Injuries are never easy for a professional player.
When you make a living by performing on the field, court, whatever arena, you want to be out there performing and not stuck on the sideline.
That was especially true for Columbus Crew SC first-year winger Mike Grella.
Despite playing professional soccer since 2009, Grella managed to go through his career with no major injuries. That was until late in the 2016 Major League Soccer season when he bumped knees while with the New York Red Bulls and began to feel lingering pain.