CARSON, Calif. – The clock is ticking for Chivas USA Homegrown player Marky Delgado, and with each passing day, the 16-year-old midfielder gets closer and closer to his professional debut.

After being signed in April, it was revealed that Delgado would be unable to play until August while he completed the league’s Homegrown player training requirements. But that does not mean that the teenager is merely sitting on the sidelines waiting to take the field.