2026-02-08, 07:06 PM - Word count:
It's an unfortunate thing when the only time you don't find yourself coming out the gate strong in your career, is when you're playing with the lowest possible stakes. But so it has been for Tlacaelel Tepoztli. Down in the academy, with the lowest possible stakes, he was a great Port Royal player among several great Port Royal players, and they won more than any other academy team.
Then, Rova: the minor league affiliate of an expansion team: the Mexica man lost as one would expect him to lose, and was not personally all that impactful.
He found himself traded to Montreal, where a team reinventing itself didn't have the clear structure a chaos agent like himself might need to first ground himself before finding where the unexpected might offer the most value. The team was worse with him than they had been the season before without.
Now, he comes to the major league - the dream of any young soccer player, even if they probably didn't think to dream of playing in the major league's second division. Two preseason games both ended in losses, now two regular season games ended in losses too. SFV only have a single goal in the season so far, with both the worst record and the worst goal differential in the division.
The stakes are the highest, and the start is the poorest. Time for Tlacaelel Tepotzli - and his team - to step up.
Then, Rova: the minor league affiliate of an expansion team: the Mexica man lost as one would expect him to lose, and was not personally all that impactful.
He found himself traded to Montreal, where a team reinventing itself didn't have the clear structure a chaos agent like himself might need to first ground himself before finding where the unexpected might offer the most value. The team was worse with him than they had been the season before without.
Now, he comes to the major league - the dream of any young soccer player, even if they probably didn't think to dream of playing in the major league's second division. Two preseason games both ended in losses, now two regular season games ended in losses too. SFV only have a single goal in the season so far, with both the worst record and the worst goal differential in the division.
The stakes are the highest, and the start is the poorest. Time for Tlacaelel Tepotzli - and his team - to step up.
