The photographs were blurry, absent of color and worn along the edges, but they were the only images Roger Espinoza had of his father. They owned a prominent resting spot inside his family home in Puerto Cortes, Honduras.
It was 1987 when Espinoza’s dad left Honduras and traveled alone to the United States. Anibal Espinoza left behind his wife and children, hoping to find a better life for them.
Roger Espinoza, a midfielder with Sporting Kansas City, had recently turned 1 year old. The first memorable encounter with his dad wouldn’t come for another decade, inside a Denver airport.