Simon Veness is a beat writer covering Orlando City SC for MLSsoccer.com. He has been writing about soccer for various media in the UK and USA since 1981. You can view all of his stories written for MLSsoccer.com here.
ORLANDO, Fla.—Tommy Redding was always destined for a professional sports career. The only question was: Which sport would it be?
For the young Orlando City SC center back, born into an athletically gifted family, his professional future was written in his DNA. But in the end, it was his friends, and not his family, that made the decision for him as to which sport to pursue.