Age Quote by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

I went to my first college to play soccer.

— Sean Durkin

I actually ran in junior high school a little bit, you know, like most kids do in track and things. Then I got out…

— Jeff Fisher

I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there.

— Steph Houghton

After high school, I earned a scholarship to play Division I soccer at a small school in North Carolina, but I didn't get much…

— Clint Smith

I lived in a town of 400 until I was like nine or ten. My dad coached all the sports - he was a…

— January Jones

At Southampton, my dad was the academy coach at under-11 level.

— Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

I was in an academy from the age of eight. I couldn't play for my grassroots team then.

— Tyrone Mings

I played club football with a traveling team since I was 8 years old. I also played basketball and baseball, so I was competing…

— Jesse Palmer

I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good.…

— Maluma

I played basketball and soccer my freshman year in high school.

— Mia Hamm

When I was young my father used to play. He always took me to the training ground.

— Thomas Partey

I have more of a soccer dad. He was always the one taking us to sports practice.

— Soccer Mommy