaining 2020 Clausura on Friday. Alvarado picked up 2 yellow cards in 450 minutes (5 starts). Necaxa were in 14th at the time of the season's cancellation.
Alvarado's contract ends this December 2020. Wonder if he'll transfer to MLS before next season starts in August/September.
It appears Alvarado is headed to Monterrey but there is one report that Portland is trying to swoop in at the last moment and sign him.
Monterey would be a pretty high-profile move, Assuming he can get playing time, I think that's a better option than Portland unless the Timbers are throwing serious coin at him or he just wants to live in the US for awhile. I would also think playing for Monterey would make it tougher for Berhalter to ignore him, assuming the #USMNT ever plays a game in the next few months.
Rumored to be moving to Atletico San Luis: CONFIRMADO.Ventura Alvarado es nuevo jugador de Atlético de San Luis. Su último equipo fue el Club Necaxa. 🇺🇸⚽🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/o6DoIzxYVN— Draft Liga MX (@DraftFutMX) July 31, 2020
Confirmed by the club: 🔴⚪️🔴 | ¡ 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙖, @Ventuzzz ! #UnMismoSentir #ADSL pic.twitter.com/J78nOkRKoy— Atlético de San Luis (@AtletideSanLuis) July 31, 2020
Starts: 1293716442056097792 is not a valid tweet id J4 | #XOLvsADSL⏱ 48’ Cambios ↩️ Jorge Sánchez ↪️ Fernando León ↩️ Ventura Alvarado ↪️ Dionicio Escalante ❌ 0-1 🔴⚪️#UnMismoSentir #ADSL— Atlético de San Luis (@AtletideSanLuis) August 13, 2020
Starts: [👥] ¡¡Señoras y señores!! 🗣Este es nuestro cuadro inicial para este partido 🌟 ¡Todos juntos! ¡Contra todos! 🔴⚪️¡¡¡Vaaaamos!!!! 👏👏👏#UnMismoSentir | #ADSL pic.twitter.com/PXYPe1KZth— Atlético de San Luis (@AtletideSanLuis) August 15, 2020 But out early (after picking up a yellow card): ⏱33’ Cambio de nuestro equipo. 🐐 0-0 🔴⚪️#UnMismoSentir #ADSL pic.twitter.com/SddgvMj7Gs— Atlético de San Luis (@AtletideSanLuis) August 15, 2020
Starts: [👥] Te presentamos nuestro 1️⃣1️⃣ inicial para enfrentar a Cruz Azul 🚂 🌟 ¡¡¡Vamos por esos 3 puntos!!! 🌟🔴⚪️ #UnMismoSentir #ADSL pic.twitter.com/d8THMdrQ4R— Atlético de San Luis (@AtletideSanLuis) August 23, 2020
Alvarado was an unused sub last night. @bungadiri @TheFalseNine Ventura Alvarado at Atlético San Luis