Miguel Ángel Navarro always dreamed of coming to the United States to play professional sports.
But, he didn’t think it would be soccer that brought him here.
“My dream was to be a pro baseball player,” Navarro, 21, told Hot Time in Old Town in a wide ranging interview. “Every little kid (in Venezuela) dreams of playing in MLB, coming to the U.S., and playing Major League Baseball. That was mainly my dream. I saw myself like every other kid in Venezuela, trying to get better every day to come play in Major League Baseball.”
The Chicago Fire’s new left back signed with the club in January after playing soccer professionally in his native Venezuela since 2017.