I'm not letting this go. When he played soccer with Valley Secession United, he always had more energy, a smile, and a wicked shoulder-push to make sure you could never get to the ball. It wasn't personal, it was fun.
My thoughts are with his family, and that includes all of us in the squad.
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Unlike a lot of folks here, I only knew Jair briefly. I first met him at my first day at VSU. I was barely a LARS newb, couldn't play soccer to save my life. Basically I had 'newb' written all over me.
Generally everyone was friendly - but no one went out of their way to make me feel welcome like Jair. He came up, remembered my name, took the time to talk to me, invite me to hang out at the next game, etc. I take my relationship with LARS very seriously, and no one kick-started that like Jair did.
My heart aches for those he left behind, including all of his LARS family.