Cuban defectors get MLS tryouts

During the past two weeks, three players tried out for and failed to latch onto both the Galaxy and Chivas USA.

Their impact was most miniscule, their imprint as long-lasting as the blades of grass they ran on.

That Yordany Alvarez, Yenier Bermudez and Jose Manuel Miranda were even able to try out for Major League Soccer clubs was a magnificent accomplishment. They were part of the seven members from Cuba’s Under-23 team who left the squad and left their country behind when they defected during Olympic qualifying in Tampa, Fla., in March.”*

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