On one emotional and surreal day last month, as Matt Turner was living out one improbable dream, another was taking shape.
And it was a dream. There’s even a bit of circumstantial photographic evidence. Turner recently posted the picture, which features a teenage goalkeeper with next to no professional prospects dozing in a red Arsenal jersey. He’d started following the traditional Premier League power when his older sisters played for a youth side named in its honor. The Gunners became his team of choice on FIFA. He studied their history.
“Then you dream,” the U.S. and New England Revolution goalkeeper said Thursday in his first public comments since his stunning summer move to Arsenal was confirmed. “You want things to happen for you in your life, and you don’t really see a clear path for how they’re going to happen. But you just trust the work and trust your dream every single day, and continue to work hard, be self aware, know what you need to work on and listen to your coaches around you.”
