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Brian Fernandez, Diego Valeri | PTFC vs. SKC

“David, who was a year older, would bring Brian everywhere. He was the one who first started taking Brian to Colón games, helping to fuel his younger brother’s passion for the sport. The two brothers once showed up to a Colón game as children with only enough money to buy one ticket. Too young to know any better and desperate to see their favorite team, they devised a plan where one of the brothers would go inside the stadium first and hand the ticket back through the bars to the other. They thought the scheme had worked, until security came to their seats and led them out of the stadium.

“He took me wherever he went,” Fernandez said. “There was a time when we were together day and night. We went through the good and bad together.”

In August 2012, Fernandez was away competing for Defensa y Justicia when he heard the devastating news. David had taken his own life. Now, seven years later, Fernandez can’t talk about his brother without tears coming to his eyes.”

Brian Fernández | Portland Timbers

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