Caleb Smith played DI soccer at SMU from 2015-2018. He will be writing about his rookie season in the USL Championship with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds throughout the 2019 campaign.

PITTSBURGH – The notorious sound of my iPhone alarm clock rings as I roll over in my bed to turn it off.

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