Monrovia is on Ashley Sanchez watch as U.S. battles in World Cup
LA TimesJulie Sanchez, center, of Monrovia, mother of Ashley, flanked by Samantha Hobert, left, and her mother, Danielle Hobert, at a World Cup viewing party for USA’s Ashley Sanchez, Six big-screen TVs were positioned around the room of a light-filled restaurant in Monrovia, every screen tuned in to the U.S. women’s World Cup team’s preparations for a stern test against the Netherlands in preliminary-round play in New Zealand. “It’s incredible,” Julie Sanchez said, looking around a room filled with laughter, love and pride that a young woman from what feels like a charming small town had made it to the World Cup stage. Texas-based Siete Foods, owned by a Mexican-American family, Monrovia faithful such as Jordan Partida, 31, intently watched during a World Cup viewing party for USA’s Ashley Sanchez. “You knew she’d go far, but just to see this is amazing.” Mary Wiesner, also of Monrovia, knows Ashley because her daughter, Kate, played with Ashley on the U-17 women’s national team.
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