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"Whenever I saw an image that resembled a Hispanic or Latino guy, I would open it and look at the name.
"Sometimes I found articles where they mentioned where their parents were from and in other cases I would reach out to them through social media and ask them.
"One of my biggest finds was Steve Purdy [who had played for 1860 Munich in Germany].
"There's nothing Salvadorian about that name but I had read some stuff about him and got hold of him on Facebook and we started talking."
https://twitter.com/SelectaTalent/status/1364964222145355777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1364964222145355777%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2F58820062In El Salvador's current squad, there are eight players that were discovered by Alvarado.
The 36-year-old, who currently lives in California after emigrating to the US when he was 12, is understandably proud of seeing the players feature for their national side.
"To me it was just that I wanted to help the national team," said Alvarado.
"But when I had, a couple of them told me, 'I wouldn't have been able to play against [Lionel] Messi and Argentina or [Andres] Iniesta or [Gerard] Pique if it wasn't for what you did for me'.
"That was the moment when I almost broke down in tears because I never really thought about it.
"I never paused [before] to hear from those players and what I did for their careers and experiences, to be able to play against the top teams and world class players."
The Central American country last qualified for a World Cup in 1982, but have made a decent start to their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign and secured a 1-0 win against Panama on Friday (October 8).
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