‘We can beat the drop’

KICK OFF: Have the tears of failing to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Play-Offs at the hands of Ghana dried up now and how have you digested all of that now?

Ethan Brooks: It was very emotional for me in terms of what happened, yet at the same it was a really good experience for me at my age. The whole experience was something different for me in a good way. I feel like I have learnt a lot from that. When every kid starts playing sports, they have dreams that they want to achieve and mine was qualifying for the World Cup. When it didn’t go our way, it was difficult. It was sad in the sense that we were not able to qualify, but I was happy to have experienced what I did throughout the qualifiers.

The World Cup would have been massive …

I never realised this dream would be this close so soon. However, coming that close was an eye-opener that made me aware that it can really happen if you do believe in the