While working with her mother as the first women to open and run a soccer agency, Victoire Cogevina carried the cell phone whose number was the main line for SR All-Stars. She spoke frequently to aspiring players about the challenges they faced as they dreamed of pro careers. Those in the U.S. couldn’t afford expensive academies and travel teams. Players in other countries often faced corruption in the soccer scouting system.
“I literally spoke to them on a daily basis,” Cogevina said. “And I’ve heard every single story you can imagine. We’d have everyone from the father, the mother, the neighbor, the friend, the actual player would call you and tell you stories that were really dramatic, to say the least, [about] them trying to get to be professional players.