Carson Pickett will represent the United States in the match against Spain. Vlatko Andonovski has called in the NC Courage player to replace Emily Fox, who left the squad after receiving a blow to the head.
Mike and Treasure, the defense’s parents, did not have ultrasound scans during the pregnancy, as they did not want to know the baby’s gender until after it was born. That was his surprise his daughter was born without forearm or left hand.
Jacksonville’s native wing has become the first footballer with physical disabilities to compete in the international elite. This is also thanks to the maxim that his parents imposed at home: it is forbidden to say “I can’t”.
Carson has always been self-sufficient with only one upper limb, having torn the prosthesis with only six months to live. The player has learned to lead a normal life with his hardships. The defense spoke in an interview for ‘The Seattle Times’ about his disability: “I’ve always been asked what it’s like to do things with one arm and I always answer the same way: And how do you do it with two? I only know one way to do it“.
