5 Start of trials

July 19th, 2013 Times square-New York

"What a beautiful morning," he mumbled to himself. He had slept like a baby excited about today Adam jumped out of bed and hurried off to wash up in preparation for the day to come.

A few minutes later, he ate a light breakfast provided by the motel and headed off to the city after handing in his key. He left his luggage in his room since he had booked it for a whole week. Moreover, he wasn't worried about thieves since there was nothing valuable to steal from his simple metallic suitcase.

After leaving the small motel in downtown

It was busy as ever in times square he nearly finished all his prize money from the Morocco Vs Germany world cup that he betted that Germany would win so he needed to spend his money carefully after some shopping for some food he went back Back in his room, he went through a light Hatha-Yoga routine before opening the systems interface to check out his current progress. He was mainly concerned about his soccer-technique stats that would be scrutinized by the coaches and scouts during the trials.

USER STATS

->Soccer-Technique (Av. Rating: C +)

Ball Control: A +

Dribbling skills: A +

Passing accuracy: C -

Body control: E -

TALENT ASSESSMENT: Grade C+

F F+ D D+ E E+ C C+ A A+ A++ A+++ S+ S++ S+++ AX X----

After obtaining the Luis Suárez Direct shot and training with the locals back in New York, his soccer technique stabilized at the C+ grade. He had tried to improve the grade by utilizing all means possible, but it remained unchanged despite his efforts.

The system did not offer any more rewards for the whole month but just punishments if he didn't complete the daily training schedules it had stipulated. Thus, Adam was at a bottleneck in the meantime.

"Come what may, I will not fail." He vowed.

He was still confident that his shooting, dribbling, and game awareness would help him through the trials.

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Early morning the next day, Adam Got a taxi to the Times square stadium where there doing the soccer/football trial

By the time he arrived at the stadium, there was a line to enter the stadium more than 500 people lined up Adam wondered how many people would be inside then.

finally, it was his go-to register he already registered though on his computer so he just needed to scan his QR code on the other phone to be allowed in and he was allowed in after getting his QR code scanned and being checked for any type of weapons on him

The stadium was massively filled with over 700 people there was a running track outside of the actual pitch two big goals and 7 pitches inside the stadium enough for eleven aside games

"Just like before but I was knocked out in the games".Adam sighed he realized there were some players on the benches sitting down and others on the pitch or the running tracks but he noticed some noteworthy players among them like some of them who would play for the USA national team for example like.

Brenden Aaronson who's 14 and in the future plays for Leeds United midfielder Fun fact: He is the second-most expensive American player of all time, with Leeds (in the Premier League) paying a reported $29.5 million earlier this year. His teammate, Christian Pulisic, is the most expensive: Pulisic had a $73 million move to Chelsea in 2019.,Tyler Adams 15 same age as Adam also plays for Leeds United midfielder in England Fun fact: He turned professional at age 16, Cameron Carter-Vickers who's 16 and will play for Celtic fun fact he's a defender

'Wow so many future professional pro players here I guess Tyler Adam got scouted by England with Brendan Mabey I could No I can'.Adam thought with determination he will get scouted by France or England

by a few coaches that started emerging from the dressing room and lining up on the grass in the center of the field.

All the players hurriedly exited the pavilion and congregated on the soccer pitch before the coaches.

"Good morning to you all..." A bold black-aged man said. Adam was familiar with the coach. He was Samson Damata, He was a no-nonsense man who had trained several professional players that went on to play for the USA national team in its golden years.

"I presume that everyone here has already registered as a participant in the 2013 New York times square. If not, I suggest that you leave right now before I call security." Coach Samson Damata added

None of the players turned to leave.

"Okay then," Samson intoned after a few seconds. "I guess everyone here has registered then." He patted his small belly.

"But we don't want to know your names as of yet," he yelled. "Because most of you won't be here tomorrow," he added, voice turning dramatic towards the end.

The voices of the youths started babbling anxiously like a mountain river. Adam remained quiet. He was already in the know that the trials of 2013 would be different. In the past, the coaching staff would allow every soccer player who had registered to participate in the final soccer trials. But for this year, only a select couple of dozens would remain after undergoing screening due to the presence of the French and England scouts.

"Quiet," Coach Damata bellowed, instantly silencing the youth.

"I won't waste my time explaining our decision to you. But you have to know that we only want 100 players from your group. The rest will have to go home and wait for next year's trials."

"We shall only be testing one thing. That's your physical fitness. You will never become a pro as long as you are not fit. So, our test is simple." Coach Damata paused while grinning.

All the young players gathered on the pitch became nervous.

"You will have to run thirty-two laps around this field. Those with the fastest times get to stay for the main trials." Coach Damata stated.