It’s common for new players to join up with their new teams and repeatedly proclaim how excited they are to be there.
For San Jose Earthquakes newcomer Eduardo “Chofis” Lopez, the urgency makes a little more sense.
Lopez is the big-ticket addition for the Earthquakes so far heading into the 2021 season, the longtime Chivas de Guadalajara player finally moving away from the club he debuted for eight years ago.
“I’m just very excited to be with Matias [Almeyda] again,” Lopez told reporters on Tuesday during media availability through an interpreter. “I had been in touch with him and Jesse [Fioranelli] for the past three years.