Playing Football in Europe and Bringing the Project Home

I started playing football in Saratoga back in seventh grade. I played until graduating from Saratoga High School. At that time it appeared that playing again would never happen. That changed when I moved abroad to live in Europe.

I still remember the first time putting on the equipment again . It was a surreal feeling. The most memorable part of the first time playing was simply checking to make sure my body was ok after making the first tackle. Leaving the field that day covered in mud and in the cold never felt so right. The only difference from that and high school was that I was speaking...