Youth
Castillo grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico and played for Mayfield High School under coach Arturo Garibay. In 2002, as a sophomore, he was named NSCAA/Adidas High School State Player of the Year. He was one of the top players in New Mexico as he helped and led Mayfield High School to two State Championship games.
He first gained notice from professional teams in 2005 playing for his local club team in the Dallas Cup, one of the world's top youth tournaments. His team made it to the Dallas Cup final for the Super Group but went down to Atletico Paranaense of Brazil 1-0.
Castillo was also a player for the Olympic Development Program regional pool for many years. His younger brother, Noel Castillo, is currently on the reserve team for Indios de Ciudad Juarez of Mexico.
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Famous quotes containing the word youth:
“Better to endure hardship in youth than poverty in old age.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The life—the home—of my youth is cut off, and now it is you and me, my sweet one.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“When he became all eye when one was present, and all memory when one was gone; when the youth becomes the watcher of windows, and studious of a glove, a veil, a ribbon, or the wheels of a carriage, when no place is too solitary, and none too silent.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)