“The first time I stepped on the field, I got on the ball and I tried to take a touch by someone, and I got bowled over,” Dante Huckaby said after participating in a scrimmage with members of the Philadelphia Union first team on Thursday. “Usually when I play, I’m more physical than anyone, but they were way more physical than me.”
The standout under-17s player has made multiple US Boys’ National Team appearances and can play both center back and holding midfielder, but none of that could prepare him for the first time he went shoulder-to-shoulder with Derrick Jones.