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

Resistance bands, Bosu balls, and the STEM unit are now my best friends. Rehabbing after an injury is always difficult because it takes you away from your happy place and puts you into a place of skepticism. It’s important and necessary, but it doesn’t make you jump put of bed the way you would when you know you get to lace up your boots and play footy.

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