Teen competes in international amputee soccer tournament
FINAL AND ON OUR WAY OUT TONIGHT WANTED TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS ON A YOUNG MAN I’VE COME TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OVER THE YEARS AND SPEAK TO HIS DETERMINATION AND INSPIRATION. FIRST MET LIAM FANNING IN 2019, THANKS TO FORMER BALTIMORE BLAST TOLLY, WILLIAM VANZELLA LIAM, BATTLING A BONE CANCER, HAD HIS LEG AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE, DEVASTATING CIRCUMSTANCES FOR SURE, BUT HIS JOY AND SPIRIT NEITHER WOULD BE CRUSHED. LIAM, NOW 15, AND A SOPHOMORE AT SUSQUEHANNA HIGH SCHOOL IN GLEN ROCK, PA, COMPETES FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL AMPUTEE SOCCER TEAM. HE JUST COMPETED IN HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN POLAND, STARTING FOR THE TEAM, A TEAM FULL OF GROWN MEN. BUT THERE HE IS, RIGHT THERE, BATTLING ALONGSIDE WITH THEM. KEEP IT UP LIAM. CAN’T WAIT T
Fifteen-year-old Liam Fanning, a high school sophomore from Pennsylvania, competed for the U.S. national amputee soccer team in his first international tournament in Poland. Despite being the youngest player on a team of grown men, Fanning started in the matches and held his own on the national stage. The U.S. amputee soccer team said Fanning went “toe-to-toe with older, bigger players” and “showed absolute composure and world-class skill.” “There is zero doubt that he is destined for stardom in the amputee soccer world,” the team added.
Fifteen-year-old Liam Fanning, a high school sophomore from Pennsylvania, competed for the U.S. national amputee soccer team in his first international tournament in Poland.
Despite being the youngest player on a team of grown men, Fanning started in the matches and held his own on the national stage.
The U.S. amputee soccer team said Fanning went “toe-to-toe with older, bigger players” and “showed absolute composure and world-class skill.”
“There is zero doubt that he is destined for stardom in the amputee soccer world,” the team added.
