The football pitch came into view as Riley and Andre came racing to the other kids when they saw them lining up. Riley looked around to try and spot the scout. He finally was able to spot two men he was unfamiliar with and concluded that one of them was that Dortmund scout Andre talked about.
"Good, Riley you made it." Coach Almedia said with a relieved smile and gave a thumbs up to Andre who returned it with gusto. "Alright everyone. As you all know some big shots of world football have graced us with their presence today. Yes scouts from abroad. I would like you to perform to the best of your abilities." Coach Almedia looked at the kids one last time and flashed a smile, "Good luck."
The players were putting on their kits and were instructed to go to a guy who looked like he was in his 20's to collect bibs. Riley approached the guy to take his bib and the guy flashed a smile at him. "Hello, my name is Rafael. Im the admin guy. Just give me your name and position and be on your way."
Riley approached, "Hello, my name is Riley Santos and I play as an attacking midfielder or left winger, right wing too. Wait can I say multiple positions?" Riley asked and Rafael chuckled and nodded. "Okay than. I can play almost all the offensive positions." Rafeal ticked all those boxes (CAM, LW, RW, ST).
Rafael gave Riley his bib and looked at him with interest. "Hey Riley." He called out, Riley turned to him. "Who is your football idol?" Riley was stunned at the question. Being from Portugal the obvious answer should be Cristiano Ronaldo. Riley liked Cristiano Ronaldo a lot but he once asked his uncle if his mother liked football. His uncle told him that his mother loved football and being from Liverpool, she was a big Liverpool fan and her favourite player was Steven Gerrard. From then on he had been following the player and also fell in love with him. "My football idol? My football idol is non other than Steven Gerrard." Riley said with a smile.
Rafael was stunned since he expected the answer to be the obvious Cristiano Ronaldo however Riley had stunned him. "Hahahaha, good one." Rafael laughed out loud. The two teams organised each other and the match was about to begin. Riley was starting on the left wing his secondary position but he didn't care one bit.