Carmelo Torres wrote under the nickname "Granero", a famous matador killed by a bull named "Pocapena" (Little ashame). Carmelo Torres says of this: "- Granero was killed by "little shame" and I have very little shame to be a writer. Dr Pepe Cabello published "Redondel de Ilusiones" based on the chronicles that, written as Cartof, were in the newspaper "El Universal" of Caracas. Carmelo Torres co-wrote with Dr Pepe Cabello a book called "Illusions Ring". In 1991 "Boldness" (Audacia) is published, Carmelo Torres being the author, under the seal of International Television Studios. This was his third work and his second to
Rafael Amaya (soccer) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played seven games for the Clash that year. In January 1997, the Clash traded Amaya and Paul Bravo to the Colorado Rapids for Dominic Kinnear and a second round pick in the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. In the spring of 1998, Amaya joined the Colorado Comets in the USISL PDSL. He played for the Comets during 1998 and 1999. In the fall of 1998, he returned to the Wichita Wings for one game during the 1998–1999 NPSL season. However, in the fall of 1999, he signed with the St. Louis Ambush in