Meet Lazaro Xique, founder of NYFILSA, a not-for-profit soccer league in Harlem.
A legendary figure for young inner-city players, Lazaro is a dedicated father, mentor AND referee, who has passed his love of the beautiful game to thousands of New York City kids over the last 20 years.
This is his story...
Everything began with me over there on the baseball field. That field was the beginning of everything. I was playing street soccer on the baseball fields. The soccer fields weren’t like how they are now. Back in the day, it was all big rocks in the middle, it was very bad.