Oniel Fisher was a small boy when he hit upon his sanctuary.
It was a soccer field toasted by the sunshine of Jamaica, and came before he even played a game.
It was before he was a Lobo from New Mexico, before he put on a cap for the Reggae Boyz, before he won a national title as an Apache. It was long before his current job as a member of the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer.
At first he was not allowed to play, being too young for organized games. But he got a thrill kicking the ball around, running with reckless abandon as if there was a purpose.