"A decade before emerging as a star for Monterrey (commonly known as Rayadas), Burkenroad was living in a car by a beach during her junior year of high school. She had bounced around between hotels and spare rooms across San Diego as housing became an obstacle for the teenager and her single father, who struggled with mental health issues and finding work. During this time, Christina searched for comfort in unhealthy behaviors like drinking and drugs."
"This period in her youth was "chaotic," as she described it, but amid the day-to-day insecurity, there was one constant for the young Mexican-American girl who refused to give up on a dream: soccer. "My sanctuary, it was my safe place, and it was the only consistency in my life," the three-time Liga MX Femenil champion and Mexico international to ESPN. "If I didn't have it, I have no idea where my life would have ended up.""
Christina Burkenroad experienced a chaotic childhood in San Diego, often living in a car during her junior year of high school and moving between hotels and spare rooms. Her single father struggled with mental health issues and steady work, and Christina turned to drinking, drugs and stealing to cope and survive. Soccer provided the only consistent refuge and became her sanctuary during instability. She maintained humility, joining a local pickup game under San Diego's Coronado Bridge despite UEFA Women's Champions League experience. Burkenroad later rose to prominence as a three-time Liga MX Femenil champion with Monterrey (Rayadas) and as a Mexico international.
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