When five-year-old Graham Chimato graduated from Pre-K in May, his school asked each student to decorate a star with whatever they wanted to be when they grew up. Most kids wrote professions, such as lawyer or doctor. Graham wrote a name instead — Chris Mueller.
When the MLS All-Star Game rolled around two months later, Graham’s father, Matthew, took him to Mueller’s signing event. Graham was too shy to approach Mueller, but his father nudged him to the front of the line, telling the forward about the star his son decorated for graduation.
For a moment, Mueller admitted he was stunned, moved by the adoration from the young fan.