I'm Connor Owen, a 17-year-old D1 soccer player for Columbia and former San Jose Earthquakes Academy (MLS Next) player. I've always loved two things: creating and soccer.
When I was 12, I invented the Bookie Cushion, a bookmark that doubles as a whoopee cushion. I balanced the project with school and soccer. I made prototypes, had it manufactured, and eventually licensed it to Fred & Friends. It's now sold at places like Barnes & Noble and Walmart.
I was a solid soccer player at the time, but never the best player. I was on the B team at my old club. I wanted to level up. I knew I wasn't the strongest or the fastest. But I obsessed over the mental side of the game, and specifically scanning. And things started to change.
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