WDYD?

Hello and welcome to episode 7 of What Do You Do! In today’s episode I talk all things sport and life with professional footballer Paco Craig. After training regularly all throughout secondary school, Paco joined West Ham’s Youth Academy - also known as ‘the’ club - in 2008 at the age of 16, and went through the system until 2011. Following his release - i.e when he found out he wouldn’t be signed to the Premier league team - he tried out a couple of non-league clubs in the UK before deciding to travel to the States where he played college soccer and, as you’ll hear, broadened his horizons in many different ways. In 2016 Paco signed his contract with Louisville City FC in Kentucky, a United Soccer League Championship club, and happily enjoyed a lot of success and growth. Whilst it might not have been the football journey he had imagined back when he was a teenager, it truly feels like Paco made the most of his international experiences and found peace with who he is both on and off the pitch.In our conversati