A three-year-old soccer prodigy went viral. The adults have already let him down
Police records reviewed by the Guardian complicate the story – and raise troubling questions There is real tragedy in this week’s story of the three-year-old Florida boy whose parents claimed he was so good at soccer that police were called to do what opposing defenders couldn’t.
Key points
- It’s broader, implicates more people, and to me, is far more depressing.
- From Ms Rachel to Roc Nation, the internet embraced a Florida toddler.
- But it doesn’t lie where the outrage cycle wants you to think.
Here was a toddler with fabulous soccer talent, running end-to-end and scoring goal after goal against opponents who have seemingly just found their feet.
The cameraman, later identified as the child’s father, loudly and proudly cheers his son on.
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