John Joseph Purata made the decision to leave tigers this summer, following four years in the first team; he emigrated to Major League Soccer with a suitcase full of illusions and landed at Atlanta United who drives Gonzalo Pineda; there its impact has been immediate.
the mexican defender stands out with three goals and participation as holder; feel that has ceased to be seen as a juvenile and is assumed as a referent with the desire to show their maximum football potential. Your time has come!
“In tigers I was there for a long time, nine years, I left the basic forces there; It wasn’t such a youthful team or it didn’t give so many opportunities to people from the basic forces. I stayed for four years in the first team and I was always the young, the basic forcesthe youth, which to a certain extent is normal for the team that is, with a lot of hierarchy, a big team, that is accustomed to foreign reinforcements. I get here and now I am the foreigner, the reinforcementthe one that comes from outside and that has a different impact”, declared Pirata at halftime.
The good performance of Purata
The 24-year-old has started as a starter in nine of the 10 games he has played in the Atlanta United; the Mexican already has three goals, once morest Orlando City, Columbus Crew and this weekend once morest DC Uniteda dream come true for the player who arrived at the MLS as loan with option to purchase.
“Yes, it crossed my mind to establish myself quickly, was the idea; I left Mexico at MLS For that: to establish myself. I want to continue with the line that has always characterized me, of continuing to work to achieve more things. Yes, everything I am living was in my head, ”he commented. Purata.
However, he admits that at first it cost him the physical adaptationfollowing in the summer he did not participate in the preseason of tigers for closing his transfer to the MLS, but following that the language was easily assimilated for him.
“It’s football, I just adapted to the styleto the rhythm, to the way of playing in the League, which is more intense than in Mexicoes faster football, more physical too; teammates, coaching staff and Gonzalo (Pineda) have made me feel comfortable from day one. The language did not dominate it one hundredbut I understand many thingsI can express myself on and off the pitch, I can have a conversation and it was no problem”.
John Joseph also said to medieval that “in the first training sessions the physical part cost me, came on vacation, of being stopped for a while, without so much work on the field, but one adapts and picks up the rhythm they had. They didn’t have vacations, they have a long tournament; then, they came at a high competition rate and I had to quickly adapt to that rhythm”.
Although in the Atlanta United wants to have weight in defense and not in the scoring aspect, it is clear that the MLS it is also a good platform would allow him to consolidate as a footballer in an integral way and with it -why not- seek one day get to football in Europe.
“It depends on the perspective that one has and one wants, many say that coming to the MLS is coming on vacation, but each one has their perspective. Perhaps many young people have the illusion of playing in another country, or of Mexico going to Europe, but the MLS can help you in that, because it is a League that is widely seen by European teams and that is my mentality: May the MLS help me consolidate. I want to make that leap to Europewhich is what I have had in mind since I was very young”.
