Nico Calabria is not your typical soccer player. Sure, he brings the same intensity, passion, and love for the game of soccer as most players. He just does it on one leg.
Calabria is the captain of the United States Amputee Soccer Team, as well as a member of the New England Amputee Soccer Team, which is scheduled to play New York during halftime of this weekend’s Revolution match. For soccer fans in attendance who will likely have never seen amputee soccer before, it’ll open their eyes to an exciting version of the sport.
“It’s super intense, it’s high-paced, it’s violent.