The sport captured his attention when he was growing up in Florida more than 15 years ago, when he played youth soccer in suburban Miami. It continued when he moved several states away to Texas, where he began to play soccer at one of the highest amateur levels. He continued to play when he went to college in Dallas.
Now, Smith is a rising senior looking at what could be his last year of playing soccer at the amateur level. It’s a startling realization for the SMU defenseman. Three years have gone by in the blink of an eye.