As the rain and snow slowly descend upon Madison, students not accustomed to the wind and cold prepare for a long winter. One student who knows the cold well is Aron Elí Sævarsson, a Wisconsin men’s soccer team defender.
Sævarsson grew up in Reykjavik, Iceland, where temperatures dip low in the negative regions of Celsius. Sævarsson came to Wisconsin in 2021, moving to the United States for the first time and traveling to the country for only the fourth time.
In his debut season at Dan McClimon Soccer Complex, Sævarsson played in all 17 games as well as starting 16 of those matchups.