DOHA, Qatar — Soccer has taken Uriel Antuna to places he never imagined. Yet no matter how far he's roamed and how high he's climbed, Antuna has never forgotten where he came from and who helped him. If it takes a village to raise a child, it can take considerably more than that to raise a World Cup soccer player. Among those he's helped is Alex Valencia, who grew up not far from Antuna's childhood home and now plays in the Santos academy and with Mexico's U-17 team. "Santos helped me grow.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 21, 2022 23:04 UTC