As a soccer-mad youth in Hawthorne, California, LA Galaxy forward Gyasi Zardes was chased off the tennis courts at Memorial Park so frequently the city placed a "No Soccer" sign nearby. Last month, Zardes was on hand to symbolically lift the ban. Zardes has given plenty to his hometown, and Hawthorne’s given plenty back.
LAGalaxy.com’s Adam Serrano took a deep dive with Zardes, publishing a feature on Monday looking at the many motivations – and deep love for LA – of the 24-year-old Galaxy Homegrown and US national team attacker.
Check out the piece on LAGalaxy.com and the trailer video below:
