Turning Passion for Soccer to Purpose | George Assafo & Joaquin Ortiz | TEDxMiami Country Day School

Picture this. It's 5:45 a. m.It is too dangerous. The players will never accept you. These were the words running through my mind as I sat waiting for the bus headed to the southern Bahes in Argentina.They were the final words my concerned father had told me only a few hours earlier before my planet departed. I was set to go try out at Argentina Juniors, a best-in-class soccer club that has produced legends like Diego Maradona and current stars today like Alexis Mallister from the Premier League. In that mo ...