Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A kpọrọ ya na Cerro Pelado Training Center dị ka otu n'ime ndị otu egwuregwu mba ahụ na-eto eto mgbe ọ dị afọ 21. O mechara soro ndị klọb Occidentales nke ghọrọ onye mmeri n'asọmpi ahụ site n'enyemaka Ortiz, ma tufuo naanị otu egwuregwu n'oge niile. Mgbe asọmpi Cuban gasịrị, ọ sonyeere ndị otu mba n'okpuru nduzi nke ndị nchịkwa Eugenio George, Luis Felipe Calderón na Jorge Garbey, setịpụrụ njem njem mba anọ tupu Pan American Cup. Mgbe o meriri Dominican Republic 3-1, o meriri ihe nrite ọla edo nke Pan-American Cup 2002. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ gawara asọmpi FIVB World Grand Prix nke 2002
n'asọmpi ebe ndị otu mba ya nọ n'ọkwa nke asaa. Ọ nọ n'etiti ndị otu Cuba a kpọrọ maka 2002 FIVB World Championship, nke ọ na-egwuri egwu dị ka onye na-agbanwe agbanwe. Agbanyeghị, ndị otu ya meriri 0-3 na United States na nkeji iri na ise wee nwee afọ ojuju maka igwu egwu nke ise ruo asatọ. Mgbe ha merisịrị Bulgaria 3-2, ha meriri Korea 3-2 wee ruo ebe nke ise n'asọmpi ahụ.