Stoppage Time with Aaron Walker (Highlights from Episode 1:09)

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Welcome to Stoppage Time: a segment where we choose some of our favorite highlights from each episode. Today we have an amazing section from episode 1:09 When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens with Aaron Walker. We talk his rollercoaster journey, combines & tryouts and are they really worth it?, first professional contracts, Iceland time, FC Cincinnati, experiencing doubt, and our fast feet round at the end. **From the Full Episode** Aaron Walker is a professional soccer player who plays for Greenville Triumph in the USL League One. Aaron’s journey as a professional has been a rollercoaster, coming out of a D3 university and having to prove himself, to then making it, then back to square 1 on multiple occasions, and yet still finding the determination and self-confidence to make it again and again. We talk about combines and tryouts, big breaks in Iceland and FC Cinncinatti, tough transitions, extended time without a team, finding positivity in any situation and much more. This is When One Door Closes, Another Door Opens with Aaron Walker. Follow Aaron at www.instagram.com/_awalker8/ • Check out our youtube highlight show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azyMO4tQccM • WHAT IS FOOTWORK? Sponsored by footwork.club/ • Sean and Dylan are two Division 3 graduates, who dropped everything to pursue their dream of being professional soccer players. Both playing in Germany now, the boys tell their stories as well as those of amazing guests to help you pursue your own dreams and ultimately MAKE YOUR OWN PATH. • Subscribe to our show on Youtube ➜ www.youtube.com/channel/UCCnInbiimv9oZGUgkInR1tA • Email us at: [e-mail] • Subscribe to Footwork➜ eepurl.com/hKT0zD • Follow us on socials ↓↓ Instagram: www.instagram.com/footwork_podcast/ Twitter: twitter.com/Footworkpodcast TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@footworkpodcast?lang=en All things Footwork: footwork.club/