Jose Burgos

Jose Burgos

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About

"Jose Miguel Burgos, 26, is the founder and editor of MLS en Espanol.net, a soccer site for Spanish speaking fans that took off in its initial 2008 season.

Burgos was born in Chile, professionally trained at Deportes Concepcion and Universidad Catolica, earned an economics degree in the US on a soccer scholarship, and is convinced that “Hispanics are the only market that can get MLS and soccer to the point it wants to be.”

His writing stands apart from the English speaking soccer media - it's personal, political, passionate, and would be considered controversial if Americans could read Spanish. English-only fans do well to look over the images and names on the site, as they would a designated player jogging on the sidelines, to stay abreast of the growing Hispanic impact on MLS.

As well as offering news, edgy commentary, and scoops on Hispanic player trades, the site is a forum for Hispanic fans to vent and speculate freely about anything. In turn, he attacks the reluctance of Hispanics to buy into MLS and urges them to claim it as their own. In the daytime, Burgos is a lobbyist for the Illinois Department of Transportation".

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Pele, Zinedine Zidane, Socrates, Di Stefano, Laudrup, Romario, Cruijff y Maradona.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Deportes Concepcion

  • Favorite Coaches

    Marcelo Bielsa and Jorge Valdano

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Chile 1, Argentina 0

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Chile vs. Italy: World Cup France 1998

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Pele's goals

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Don't follow baseball. I would say Babe Ruth but just because of the chocolate.

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Hannah Montana?

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan, always.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky? He played hockey, right?

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Impossible to answer.

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Marcelo Rios.

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Don't know anything about golf.

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Tom Petty? If that is the case, my favorite song is "Square One".

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna, because of what I saw in Maracana the day he died.

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Pacman, Bigmac and the East Coast.

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  • Steve Smith posted 1345 days ago

    Steve Smith

    Jose,

    I felt you might get a kick out of this little piece. It has an important message for everyone. Let me know what you think of it in the comments section.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/255532-be-smart-play-joyfully-today?just_published=1

    Thanks,

    Daniel Barber aka Hotnuke

  • Lars Hanson posted 1419 days ago

    Lars Hanson

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/211761-david-beckham-needs-to-be-saved-send-him-to-seattle-sounders-fc?just_published=1 David Beckham to the Seattle Sounders FC, Check it out

  • Jersey Al Bracco posted 1428 days ago

    Jersey Al Bracco

    My thoughts on the US Mens National Soccer Team and their huge upset of Spain:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/206063-usa-2-spain-0-will-the-real-us-mens-soccer-team-please-stand-up

  • Barney Corkhill posted 1512 days ago

    Barney Corkhill

    The World Football Writer Awards are back! Get Voting!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/149592-br-world-football-community-awards-march-2009-voting

  • Jersey Al Bracco posted 1512 days ago

    Jersey Al Bracco

    Bob Bradley must read Bleacher Report Articles:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/149318-usa-mens-soccer-thank-you-bob-bradley-for-jozy-and-landon

  • Brian Rhodes posted 1514 days ago

    Brian Rhodes

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/148024-what-has-the-premiership-ever-done-for-england

    If you get a chance take a look at my latest article and let me know what you think?

    Thanks mate.

  • Goutham Babu posted 1514 days ago

    Goutham Babu

    Hello bro..pls read my latest article and say what you feel about it..
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/147369-which-is-the-best-league-in-europe-serie-a-la-liga-or-premier-league

  • Jersey Al Bracco posted 1517 days ago

    Jersey Al Bracco

    Here's my first shot at a "soccer" article: Would love to hear your comments:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/146452-us-mens-soccer-is-landon-donovan-really-the-best-we-can-do

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