No, see, that means the coach and those players are definitely related. If there's anything that BigSoccer has taught me, it's that choosing midfielders is always based on nepotism.
Antonio de la Torre had a brother named David, also a ball player. Don't think this guy is related, at least not that closely.
"De la Torre has dual citizenship, because although he was born in San Luis Potosi, his paternal grandmother is American, the player said. "I was born in San Luis Potosi, my whole family is Mexican, but on the part of my father my grandmother is American. Hence the dual nationality," he said." If this is true & he is indeed a US citizen, then he's as much a yank as you, I, or Barack Obama. He can live here, work here, & vote here. Even if he isn't a US citizen now, he could become one due to his American grandmother. He is either a yank or 1/4 yank w/the right to become a full yank & some desire to do so.
6 minutes as a sub for San Luis vs. CF Pachuca (of Vidal/JF Torres/Herculez Gomez fame): http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=300585&league=MEX.1&cc=5901
Scored vs Santos: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=300657&league=MEX.1&cc=5901 Started and was spelled in the 89th by fellow YA Edgar Castillo.
Now correct me if I am wrong but having an American grandparent doesn't automatically make you eligible for US citizenship. This is the same situation as Bradley Johnson from Leeds.
His goal: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAqJAa0U9O8"]YouTube - San Luis vs Santos 1-1 Jornada 16 Apertura 2010 Futbol Mexicano Todos los goles[/ame]
De La Torre on in the 68th last weekend for Toluca vs Atlas: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast/_/id/321983?cc=5901
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/03/postcard-mexico-diego-de-la-torres-us-aspirations Bump
LOL so I am actually going to respond to my own post. So what I gather from reading the whole thread, he is eligible for US citizenship through his grandma and we are assuming that his parents also had a greencard/and or citizenship and also lived in the US for a time but didn't live there long enough to pass on citizenship. Wow...that is confusing but interesting as well.
On in the 80th vs UA de G on 1/8: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=334990&cc=5901 Didn't make the field in their following game.
38 minutes off the bench vs. Monterrey on 3/18: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast/_/id/335079?cc=5901
Started vs Chivas 3/24, but off at the half: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/gamecast/_/id/335086?cc=5901
He finished the Clausura with 1 goal in 9 matches (it's at 3:03): http://www.footytube.com/video/deportivo-toluca-club-santos-laguna-apr01-111822
"The financial situation at Queretaro creates no envy among the team's Liga MX peers.... It also looks as if they will need to do this without the newly acquired Diego de la Torre, who recently suffered a broken leg in a warm-up match with Morelia." http://www.fmfstateofmind.com/2012/...ertura-2012-queretaro-running-from-relegation
More or less. I would think it's extremely unlikely that he is eligible for US citizenship. His father would have been a citizen, too, if grandma met the residency requirements. Then his father would have needed to meet residency requirements to pass citizenship to his son. Ultimately, it's very unlikely that both met the residency requirement or Diego would be referring to his father being a US citizen. There is a way to pass citizenship from Grandma to Diego but she had to meet residency requirements and do the process before he hits age 18. For the US, grandparents (usually) aren't a connection point for passing on citizenship.
Funny how you answered this today. I believe there's some misreporting going on. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...eport-three-potential-usmnt-wild-cards-mexico
Yep... it's dangerous to rely on the athlete for that info when they aren't holding a passport. We can just call this guy "Diego Potts".