![]() ![]() Could you see the effect of all this on the team’s play on the field? Some of the South American players moved their families back home, there were reports of extortion, I think Marco Vidal was carjacked. It was the best reporting experience of my life.ĭuring that last year we started hearing more and more about violence touching the players. Journalistically it was a rush, and I had a great time. I’m in the locker room before games and they’re stretching, praying, getting pumped up and I’m just in the corner taking notes quietly. Just as a sportswriter it was unbelievable the access I had. They would keep being hopeful, but there was just no disguising at that point that the season was over. In Guadalajara they played Atlas at Estadio Jalisco and lost 7-1, and it was just a bloodbath. Cancun is where they got eliminated as a team. But I went to Guadalajara, and San Luis, and Cancun. Though that turned out to be not bad either because I would watch away games on television in bars. I didn’t go on every road trip, because I didn’t have the money. How much time did you spend with the Indios team that final season, the Bicentenario 2010? ![]() Our interview with Robert Andrew Powell continues (see Part 1 if you missed it), as we discuss living in Juarez, the Indios futbol team, and his upcoming book, This Love Is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juarez. ![]()
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