Growing up in New Jersey, Chris Lema would have enchiladas for dinner one day, and caldo gallego the next. He has three passports: U.S., Mexican and Spanish. He grew up watching Chivas and Deportivo de La Coruña games with his parents, but his dream was to play for the club that played a couple of blocks away from home in the Harrison area.
“I actually grew up in the Harrison area, a couple blocks away from the arena,” said Lema. “And I mean, when I heard that the New York Red Bulls were locating in the area, I was immediately interested.