I completed this interview on Saturday September 12th, 2026, as part of Chicano Perspectives’ coverage of Professional Bull Riders: Team Series competition at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Would you please introduce yourself?

Yes, sir. My name's Andrew Alvidrez from Seminole, Texas.

Thank you. You're from Seminole, Texas, and where are your parents from?
My mom is from El Paso, Texas, and my dad is from Odessa, Texas. They both grew up in Seminole, Texas.

On a hot and humid Wednesday August 26, 2026, at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California Club America outplayed Columbus Crew, earning a 2-0 victory to advance to the 2026 Leagues Cup quarterfinal round. America’s victory completes a Liga MX sweep over MLS teams with victories by their semifinal opponents Monterrey; and Toluca and Leon that will play in the other game. Both semifinal games will be played on Wednesday August 2, 2026, with America hosting Monterrey at their Leagues Cup home Dignity Health Sports Park.

The Los Angeles Sparks have lost five games in a row after their defeat by Phoenix Mercury 86-82 at their Crypto Arena home in downtown Los Angeles, California.  The Wednesday July 22nd, 2026, afternoon game drew a big crowd, including many cheering children for Kids Day. As a feminist writer, it is important for Chicano Perspectives to cover women’s sports so young Chicanas may learn of successful women who are part of their community.

Golden Boy Promotions’ boxing card on Saturday June 20th, 2026, at FrontWave Arena in Oceanside, California headlined by Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo versus Neider Valdez and co-headlined by Yair “Manotas” Gallardo versus Buneet Bisla was an entertaining continuation of the historic boxing collaboration and rivalry between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. Golden Boy promoter and former Chicano boxer Oscar Del La Hoya described the Puerto Rican Collazo as a boxer who belongs on the list of the top three pound-for-pound boxers. He then expressed a desire to reignite the Puerto Rico and Mexican rivalry that he, Julio Cesar Chavez, Tito Trinidad, and Miguel Cotto have been a part of by creating fights with Collazo versus other top Mexican boxers.

LAFC took a 2-1 lead against Mexico’s Toluca FC in the first leg of their 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup semifinal on Wednesday April 29,2026 at their BMO Stadium home in downtown Los Angeles, California. Both teams started the game with sloppy boring play that improved in the second half.  LAFC opened the scoring with a key play by Sergi Palencia that led to his teammate Timothy Tillman’s goal at the 51st minute. Toluca would tie the game at the 73rd minute with a right footed shot from Jesus Angulo. And after a nullified goal for LAFC, Son Heung-Min earned an assist placing a free kick in a dangerous location for Nkosi Tafari to head in the team’s second goal.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art board members and Los Angeles County public officials hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries on Sunday, April 19, 2026.  That morning, as I walked out of the museum’s parking structure and through the courtyard with Chinese dissident artists Ai Weiwei’s bronze Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, I began to reflect on the content of this essay. I decided to continue my general approach to art appreciating aesthetic qualities, interpreting its symbolism, and situating it in the current context of power.

LAFC surprised many with the 3-0 lead they earned over Cruz Azul in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16 series at BMO Stadium on Tuesday April 7th, 2026. The young Venezuelan David Martinez showed out with two impressive goals, weaving past Cruz Azul defenders for the first one and outmuscling another defender for the second one. At the postgame press conference, LAFC head coach Marc Dos Santos described him as a “crack” and praised him for his technical skills, strength, ability to quickly change directions, and his focus on the game without having possession of the ball.

Golden Boy Promotions is famed Mexican American boxer Oscar De La Hoya’s boxing promotion company. From East Los Angeles, California, De La Hoya is the most successful Mexican American boxer winning a lightweight gold medal for the United States at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics and winning 11 world titles in six weight classes.  He retired from boxing professionally after his December 2008 loss to Manny Pacquiao and remains an influential person in the sport. Through his promotion company he is creating opportunities for younger Mexican American boxers, including those featured on tonight’s Saturday March 14th, 2026 card at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.  Anaheim in Orange County is a city that has developed economically with immigrant Mexican labor and now descendants of those laborers are taking center stage in one of the county’s biggest arenas because of Oscar De La Hoya.

LAFC defeated Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami with a score of 3-0 at the historic Los Angeles Coliseum yesterday Saturday February 21st, 2026. The teams played the 2026 MLS season opener in front of a reported 75,673 fans in attendance. Los Angeles’ beauty could be seen from the press box as the white snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains framed the downtown LA skyline; and much closer the silhouettes of the California Science Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, and the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art added to the beautiful background.

LAFC hosted Austin FC on Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 at their BMO Stadium in downtown Los Angeles, California for the first round of best-of-3 series of the 2025 MLS playoffs. The third seeded LAFC earned the 2-1 victory over the fifth seeded Austin FC. Mexican American midfielder #8 Mark Delgado started the game and played well alongside Korean superstar #7 Heung Min Son.

Chicanos in Southern California have an economic power that contributes to national and international organizations continuing to bring soccer exhibitions, tournaments, and championship games to us. Our economic power attracted the Campeones Cup 2025 with LA Galaxy hosting Toluca FC on Wednesday October 1st, 2025 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Beginning in 2018, Campeones Cup is an annual clash between the reigning MLS and LIGA MX Champions.

Mexican-American #19 Mauricio Cuevas helped his LA Galaxy defeat Liga MX’s Pachuca with a 2-1 score at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. LA advances to the Leagues Cup 2025 Semifinal and will host Seattle Sounders FC on Wednesday, August 27th, 2005 in the same stadium where they were victorious.

On Wednesday August 8th, 2025, MLS 2024 champions LA Galaxy earned a victory and the third seed in Phase Two of Leagues Cup 2025 by defeating Liga MX’s Santos Laguna 4-0 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. LA Galaxy began the match needing to beat Santos by two goals to advance from Phase One. The Angelino team not only made it to the next round but earned the third of four seeds with their four-goal shutout.

Ayer miércoles 6 de Agosto fue presentado con bombos y platillos, alfombra roja y caravana el jugador Sur Coreano Heung-Min Son, como nuevo delantero del Cuadro LAFC procedente del equipo Inglés Tottenham.

El sábado 9 y domingo 10 de agosto son las fechas programadas para que la Liga Mayor de Fútbol de El Salvador de el banderillazo de inicio para el Torneo Apertura 2025.

Los encuentros son muy atractivos iniciando con tres partidos el sábado 9 de agosto, uno en horario vespertino y dos por la noche, en el que destaca la presencia del líder, FAS, a Santa Rosa de Lima, para enfrentar al Municipal Limeño a las 7:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, LAFC beat Tigres at home in BMO Stadium in an exciting match for the third and final game for Phase One of Leagues Cup 2025. The young Venezuelan David Martinez scored both goals for LAFC in their 2-1 victory. He scored a penalty kick at the 31st minute and then at the 64th minute scored a breakaway goal outrunning Tigres defenders down the west sideline before kicking the ball under the Argentinean Tigres keeper Nahuel Guzman.

La Máquina de la Cruz Azul esta noche respiró en Carson California al vencer en penaltis al LA Galaxy 7x8. Pero durante los 90 minutos de juego la Máquina había anotado primero a los 20 minutos por intermedio de Carlos Rodríguez así terminó el primer tiempo con marcador parcial de 1x0.

La noche del viernes 1 de Agosto en el estadio BMO de los Ángeles California se enfrentaron LAFC vs Pachuca en el segundo partido de la Leagues Cup 2025. El juego inició con buen ritmo de parte de ambos equipos, pero al minuto 10 Denis Bouanga anotó el primer gol con pase de Nathan Ordaz.

El Estadio Cementos Progreso será testigo de un nuevo capítulo entre chapines y cuscatlecos, en el inicio de la fase de grupos de las eliminatorias rumbo a la Copa del Mundo de Estados Unidos, México y Canadá 202

In downtown Los Angeles at BMO Stadium, Mexican-American goalkeeper David Ochoa had repeated opportunities to rescue two points for LAFC from Mazatlán FC but was unable to. He was only able to block on of twelve penalty kicks shot against him at the end of regulation. His Mexican counterpart Ricardo Rodriguez Mazzocco watched LAFC’s Denis Bouanga overshoot his second penalty shot, resulting in LAFC’s defeat. The penalty shootout followed LAFC’s inability to defend their 1-0 advantage earned after a goal by the young David Martinez. Consequently, LAFC’s advancement into the next round of Leagues Cup 2025 becomes less likely.