Recently, the main competitions Sports From United State It had an even greater impact on the Latin American audience.
This is mainly due to the incorporation of outstanding athletes from their origins Latin To the biggest leagues on the NBA Tour, NHL, NFL, MLB, and PGA Tour.
These are some of the most distinguished Latin American athletes in the United States:
NFL (National Football League)
Sams Reyes
Born in Talcahuano, South Chile, became the first player from his country to join the NFL after signing with the Washington soccer team in 2021.
Reyes started playing basketball, in fact, he was part of the Chilean team. At the age of 14, he moved to the United States after receiving a scholarship to play college basketball in Tulane until 2020 when he started playing soccer.
Isaac Alarkoun
the Mexican Born in Monterey, he came to the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. After participating in some pre-season games, the player is now part of the Enterprise development team and is training hard to be shortlisted for the Dallas team.
Alarcón has a height of two meters and weighs 145 kilograms, so team officials hope that he can provide significant physical strength up front.
NHL (National Hockey League)
Auston Matthews
A player of Mexican descent who belongs to the ranks of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He made his debut in a game against the Ottawa Senators and scored four goals.
With 41 goals scored in the squeezed 56-game tournament for 2021, Matthews became the first Hispanic player to win the Maurice Rocket Richard Award given to the top scorer of the season in the National Hockey League.
MLB (Major League Baseball)
Fernando Tates Jr.
He was born in the Dominican Republic in January 1999. He is currently a part of San Diego Padres where he arrived in 2019.
He made his debut in March of that year against the San Francisco Giants and a month later achieved first hon run From his career (Arizona Diamondbacks).
Ronald Akuna
born in Venezuela in December 1997. He belongs to the ranks of the Atlanta Braves as he made his debut in 2018.
In November of that year, he won the National League Rookie of the Year. Other distinctions added by the Venezuelan: two silver bats (2019 and 2020), two All-Star games (2019 and 2020) and two second ALL-MLB team games (2019 and 2020).
Javier Baez
“The Wizard” as he is known, was born in December 1992 in Puerto Rico. He currently belongs to the Detroit Tigers, but before in MLB He had steps to race the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs.
Baez was a two-time National League All-Star in Chicago and ranked second in the league’s MVP vote in 2018. As a result of his fine performance, his access to Detroit was sealed off after a $140 million deal.
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Facundo Campazzo
Denver Nuggets Point Guard is originally from Cordoba, Argentina. He defended his national team in the London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Olympics. He won a silver medal at the 2019 World Cup.
According to experts, he is an elite defender and a great shooter who can also stand out as a three-point shooter.
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He is considered one of the most prominent players of Latino origin in NBA and the main star of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Last season, the Dominicans had a good campaign, scoring 24.8 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.
Alhorford
The Dominicans returned to the Celtics this year after spending two seasons with the 76ers and The Thunder.
He is an effective player at the age of 35 who still has a lot to contribute to the team. He is especially expected to help with his experience after adding 14 seasons in the NBA.
Juan Toscano Anderson
The Mexican will play his second full season with the Golden State Warriors. He averaged 5.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and became one of Steve Kerr’s favorite rotating players on the team.
He and his teammates hope that this season will be different from the previous one in which they were left without qualifiers for the second year in a row.
PGA Tour
Abraham Anser
The 30-year-old Mexican is the most talented Latino on the PGA Tour. This season he won his first title, winning the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, making him the fourth Mexican in history to win that event.
It currently ranks 11th in the rankings and reached 8th place in August of this year.
This season like Mexico in the Tokyo Olympics.
Joaquin Niemann
According to specialists, he is the best golfer Chile from history. At only 23 years old, he is number 29 in the standings, and this year he also participated in the Tokyo Olympics to defend Chile, placing him in the top 10 in the competition.
In 2017, Niemann became the first Latin American to receive the McCormack Medal after ending the year as the best amateur golfer. This allowed him to play the US Open and British Open.
JoaKing is aiming high in 2022, as he has indicated in several interviews that he hopes to win a major.
Carlos Ortiz
Another one of the most prominent golfers in Latin America at the moment. Ortiz was born in Guadalajara in 1991 and in February of this year achieved his best rating (44).
He made his debut in the competition in the 2013 season and in 2020 won the Houston Open on the PGA Tour, being the third Mexican to do so after Victor Regalado and Cesar Sanudo.