To think of all the blind people who are sitting at home right now thinking they can't do this … I'm out here trying to represent them, trying to spread this message that, ‘yes, you can.,'' Cody Kirchner, a player trying out for the team said.
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Blind soccer has been a part of the Paralympic Games since 2004, but the U.S. has never had its own team. When Los Angeles hosts the next Paralympics, the U.S. will receive an automatic entry into the blind soccer competition as the host country. "To think of all the blind people who are sitting at home right now thinking they can't do this … I'm out here trying to represent them, trying to spread this message that, ‘yes, you can.’ You can do those things. And if you do them well enough, you can one day put on this jersey too."“In the next six years, the world’s two biggest sporting events will happen on American soil,” said Molly Quinn, CEO of the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes .
When Kirchner was younger, he thought sports were out of the question because he was visually impaired. Discovering blind sports helped him realize his dreams. “To put on a jersey with ‘USA’ on the back of it is just incredible,” Kirchner said. “And then to think of all the blind people who are sitting at home right now thinking they can't do this … I'm out here trying to represent them, trying to spread this message that, ‘yes, you can.’ You can do those things. And if you do them well enough, you can one day put on this jersey too.”
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