Pablo Ramírez still remembers a time back before Major League Soccer launched, when he took part in an open player tryout for the San Jose Earthquakes (who originally began as the San Jose Clash before rebranding in 2000 to the name that goes back to the North American Soccer League club founded in 1974).
It was nearly 30 ago now, and the exact date is lost to history. But just about everything since then in Ramírez’s public life has been well-preserved.
From 1994 to 2022, the native of Guadalajara, Mexico, was one of Univision’s signature soccer voices. He called the play-by-play for the network’s famed men’s World Cup coverage, some of the biggest U.S. and Mexican men’s national team games there were, countless Liga MX games, and action from MLS, the UEFA men’s Champions League, and elsewhere.
