Charlotte Forever

Twitter was going crazy, and so was I.

It was December 17, 2019. I was in my parents’ living room in Wilmington, North Carolina, relaxing at home with my family, when my phone started lighting up. Charlotte — my hometown — had been awarded an MLS expansion club. While the city freaked out on social media, I went out to the front porch and called my agent.

“Did you see the news?” I said. “We have to get back to Charlotte. I don’t care what it takes. We just have to get there.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” he said, reminding me that I had one year left on my deal with Chicago. “Slow down. Just focus on this year, and I promise we’ll see what we can do about next year.”

I can’t think of anything I wanted to hear less in that moment.

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