He grew up in El Paso, the West Texas city that — besides being the namesake of the Marty Robbins song that won the first country & western Grammy Award — boasts being part of world’s largest international metroplex with Mexican sister cities Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez, where Zendejas was born.

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Soccer America Executive Editor Mike Woitalla has written freelance articles about soccer for more than 30 media outlets in nine nations. The winner of eight United Soccer Coaches Writing Contest awards,...