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I have decided to retire as a professional footballer. When we first met 25 years ago, I could never have imagined the crazy, unbelievable journey you would tak

Eni Aluko

In about five years I had gone from selling cigarettes in the streets of Abidjan to playing for the biggest club in the world.

Eric Bailly

Sometimes the best dreams aren’t yours — they’re the ones someone else tells you you can achieve. Let me tell you about my hero.

Ben Chilwell

When he was seven, Bheem Goyal was diagnosed with leukemia. Make-A-Wish Foundation helped him live his dream of spending a day with the Sounders and his hero, g

Bheem Goyal