in the country's history. After a few years on the club's board, some of which as interim or transitional president, he finally officially accepted the position in 1916, becoming the entity's fifth president. His first year in office (1917) was a triumphant one, as Real Madrid won their first Copa del Rey since 1908, as well as the regional championship title. In that same year, he was the architect of the acceptance of the word "soccer" by the Royal Spanish Academy, until then known as "football", due to its origin. It became "soccer" since then, despite the fact that historians and academics of the Spanish Language, advised in the most Castilian "football". In addition to O'Donnell, he also oversaw the construction of Campo de Ciudad Lineal in 1922, which was the first Madrid field with grass. However, Real Madrid was one of the most ambitious clubs of the time, and just two years later, in 1924, the club felt the need for a much larger stadium, and thus the Estadio Chamartín was built, moving from a venue with 8,000 spectators to another with the capacity for a crowd of 25,000 people. They bought the land for 642,000 pesetas, and once again, it was Pedro Parages, who together with José María Peña, Bernardo Menéndez and Carlos López Quesada, endorsed the amount. Chamartín opened on 17 May 1924 with a match against the professional Newcastle United, which the amateur Real Madrid players defeated by 3–2. One of the most remarkable events during his presidency was the reception of the Royal title of "Real", given by the King of Spain, Alfonso XIII. Parages finished his mandate on 16 May 1926. Notably, he held the interim presidency again in 1928–29, until the election in 1930, which was won by Luis Usera Bugallal. He never renounced that dual nationality, something that prevented him, after the Spanish Civil War, from accessing the presidency of the club, since the authorities of the time banned this possibility to citizens with any nationalities other than Spanish. Managerial career During his time as president of Madrid FC, Parages managed the Spain national team in 1923–24, coinciding with the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. The team would be eliminated in the preliminary round by Italy after losing 1–0, thanks to an own goal from Pedro Vallana. In total, he managed the team in three games with a balance of one game