Caleb Davis growing his game with Birmingham Legion

BOND. THE BIRMINGHAM LEGION MAKING STRIDES FOR THE SOCCER COMMUNITY IN THIS REGION, AND IT’S MAKING SOME STRIDES IN CHANGING THE LIVES OF SOCCER PLAYERS. REALLY OUTSIDE THE STATE AS WELL. THAT’S TRUE. WVTM THIRTEEN’S KARI OSEP SPOKE WITH ONE SOUTHERN PLAYER WHO’S MADE THE MOST OF HIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LOCAL PRO CLUB. TYPICALLY, ATHLETES DO GO THE EXTRA DISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE. BUT ONE MISSISSIPPI SOCCER PLAYER IS PUTTING MILES TO THE TEST, LITERALLY AS HE CHASES HIS SOCCER GOALS WITHIN THE LEGION FC ORGANIZATION. IT’S PRETTY MUCH FOUR HOURS ONE WAY. CALEB DAVIS DESCRIBING THE DRIVE HE MADE WEEKLY BETWEEN HIS HOMETOWN IN MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, IN BIRMINGHAM. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS. IT WAS A LOT OF HOURS IN THE CAR. THE SOCCER PLAYER JUGGLING HIGH SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS BACK HOME AND COUNTLESS MILES ON THE ROAD, ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITHIN THE LEGION ORGANIZATION. WHAT I WANTED TO REALLY PURSUE SOCCER AT A HIGH LEVEL, COLLEGIATELY AND PROFESSIONALLY, LIKE I NEEDED TO BE IN A PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM WHERE I WAS GETTING TOP LEVEL TRAINING AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, JUST EXPOSURE, EXPOSURE TO THAT HAS LED HIM TO PLAYING SOCCER IN COLLEGE. AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY REPPING THE CITY WHERE HE GREW HIS GAME. BIRMINGHAM JUST GAVE ME SO MUCH, JUST A PLATFORM THAT I NEVER HAD IN MISSISSIPPI PLAYING SOCCER. AND SO TO HAVE COME UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM, STARTING IN EXCEL AND THEN GOING INTO ACADEMY, USL TWO I’VE HAD EXPERIENCE TRAINING WITH THE FIRST TEAM, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, EITHER DEBUT FOR THEM, WHETHER IT’S MY PROFESSIONAL DEBUT OR JUST SIGN WITH THEM EVENTUALLY THAT WOULD BE IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD BECAUSE THIS CLUB MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. AND WHILE HE CHASES HIS OWN DREAM, CALEB ALSO HOPES TO OPEN UP THIS WORLD OF SOCCER TO OTHERS OUTSIDE OF BIRMINGHAM. I JUST WANT TO BE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL THE KIDS BACK HOME IN MISSISSIPPI THAT HAVE THE SAME DREAM THAT I HAVE. YOU KNOW, THEY SEE THERE IS A HIGHER LEVEL AND I WANT THEM TO SEE THAT, HEY, LIKE SOMEONE’S GONE BEFORE ME AND DONE THAT. AND I CAN DO IT TOO. AS CALEB WRAPS UP YET ANOTHER SUMMER OF TRAINING WITH THE LEGION FC, HE’LL GET READY TO START A NEW CHAPTER IN COLLEGE AS HE’LL START HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON AT WHEATON COLLEGE IN CHICAGO THIS FALL. IN BIRMINGHAM,