From marrying his childhood sweetheart to selecting assistant coaches, Pareja details how loyalty has affected his life on and off the field.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — For more than 30 years, a slender red thread has almost always circled the right wrist of Orlando City coach Óscar Pareja.
His wife, Sandra, tied on the thread for the first time when he was 15. They were just kids at the time, young and in love, unsure of where life would take them outside of Medellin, Colombia.