As his star grows bigger, El Paso native Ricardo Pepi's future options grow.
In terms of national teams, the FC Dallas star could play for either the US or Mexico, and both teams were in talks with him when they trained at FC Dallas' complex in Frisco during last month's Gold Cup.
The 18-year-old Pepi, who in the course of two weeks became the youngest player to score a hat trick in MLS history, became the MLS player of the week, signed a contract extension with FC Dallas and made the MLS All-Star team, gave an extensive interview with FCDallas.