The 17-year-old Dominican player has just signed a professional contract with Inter Miami and has just made his debut with the Dominican Republic shirt in the friendly against Serbia and Puerto Rico.
Edison azcona born in La Romana and from the age of 4, he started to fall in love with the ball. Although his father, born in Sabana Grande de Boyá, enrolled him in football, baseball, basketball, and taekwondo, as he grew older he realized that football was his thing.
“Football gives me joy and when I play I forget everything that happens outside. I’m focused on myself and the ball, it’s one Indescribable feeling. I like it very much “.
In exclusive conversation with ESPN, he told us about his origins and his goals in this sport that brought him so much at such a young age. The Dominican attacker has just signed his first professional contract and he did it at a club that has high expectations, such as Inter Miami CF, franchise that presides over the world star David Beckham.
“I’ve only seen Beckham once,” laughs Azcona. “It’s been three weeks. I went to train and get tested on Covid-19, and David Beckham comes out of one of the locker rooms and I was surprised. He is a legend and I admire him immensely. No one had told us he would be there. So when he started practicing with us, it was like a dream came true. “
Azcona could become the first Dominican-born player to make his debut in the Major League Soccer (MLS), which would be another sign that national talent exists in this discipline and is spread all over the world.
“My goal is to do my best, as I always have. I have to work hard and I am blessed, this is an accomplishment that means a lot to me. “
Edison’s family, consisting of his parents and three sisters, moved to Tennessee when he was very young and there he started playing this sport, but he developed football in Florida after he decided to pursue it shortly after he was 9 years old. to concentrate. sport, although he also stood out in the others he played.
“My two older sisters also started playing football. They were good, very good. But they didn’t go any further and I, like whoever they said, had to bear that responsibility, ”Azcona jokes.
He thanks his father, Edison Azcona Sr., for his never giving up, always fighting mentality, as he demonstrated in his international competitions, and his mother, Ivette Vélez, for always supporting him and sharing his achievements. with him.
He tells us about his method of wearing the shirt of the Dominican Republic Jacques Passy made the approach and went to see him in Florida.
“Passy called me and admitted that he was following my matches in the United Soccer League (USL). He came, invited us to dinner and that’s where the talks started so I could play for the national team. So I saw the opportunity to show my football with my country and I didn’t hesitate for a second ”.
Edison really enjoyed the experience and the integration between everyone, although he acknowledged that his nerves attacked him for a moment.
“I had a lot of fun. It was a very good experience. We felt we were inside a family, but I have to admit I was very nervous in my first game, I had never played internationally. But already against Serbia it was easier and I tried my best and I think I was fine ”.
“There is no doubt that I will wear the Dominican Republic shirt again,” Azcona concluded.