Alondra Higareda’s earliest memories of soccer trace back to age 5, when she was just a small girl with big dreams, tumbling across the fields of her local city league in Merced. “I remember falling a lot,” she said, laughing. “I tried other sports — softball, track, volleyball — but nothing held my attention like … Continue reading Heart of the Game: How a local woman is elevating soccer in Merced and beyond