Ryan Raposo had this date encircled in his calendar.
It was a youth club match with Vaughan SC in Ontario, but he was thinking big picture.
The night before, he got an email he had been waiting for months.
Ryan, we’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. Don’t be nervous.
Ian McIntyre had finally replied to his overtures, and the Syracuse head coach would be in the stands to scout him.
It’s December of 2016, his senior year in high school, and he already mapped out how it was supposed to go.