"I think here that if I play well, if I’m focused, concentrated, putting in good performances, then that news will reach Mexico," Torres said. And with many more Mexican players in the league now than in previous years - and former Atlanta manager Tata Martino in charge of El Tri - he doesn't believe his most recent lukewarm period at Club Tijuana closed a door to his international career. Chivas originally farmed him out to Chivas USA, where he scored a career-best 16 goals during the 2014 campaign, and he followed a brief unproductive run at Cruz Azul with 14 MLS goals for the Dynamo in 2017, his third season there.Įach of those successful stretches resulted in brief call-ups for El Tri. Torres, of course, is already a familiar face to MLS fans. Torres later continued: "I think this is a place that I’d like to be for a long time, so I’d like to show what I can do, to score goals and help the team to compete for these titles." But that’s one of the reasons why I came is because this is a club that is not only competing but constantly fighting for titles, and I want to be a part of that to help the team to do that. "So I know what being at a big club comes with. " a club that has shown it’s one of the biggest clubs in MLS, it’s already competing for championships, it’s already won a title in its second year of existence, and I’m a player who’s been at big clubs before, so I know the expectations, playing for Chivas, Cruz Azul," Torres said through an interpreter. In a conference call with reporters on Wednesday, the former Chivas USA and Houston Dynamo striker revealed he plans on being part of the big picture for Atlanta, which could eventually put him in direct competition with Martinez for minutes in 2021. And the striker even hopes he can perform well enough in Atlanta for long enough to attract the attention of his national team. The 27-year-old Mexican does not, however, view himself as a temporary solution. His dream, like anyone else's, is to be a prophet in his own land.The negotiations that brought Erick "Cubo" Torres to Atlanta United may owe largely to the ACL tear J osef Martinez suffered in Week 1 of the 2020 season. Now he hopes to do the same for the Mexican National Team. You have to go game by game until the end." Erick has already convinced the coaching staff of the Dynamo that he belongs and he’s fallen in love with the people in Houston. The group stage against El Salvador, Jamaica and Curaçao will be complicated, I hope we can come and play. It isn’t like before when you could say that we were easily going to be champions. "All the tournaments that Mexico’s in have very competitive games. Erick already knows what it is like to go through all the youth teams and it’s clear to him the fight for a position in the senior team requires something more. He knows that the call to the National Team means a second chance, a chance he already had at the club level, and only he can take the opportunity as far as he can go. That's why he was called to replace Alan Pulido on the Gold Cup roster. In each game, the audience chants Torres' nickname and imitates his already well-known robot celebration, which imitates one of his hobbies, soccer video games like FIFA.įor 'Cubo', people notice his happiness, as well as his good form. Today the team that plays at the local BBVA Compass Stadium fights the favorites in the Western Conference. The result? He became a permanent fixture for the Dynamo, resulting in nine goals in the first eleven matches of the season. Immediately he lost 11 pounds, and gained strength and speed. He gave up soda, desserts and packaged food, as well as gluten. Not only did he return to training with the zeal of someone who just started in football, but he also changed his diet. I have rediscovered the level of play I showed in Chivas de Guadalajara and Chivas USA, and I am showing off all my skills again." Erick could not have taken Cabrera’s challenge more seriously. I felt the trust of my coach and, truth be told, from that day things have only been getting better. The warning was a wake-up call for Torres: "From that day I trained very hard, I felt it was a new beginning.
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