2017 was not a fruitful debut professional season for Reggie Cannon. Playing just a single minute in Major League Soccer was probably not the full-back’s preferred way to follow up a year in which he played every match for UCLA - the University of California, Los Angeles - as a freshman. A demoralizing loan spell with USL franchise OKC Energy FC, that produced zero minutes of action for Cannon, only further added insult to injury that year.
“It felt like no one really believed in me at the time, not even the coaching staff,” Cannon told MLSsoccer.