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I'm translating a newspaper article for a class in my M.A. translation program, and in this article (which has a target audience of North American English speakers for translation purposes), the coach of a Mexican football club (who is from Argentina) refers to another team's players with the following comment: "Tienen jugadores de muy buen pide." I have never encountered the phrase "buen pide" but a couple of my co-L1 classmates (who speak both English and Puerto Rican Spanish as native languages) suggested that perhaps this phrase either transmits the idea that the players are "well-regarded" or "in demand," or else it may be a typo that should've read "buen pie" instead (which DeepL renders as simply "they have very good players" using the clause "tienen jugadores de muy buen pie"). I couldn't find anything even remotely meaningful with "buen pide" in my own searching, so my professor has suggested that I request well-informed opinions here on ProZ. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.