Savannah Jordan was the 2013 Soccer America Freshman of the Year and played for the USA at the 2014 Under-20 Women’s World Cup, but things didn’t come easilyfor the Florida sophomore. She didn’t begin playing soccer until she was 12 — she was a black belt in taekwondo — and was nothing special. “I wasn’t good at anything else,” Jordan said, “sothey just put me in goal.” She hated playing in goal, so she switched clubs, joining Concorde Fire. The secret to her development in high school: hard work.
