STATESBORO, Ga. – March 28, 2024 – Jayden Delfin, a Tormenta FC Academy player on the MLS Next team in Savannah, Georgia knows that to reach his full playing potential, hard work, time, and dedication is required. Delfin has ambitious goals for his soccer career, envisioning a future of playing at the collegiate level and eventually on a professional level like the USL League One team of Tormenta FC.
Delfin never backs down from a challenge and recollects one of his proudest moments to be bringing the team back from a significantly trailing score of 3-1, scoring a total of six goals during the match to help bring home a win. The striker also explained that this past season he was able to score four goals against a particularly challenging rival, motivating him to continue elevating his skills to continue helping his team grow.
“During a game I really focus on how I can help the team score, since I am a striker, and how I can have more effect on the offense,” Delfin explained. “I always try to focus on the next steps.”
The young striker started playing soccer when he was just 4-years-old, and has not looked back since. Delfin has played with Tormenta FC since he was just nine years old. At present, Delfin plays under coach Brian Okumu, where he is learning to advance his gameplay and elevate his skills.
Delfin is deeply committed playing soccer with his team, driving an hour most days after school to go to practice in Savannah, Georgia, where his team in the Tormenta FC Academy is based. The 14-year-old striker cites the opportunities for advancement and quality of coaching as the reason he elects to continue training with the team day-in and day-out.
“Sometimes if I want to lay back or take a break, I remind myself of my goals and how I want to make it pro,” Delfin said. “I tell myself that I have to practice more than anything and focus on soccer so I can make it there.”
Delfin looks up to professional players, such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, believing their conviction and sheer love for the game is what makes them the players they are. While Delfin is finishing up his middle school career, he knows he can achieve all he desires in the future with the Tormenta FC Academy.
Founded in 2015, Tormenta FC is a professional soccer club based in Statesboro, Georgia. Tormenta FC competes in the professional USL League One and the pre-professional USL W League, under the United Soccer League (USL), and has also established a thriving academy system throughout South Georgia and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
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