Yahoo Sports reports: Ricardo Pepi thought back to how much had changed in four years. Pepi was a passenger in a car his father, Daniel, was driving in Dallas when current coach Mauricio Pochettino's WhatsApp video popped in with the message sent to this year's American 26. “I showed it to him and he immediately started just like crying a little bit," Pepi said.
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Ricardo Pepi thought back to how much had changed in four years. Pepi was a passenger in a car his father, Daniel, was driving in Dallas when current coach Mauricio Pochettino's WhatsApp video popped in with the message sent to this year's American 26. “I showed it to him and he immediately started just like crying a little bit," Pepi said.
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