Mr.Salvador Mariana is mostly excited that his grandson is part of the MVLA Program. He has been watching the practices and is extremely impressed with the training program and ethics by MVLA Coaches.
Salvador is a soccer legend in El Salvador. At the age of 26, he represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico where they played Mexico, the Soviet Union and Belgium in Group 1.Salvador Mariona played for great clubs including Atlante, Alianza F.C. and Platense Zacatecoluca retiring in 1977 to become a coach. He took over as Chief Executive of Alianza in 2005. Alianza is one of the most popular and successful clubs in El Salvador. It plays in the Primera Division, the highest tier league in the country. It is the first Central American and Salvadoran club to win the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup, one of only three Salvadoran teams to have done so to date. He’s currently the President of the Players Soccer Association in El Salvador. He’s one of the only 2 players who went to the World Cup twice. As a captain and coach. During his Career he has played and won against Pele and Vava at Futbol Club America, Mexico.
His main goal is to give school kids and especially street kids chance to be able to play the beautiful game of soccer and to keep them off the streets or bad influence/habits. This is something simple for the kids to create and be a part of. He’s very active in the soccer association in his country, always thriving to make a difference by simply helping develop the grassroots level. This help is very close to his heart, as he also came from nothing and started playing soccer barefoot in a small town of Santa Tecla.
