The Seattle Sounders midfielder from Artesia is among 26 players for Team USA heading to the FIFA WorldCup in Qatar. His parents will be there cheering.
Alejandro Chanax y Johana González adquirieron su propia panadería en agosto de 2021, después de ser afectados por el desempleo y la pandemiaAna immigrated to Houston in 1982, where she lived with her sisters before moving to L.A. two years later. César left Guatemala in 1982 in search of better job opportunities.
Two Seattle Sounders jerseys hang in the family living room, Álex’s No. 16 and Cristian’s 7. On a glass table, between the sofas, rests a trophy that Cristian earned for scoring 54 goals for El Rancho High School in the 2012-2013 season, a performance that won him the Gatorade National Player of the Year award. Former U.S. national team star Alexi Lalas went to the high school to present the award to Cristian, his father recalled.
To date, in various competitions with the Seattle Sounders, he has made 279 appearances and scored 36 goals. Seattle won the MLS Cup in 2019. In Qatar, he’ll fulfill another part of his lifelong dream, facing England and Iran, along with Wales, in first-round play.A year ago, in preparation for the quadrennial event, the U.S. team settled in at Marina del Rey and trained at Dignity Health Sports Park, home field of the L.A. Galaxy, for a month.
Because of his ancestry, Cristian would’ve been eligible to play for El Salvador, Guatemala or the United States. He sought advice from several of his coaches, who urged him to stay patient and wait for a call-up from the U.S. team, because it had better resources and would give his career a bigger boost.
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