SAN SALVADOR — For more than a decade, Hugo Alvarado scoured the internet for soccer players who might improve El Salvador’s national teams. There was always one hitch, though: Alvarado didn’t work for El Salvador’s soccer federation. He had no authority to recruit players to its national teams. He was just a fan who wanted better teams to support. “I wanted to see a more competitive national team,” he said this week, more than a decade after beginning his project.

Source: International New York Times September 02, 2021 02:48 UTC