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Alejandro 'Kaku' Romero Gamarra practices at the Red Bull's practice facility in East Hanover, N.J.

Talk to the Red Bulls about Alejandro Romero Gamarra and they gush over their new midfielder’s poise under pressure, his calm amid chaos. Turns out life taught him to deal with both.

“The ease he has with the ball in tight spaces, he doesn’t ever get fazed by the pressure around him. Things may be flying around him but he’s calm and collected,” Red Bulls sporting director Denis Hamlett told the Post of Gamarra, known as Kaku.