Johnny Perez, a center at Park Center Senior High, is off to the races along the right touch line. He turns and fires a cross toward his teammates in front of the goal, but the ball ricochets off a wheelchair.
Most soccer players don’t have to check for wheelchairs before they pass the ball, but for Perez, who is a captain of Osseo Area Schools’ (ISD 279) PI adapted soccer team, it’s just another part of a unique sport.
The objective of the game is the same: get the ball into the back of the opposition’s net without using any appendage beyond the shoulder.