Anahuak Youth Soccer Association
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SILVER MEDALIST Raul Macías, a successful businessman who came from Mexico 30 years ago, started the non-profit Anahuak Youth Soccer Association ten years ago in northeast Los Angeles to improve academics, health, and leadership through physical activity and places to play. Anahuak helped create the Rio de Los Angeles State Park at Taylor Yard, which opened on Earth Day 2007. As Macías told KTLA news, www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHUA1QFLrN0, Anahuak is not about making soccer players, but making good citizens. Macías started Anahuak after neighborhood children asked him to donate $30 for referees and expenses. He agreed if the youths would tell him the results of each game. Macías eventually took over coaching: “They kept losing, week after week. They needed somebody to push them to do things right, to show them how to be winners.” |
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