South Texas Border Sports Podcast with Rey Silva

It is the second part of the sports conversation with Vaquero Radio host Luis Rubio as we discuss the NBA Finals and the NFL with the Texans firing of Bill O'Brien. Next week we will have Hector Zapata of McAllen, TX to talk soccer and other sports topics. 

This episode was recorded on 10/10/2020

Luis Rubio of Vaquero Radio joins host Rey Silva for a two-part podcast episode. Part one features the ending of the USL Championship season for RGV FC Toros and preview and guess who will win the LCS in the MLB. Part two will feature NBA and NFL talk. 

The podcast was recorded 10/10/2020

In the NFL the Dallas Cowboys are known as America's Team... but in the state of Texas, the Houston Texans are in the in-state rival. In the Rio Grande Valley where it is also known to be Cowboy country, but the Texans fan base in the RGV has something to say about that. Michael Garza of the leaders of the Houston Texans fan club in the Rio Grande Valley joins the podcast on how the popularity has risen for the Texans in the RGV and how they are making it grow. 

This episode was recorded on October 3, 2020. 

RGV Roller founder Nate Mata joins the podcast to talk about the run that the Dallas Stars are having during the Stanley Cup final. It has been 20 years since Dallas Stars last made the final and a lot has changed in the state of Texas when comes to hockey. 

This episode was recorded 09/27/2020

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This episode features the newest team in the Rio Grande Valley sports world.  They are the Valley Horned Frogs which will start play later on this fall in the Evolution Basketball Association. Their head coach Ashleigh Lopez joins the podcast to elaborate more on how her passion and determination to lead this new franchise.

Thanks to Andrew McCulloch of the Monitor - Sports for sharing this.

This episode was recorded on 9/18/2020. 

SAP Analyst for Chivas on Telemundo and Sports Anchor for Telemundo 48 in San Francisco, California, Carlos Yustis joins the podcast to talk about the Chivas de Guadalajara, some USL Soccer, and the tragic events of September 11th. 

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The episode was recorded 9/11/2020

Sports Psychologist Eduardo Aramabula joins host Rey Silva to talk about his start on becoming a sports psychologist. Arambula's pathway is very unique as he details some of his events that made him change the mentality on approach to change. 

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The episode was recorded 9/4/2020 

In this episode, RGV FC Toros president Ron Patel returns to the podcast to discuss the current state of the RGV FC Toros. One of the things that he highlights is that "no one is to blame, we are here together and we need to cooperate the way we can." 

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The episode was recorded 8/27/2020

In this episode of State of the Toros, Houston based sports journalist Victor Araiza joins the podcast to view the Dynamo-Toros relationship. He talks about how it has and has not worked plus how the relationship can be salvageable or improved. 

This is a special edition of the South Texas Border Sports podcast. This series will be about the state of the RGV FC Toros. The first guest of the series is Down in the Valley host Edson Ochoa. Edson and Rey will discuss some of the things that do not allow the Toros to continuously be successful.