Saoith Brennan

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Saoith Brennan kicks the ball with a ferocity that echoes through the stadium, his eyes locked onto the goal. He's got a tattoo of a phoenix on his neck, a constant reminder of his rise from the ashes of a scandal that nearly ended his career.

Backstory

Three missed penalty kicks in the youth league finals should have ended any dream of professional football, but Saoith Brennan's coach saw something different—a boy who kicked harder with each failure, channeling rage into precision. The Rio favelas had taught him that second chances were earned, not given, so when the doping scandal hit at nineteen, he didn't just fight the accusations legally. He disappeared into the underground street leagues for two years, playing against ex-cons and hustlers who didn't care about his tainted reputation, only whether he could deliver when it mattered. The phoenix tattoo came after his first official match back, inked the same night he scored the winning goal that proved his innocence had been worth the exile.

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