"Real Million Dollar Baby" Solly Smith – first Latino featherweight champion of the world Mia St. John – WBC champion, professional female boxer Johnny Tapia – five-time flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight champion, Hall of famer Jesse Valdez – Olympic bronze medalist (1972) Fernando Vargas – two-time light middleweight champion Jessie Vargas – WBA super lightweight and WBO welterweight champion Jose Zepeda – professional boxer Football (soccer) Jackie Acevedo – striker Isaac Acuña – midfielder Emily Alvarado – goalkeeper Mónica Alvarado – defender, international footballer Ventura Alvarado – defender Alejandro Alvarado Jr. – midfielder Efraín Álvarez – midfielder Carlos Alvarez – midfielder Frankie Amaya – midfielder Daniel Antúnez – midfielder Fernando Arce Jr. – midfielder Julian Araujo – defender Esteban Arias – defender Eder Arreola – midfielder Luis Arriaga – midfielder Paul Arriola – midfielder Eric Avila – midfielder Carlos Avilez – goalkeeper Ivan Becerra – forward Julio Benitez – midfielder Carlos Bocanegra – center back and captain of the US National Team Carlos Borja – defender Jonathan Bornstein – defender and midfielder Jose Burciaga Jr. – defender Christina Burkenroad – forward Ariana Calderón – striker Javier Casas – midfielder Edgar Castillo – defender Bri Campos – defender Servando Carrasco – midfielder Edwin Cerrillo – midfielder Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez – forward Julian Chavez – midfielder Joe Corona – midfielder Antonietta Collins – sports commentator and soccer player, daughter of the well-known television reporter María Antonieta Collins Chris Cortez – forward Ramiro Corrales – midfielder Cade Cowell – forward Stephanie Cox – defender, Olympic gold medalist Renae Cuéllar – forward Daniel Cuevas – winger Mauricio Cuevas – defender A. J. DeLaGarza – defender Marco Delgado – midfielder Erik Dueñas – defender David Estrada – defender Marco Farfan – defender Janelly Farias – defender Omir Fernandez – attacking midfielder Vidal Fernandez – midfielder Dennis Flores – midfielder Monica Flores – leftback Jaime Frías – defender Joe Gallardo – forward Christopher Garcia – forward Freddie Garcia – forward Irving Garcia – midfielder Natalie Garcia – defender Nick Garcia – defender Poli Garcia – midfielder Rafael Garcia – midfielder Alina Garciamendez – defender Greg Garza – defender Monica Gerardo – coach and former player Luis Gil – midfielder Alejandro Guido – attacking midfielder Elizabeth Gómez – defender Francisco Gomez – midfielder Herculez Gomez – forward Johan Gomez – forward Jonathan Gómez – defender Daniel Gonzalez – midfielder Jesse González – goalkeeper Jonathan Gonzalez – midfielder Miguel