He was Marco’s best friend, and is a Juarence from a tough neighborhood who was the star striker on the team. The opening game was in Monterrey against the Rayados, and probably the most famous guy in Juarez while I was there was 'Maleno' Frias. 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? Or is it due to the fact that he became a really good runner? And let’s face it, running is a powerful metaphor for life.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. This I see as proof that the year he spent in Boulder had a tremendous impact on the direction of his life. And the good news is that the person at the end of the book is not the same one on the first page. While parts of the story struck me as a bit depressing, I enjoyed reading it a lot. Perhaps because I found myself agreeing with much of what he said. I also really enjoyed reading his critique of Boulder and the priorities of some of the people that live there. Perhaps it is because I grew up near Miami and now live close to Boulder that I found these descriptions made the story a lot more interesting. This book has vivid descriptions of Miami and Boulder, Colorado. When I came across it recently, I decided to listen to it. I heard the author interviewed on the local pbs affiliate radio station a couple of years ago.

Running away by robert andrew powell