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“Never met a strong person with an easy past.”
On February 14th, Carl Rose, a former olympian and professional soccer player, and dedicated coach to hundreds of young players, lost his lower right leg to sepsis. This event is changing life in dramatic ways for him, his loving wife, Teri, and his son, Reno. This page has been created to help them all with such things as medical bills, as well as physical, occupational, and mental therapies that will continue for quite some time. Carl will also need modifications to his home and a prosthetic leg so we can get him back out on the sidelines and being the amazing inspiration that he is.
This is not the first life threatening event for Carl, Teri, and Reno. But Carl is a survivor. Earlier in his life, Carl made a career as a player for the Canadian Olympic soccer team, and in the former Major Indoor Soccer League for the New York Arrows and St. Louis Steamers. However, a near fatal fall over 30 years ago changed Carl’s life and ended his playing career. The fall caused him to have brain surgery and left him with partially impaired vision and hearing. It took him some time to recover, but he overcame all obstacles with hard work, determination, lovefor life, family, and his passion for the beautiful game of soccer. He was no longer able to perform at the level heonce did and began to focus on sharing his love for the game as a coach with many youth organizations over the next few decades in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri. Some of these include Busch SC, Springfield SC, and finally his own club, The Carl Rose Soccer Academy. Through this new perspective of the game he has been able to teach young players the basic skills, teamwork, and heart that it takes to develop into not only great players but well rounded individuals both on and off the field.
The battle with sepsis was a fight that came on quickly in the winter of 2019. The blood infection in his lower right leg was caught in time to save his life, but the same could not be said for his leg. Over the course of eight days he had three separate surgeries that resulted in the amputation to his right leg just below the knee. With the direction of a great medical team, Carl spent a month in the hospital and rehab facility at Cox in Springfield. It has been a rough stretch, but through it all Carl has had a positive attitude and his faith has never been stronger.
His family, friends, past, current, and future players need to see this positive influence back on the pitch spreading his knowledge and passion with all. Better yet, we want to see him running up and down the sidelines. This man is not going to let anything stop him from doing what he loves. Being a caring father, husband, and leader.
On February 14th, Carl Rose, a former olympian and professional soccer player, and dedicated coach to hundreds of young players, lost his lower right leg to sepsis. This event is changing life in dramatic ways for him, his loving wife, Teri, and his son, Reno. This page has been created to help them all with such things as medical bills, as well as physical, occupational, and mental therapies that will continue for quite some time. Carl will also need modifications to his home and a prosthetic leg so we can get him back out on the sidelines and being the amazing inspiration that he is.
This is not the first life threatening event for Carl, Teri, and Reno. But Carl is a survivor. Earlier in his life, Carl made a career as a player for the Canadian Olympic soccer team, and in the former Major Indoor Soccer League for the New York Arrows and St. Louis Steamers. However, a near fatal fall over 30 years ago changed Carl’s life and ended his playing career. The fall caused him to have brain surgery and left him with partially impaired vision and hearing. It took him some time to recover, but he overcame all obstacles with hard work, determination, lovefor life, family, and his passion for the beautiful game of soccer. He was no longer able to perform at the level heonce did and began to focus on sharing his love for the game as a coach with many youth organizations over the next few decades in St. Louis and Springfield, Missouri. Some of these include Busch SC, Springfield SC, and finally his own club, The Carl Rose Soccer Academy. Through this new perspective of the game he has been able to teach young players the basic skills, teamwork, and heart that it takes to develop into not only great players but well rounded individuals both on and off the field.
The battle with sepsis was a fight that came on quickly in the winter of 2019. The blood infection in his lower right leg was caught in time to save his life, but the same could not be said for his leg. Over the course of eight days he had three separate surgeries that resulted in the amputation to his right leg just below the knee. With the direction of a great medical team, Carl spent a month in the hospital and rehab facility at Cox in Springfield. It has been a rough stretch, but through it all Carl has had a positive attitude and his faith has never been stronger.
His family, friends, past, current, and future players need to see this positive influence back on the pitch spreading his knowledge and passion with all. Better yet, we want to see him running up and down the sidelines. This man is not going to let anything stop him from doing what he loves. Being a caring father, husband, and leader.
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Carl Rose
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Springfield, MO
