00:00I mean, again, the story of, I mean, you know, coming from the streets of Barcelona, to me, is as
00:05remarkable as anything.
00:06We started Chattanooga FC, the club, and then we started the academy, and then we started a youth, you know,
00:13a foundation so that the kids, you know, here, unfortunately, in the academy, the parents have to play, have to
00:21pay money, you know, for their kids to play.
00:23Well, how are you going to get a kid like Amal, you know, if your parents have to pay the
00:28money? It's not a good system.
00:30Again, it's one of the problems we have in this country, but that story, you know, is one that we
00:35would love to see replicated here, and one of the most gratifying things for me is, in fact, we have
00:39had now our first couple of kids who came up through our academy make it to our first team, and
00:46that alone, I mean, they're not yet loving you all, but just that principle of, I'm a localist, you know,
00:52I believe in community and the power of community, and I know that I got that feeling when I was
00:57in Barcelona.
00:57I know the spirit of that community is so strong, and the club represents the pride of that community, as
01:03it should be, and so to see somebody, you know, come from the streets of that city all the way
01:08up, you know, to the top level within the city and within that club, it's just an amazing story, and
01:12it's something I think every club in the world, you know, aspires to see happen in their own community.
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