Erick "El Cubo" Torres is living the dream.
Chivas USA's on-loan striker may technically belong to the biggest club in all of Mexico, Chivas Guadalajara, but Torres is relishing his time in MLS during a season which has seen him rise to fourth on the league's goal-scoring chart with 14 goals, leading to his first call-up and cap for the Mexican national team.
In fact, he likes it so much he wouldn't mind staying on after December when his loan deal expires. Chivas USA say they have a buyback option.
"You never know what can come about," he told FutbolMLS.com. "I’m excited for what’s shaping up next year in MLS. Important things are happening here. I don’t know what’s coming in my future, but whatever is best for me, that’s what I’m going to decide with the right people.
"Thank god, things have gone well for me here," Torres continued. "And I don’t discard the possibility of staying here. I don’t know what’s coming in December and what’s going to happen to me. But without a doubt, it wouldn’t be bad at all for me to remain here and keep doing things well. It’s a league that's growing tremendously. I’ve adapted very well and done things well here and if I can stay here next year I know it’d be a great decision."
Torres says that MLS continues to get plenty of attention in Mexico and during the most recent national team camp, his Mexico teammates were asking him plenty of questions about the league -- "Players based in Europe, like Guillermo Ochoa and Giovanni Dos Santos were talking to me about how the league is here … it motivates me to see them interested," Torres commented.
Could MLS become the preferred league of choice for top Mexican players? It's not too farfetched for Torres, who feels that LigaMX can learn a thing or two from MLS.
"Things like the organization, the stadiums, the fans and how they are, the marketing and little details like a simple All-Star Game," Torres said. "The All-Star Game is a game which in Mexico doesn’t attract their attention and they don’t do that game. But over here it’s a prize for the league, the players and for the clubs. These are little details that can make all the difference.
"I don’t have the least doubt, with all due respect to the Mexican league, that MLS is doing things really well and I’d like to see things and various details in Mexico to be like they are here."
