He stood his grandson outside the door to the bedrooms, walking a few steps away before stopping just in front of the kitchen.
Argentinan-born Luis Rui had decided the training was going to start early. Two-year-old Gabriel had a strong leg — powerful enough that stray kicks had broken his grandmother’s vases and also damaged paintings on the walls of their Oklahoma home.
The routine never changed, though. Luis would stand a few feet away, watching as Gabriel, time after time, booted his soccer ball over the couch in the middle of the room.
This was going to pay off one day, Luis thought.