Mexico's Flores excelling at universal language of football
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- FIFA.com speaks with Mexico midfielder Silvana Flores
- She was born in Canada and lives in England
- “We’ve formed a family, and that shows out on the pitch”
“Let’s do the interview in Spanish,” said Silvana Flores to FIFA.com. “I play for Mexico, and I’m in the U-17 World Cup final!”
Flores, the daughter of a Mexican ex-footballer, speaks Spanish clearly and fluently, but she has a distinct accent, the result of spending 14 years growing up in Canada, the country of her birth and her mother’s homeland. She subsequently moved to England, where she currently resides.
Along this intriguing path, the central midfielder got the opportunity to train with the youth teams of Canada, Cayman Islands and England, before nailing her colours to the Mexican mast.
“My dad is a professional coach, and he was put in charge of the Cayman Islands’ U-15 girls’ side. I was 11-years-old, and as there weren’t very many girls who played football on the island, I would attend the sessions and train with them,” explained the gifted No18.
She soon appeared on the radar of Canada’s U-15s; indeed, she rubbed shoulders with several of the players who lost the semi-final to Mexico at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 on Wednesday. “There’s no doubt that it was a bit of a special match for me,” she admitted.
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