Giovani dos Santos

Then what we just saw in the last international window before he doesn't play against the US, but that slicing run against Colombia, we see it now as he's getting ready to turn 18 on the edge of this massive transfer.

He is truly the young face of Mexican soccer, the young great hope of Mexican soccer, and the best prodigy the country has probably had in, what, 20 years since Carlos Vela, Giovanni dos Santos combined? You would probably throw the two of those together and have your pick whichever way you want, but it feels like, and those two guys in their own way elevated Mexican soccer, maybe not in the way people had hoped that it would go, but certainly did great things.

He is the best thing that has come along down this road.

since that and is truly a testament to just the level of prospect that this guy is.

That's hard to ignore.

I don't know if he's got the same opportunities with a deeper player pool.

Like if it's the Giovanni Dos Santos era, Jono Dos Santos, Carlos Vela, there are a lot of good quality players in or around.

Maybe he doesn't have the same opportunities to prove himself, or maybe he doesn't get on the field the same way, but he does stand out because of how he played.

Yeah, it's a very good question.

It was terrible because we felt, I mean, that World Cup and then how the match was being played at the time, that we were one up with, with Gio's goal, Giovani dos Santos' goal, and then we didn't feel that they were dangerous at all like they were showing against the, the, the, the games they played before.

So yeah, it was, it was crucial.

That penalty was crucial, definitely, because of course they, they, they just disqualify us.

You just know it, and it killed me.

He, uh, he'll call Giovani dos Santos for tips of how to be the fourth DP on the [laughs] LA Galaxy when necessary, and how to play out a contract and burn a little bit of money and time, uh, on the side.

We've got a lot to talk about.

We're getting back into the MLS swing.

Y aquí lo hay.

La elección del equipo es fundamental porque ya tuvimos a Carlos Vela y a Giovani dos Santos con un estatus de estrellas, de futbolistas que hace unos años, precisamente en estas fechas-

Pero campeones del mundo sub-diecisiete.

A eso iba.

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2011, Gio Dos Santos chips Tim Howard and all of that.

I sold plasma, okay? [laughs]

[laughs]

[laughs]

I always, I always forget.

But, but so there was two pieces, right? You had Vela and Gio Dos Santos and sort of reaching their primes or what ended up being their primes, um, with the national team, Chicharito.

Then you always had the Israel Castros and the Ribery Peraltas of the world, which was, that's Mexico's strength, which is Liga MX is a legitimately powerful league, and guys who start in Liga MX from 25 to 35 years old are good enough to hang, for the most part, at the international level.

yeah i mean i was really quite surprised at the what he said there and coming in young you it was a reminder he did he was young he was very young yeah

and that's move on to yeah giovanni dos santos

We should with a thank you for that.

It was really interesting.

Yo de los que me tocaran de esa edad brillar, digamos, a ese nivel, eh, pa empezar ninguno, porque ninguno fue figura en un mundial como ya lo fue Gil Mora.

Pero promesa y que empezara a dar estos golpes de calidad, eh, Giovanni, te diría para mí Giovanni dos Santos.

Eh, ni siquiera Vela, este, a esta edad había, había despegado.

Insisto, eran, eran promesas.

It just feels almost too good to be true for me, man.

When it comes to like a Mexican wonder kid, I was raised with Giovanni Dos Santos, right? Being on a similar ascension and then having that just get cut off, bro.

Just get cut off.

at one point.