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Orlando City homegrown player Tommy Redding faces pivotal year

There is a time in most people's lives when they move out of their parents' house and into their own place for the first time.

The big move often signifies a shift into mainstream adulthood, a heavy dose of reality that comes in the form of rent checks, utility bills and grocery shopping. That transition often accelerates the person's maturation process.

For soccer players, including Orlando City's Tommy Redding, a similar evolution happens in the third year of their professional careers. Players go from "rookies" and "youngsters" in their first two seasons to a new level of expectation as a "third-year veteran.