“My brother described watching Arsenal to me as feeling the same intensity and passion he felt while rooting for the Mexican National Team. So like the good independent woman I am, I do everything my older brother does. His origin story is my origin story. I have three brothers, plus myself. We’re all Arsenal fans. Soccer in general, being Mexican-Americans, connects us naturally. So we’ve definitely had that, ‘I’m not living in that place, but still feel that intensity,’ kind of thing with the Mexican National Team and we feel the same way with Arsenal. When my family isn’t able to get together to watch the games, we’ll always text each other. Here on the west coast, we’re getting up at like four o’clock in the morning, so if for some reason I don’t wake up because of my job or my kids, I’ll have a play-by-play ready in our group chat.  I’m a single mom. It’s just me, my children, and my brothers. So I think in that realm, soccer is something that very much connects me to my fami...