For Andre Reynolds II, it all happened quickly.
Earlier this season, he had a meeting with Chicago Fire head coach Raphael Wicky, who had a proposal: leave Chicago—the only place he’d ever known as home— to go on loan with Memphis 901 FC in the USL Championship for the rest of the season.
“It came with a bit of a shock,” Reynolds told Hot Time in Old Town. “I’ve lived in Chicago my entire life so hearing that, I was gonna go to Memphis is a bit out of the blue.”
Reynolds, who is still only 20, talked it over with his family, and he decided to jump on the opportunity.