A decade after moving from the east African nation of Eritrea to England with his family, Mo Adams was on the precipice of realizing his dream of becoming a professional soccer player.
Then, in an instant, it was all stamped away under the studs of a vicious training-ground tackle.
“I’m just running down the line about to put a cross in, I chop it back and a guy absolutely smashes my ankle," Adams told MLSsoccer.com last week. "I end up snapping four ligaments. I can’t walk, get carried off the field on a stretcher. At that moment, I knew this might change a lot of things.