Two years ago, Corey Hertzog thought his career was over. The former Penn State All-American and first-round New York Red Bulls draft pick had just suffered an opening round loss in the USL playoffs with FC St. Louis when he hit a crossroad.
“I called six or seven teams,” Hertzog said after training with Reno 1868 recently, “they all said I was too old.”
When Hertzog reached out to Bethlehem Steel’s coach Brendan Burke for a potential move back home, Burke told him he couldn’t sign any player over 24 years old.