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To see his parents in the stands . It's

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an honor . I mean , Dante was a great ,

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great kid and just to wear the 13 for

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him and see the way they smile . I just

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hope they can see a piece of , of him

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back on the field and that's the reason

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I wear it . My name is Eric . Um , I'm

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a security forces up at March Air

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Reserve Base . I'm a reservist . I've

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been playing soccer since I was seven

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years old . The reason I wear number 13 ,

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unfortunately , I lost a friend last

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year . Um , he trained me , he's

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actually a local here in Southern

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California . He went to Cal State San

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Marcos and he played there . Um , and

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he wore number 13 . His parents will be

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coming out to tomorrow's game . Um ,

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and I hope to be on the field and , uh

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be able to honor his number and it'd be

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just awesome to honor his number in

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front of his parents . This is my

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little brother , Dante . Dante was a

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world class athlete , um , and knew

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pretty much everybody and Eric reached

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out to us , um , six months ago

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saying that he would like to take on my

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little brother's jersey number 13 .

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Since my brother passed the values he

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taught me , we just always wanna have

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fun . But to be grateful , he always

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encouraged everyone around him to do

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was keep their heads up . You're never

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as low as you think you are . It mean

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everything to me . Um , but I think it

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means more to his parents and that's

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who I wanna score for his parents and

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just wearing his number , this whole

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tournament is , uh , is dedicated for

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him . It's , it's incredible to see his

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number out there for us . It's just a

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sign that he's still here . He's still

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out there . He's still good when he

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runs out on the field . So it means ,

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it means a lot . Thank you , Eric .