COLUMBUS, Ohio—Tobago-born Kevan George was one of three players selected by the Columbus Crew in Thursday’s US Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The two other players are forward Ethan Finlay, the tenth overall pick from Creighton: right back Aubrey Perry, the 26th overall pick from South Florida and midfielder/defender, 29th overall pick from Central Florida: His family made a bold decision early in his life.
Speaking after being drafted, the Roxborough-born defender said, “I was born in T&T and moved to America in 2002.” “My parents moved first, then they moved my brother and I three years afterward. “They didn’t have a job,” he added. “They just moved out hoping to help my brother and I advance our academic careers and me my professional dream. “It was very tough in the beginning, as you could expect, because we had nothing. That alone motivated me. All throughout my life, college, the Combine, I just had a one-track mind what I was going to do for my family.”
The realisation hit him when he heard his name called by the Crew where he will join fellow T&T defender, Julius James. “My knees got weak and I immediately started thanking God,” he said. “I was thinking of my family and what they had done for me.”
Source: www.guardian.co.tt