UTD Unscripted: Fun for all the family

We played all the time together as kids, all the time. We played for the same teams from being seven years old – youth clubs, then Fluminense, United and Brazil – and I feel like we helped each other every step of the way. You hear about a player going to a new club and not settling because they didn’t know anybody, but I always had my best friend with me. That made it easy to adapt to a new club, having each other.

I always loved playing with my brother. He’s very calm with the ball, you know? I like that because sometimes… it’s not that I’m not calm on the ball, but I might maybe rush, so when I watch him play I like to enjoy his composure. We do have different playing styles. Sometimes in…