USL Ron Patel Has a Plan for the Toros

"\"EDINBURG, Texas – In the year since he became President of the USL Championship’s Rio Grande Valley FC, Ron Patel has worked to understand what makes the people in the four counties across the region tick.\n\nWhat he’s found is a geographically connected community that experience highs and lows, good times and bad – but always come together in celebration of one another.\""

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"\"“Just like in any large family, you’ve got people who will fight all the time and they butt heads,” Patel said recently. “Then what will happen is one of them will fall on the ground and they’ll all rush over to pick that person up. Then when one person does something extraordinary, they all sing from the rooftops about their cousin, or their aunt or their nephew or niece that did something extraordinary.\n\n“The Valley’s just like that. The Valley’s got all these different cities and High Schools that all fight with each other and say, ‘we’re going to beat you, we’re better than you.’ We’ve got the city of this versus the city of that, but as soon as someone does something really, really good, they all rally together. As soon as someone falls on the ground, they all rush to pick them up. That’s what I’ve noticed about this place. It’s really beautiful to see.”\n\nIt's also one of the reasons why Patel – who prior to joining RGVFC helped launch New Mexico United as the club’s Chief Revenue Officer – believes the future of the Toros could be among the brightest of any club in the Championship.\""