Soccer was my first love, and I enjoyed playing on the left wing until a groin injury forced me out of the game in 2008.
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I grew up playing soccer and always loved playing it.
I love soccer.
My first obsession was actually sports. I was a very good handball goalkeeper. With special permission, I played in the premier league in Germany before I was even old enough.
Soccer was the first sport that my parents put me in, and ultimately, all the parents kind of came over to my mom and were, 'We think Channing would be better at football.... We love him, he's really great, but he's kind of hurting our children.' I was just a little wild.
Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
I was pretty much seen as a basketball player coming out of high school. Football was my second love, but luckily, I turned out to be pretty good. Something just drew me to football; besides, I ended up being too short for my position in basketball.
Football was what I was good at, and it was what I loved.
Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.
My first love was basketball.