270:. He got All State honors in 2009 and 2010. He was offered a scholarship to play soccer for Carson-Newman University in 2011, but had a short lived playing career as a result of memory problems. The year he played for Carson-Newman, they won the South Atlantic Conference Championship. He continued to be involved with soccer, becoming an assistant coach for the Mid-South Football Club in 2012. He earned a pair of coaching licenses including the United States Soccer Federation E Coaching License and the United States Soccer Federation National Youth License.
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took place from April 29 to May 6, 2015, in Carson, California. This camp was in preparation for the 2015 Cerebral Palsy
Football World Championships in June of that year in England. At the World Championships, he scored important goals that allowed the United States to qualify for the Rio Games. Participating at that competition, he scored a goal in the US's game 3–0 victory against Venezuela. At that competition, he stayed on the bench in the team's 10 - 0 loss to England. It was his first World Championships as a member of the national team.
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