Ironically for Sky Blue FC Head Coach Christy Holly, soccer wasn’t his first love. In fact, it wasn’t even his second love.
“I was exposed to a number of different sports, and oddly enough, my parents would probably tell you that soccer was never my number one sport,” Holly said. “Soccer was really secondary to swimming and probably Gaelic football and hurling, as I grew up, and maybe even to rugby as I got a little bit older.”
Growing up in Derry, Ireland, the Gaelic games—Gaelic football and hurling—were not only all around him, but also in his blood.