It was Brandon Aubrey’s wife Jenn who first realized her husband might have been playing the wrong sport.
Two years after being selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, and a year after retiring from soccer without appearing in an MLS match, the Aubreys were watching an NFL game on TV when a kicker set up for a field-goal try.
You could do that, Jenn told him.
Unconvinced, Aubrey grabbed a football and headed to the nearest high school field, where he began booming 60-yard kicks.
Maybe he could do this.