Ricardo Espadas is the goalkeeper and captain of the Mexican youth team, the first opponent of All Japan Youth in the World Youth. An orphan, he was born at Mexico City slums and quickly befriended García, Saragosa, Alvez, Suárez and López, the Five Aztec Warriors. His main characteristic is that he does not stay in his area, but goes out, does overlaps, assists his team and scores goals. He is based on real-life Mexican goalkeeper Jorge Campos.