Today’s story on Red Bulls winger Luke Sassano didn’t include half the conversation we shared over the phone. I didn’t want to hold him for too long from his usual running drills, but we spoke a good 20 minutes, and naturally, not all of it made the paper.

Before we get to the leftovers, I’ll be getting in touch with the other recent graduates on their professional endeavors, so if there’s anything you might wish to be answered by guys like FC Lorient midfielder Andrew Jacobson, 1860 Munich back Steve Purdy or Javier Ayala-Hil, please let me know.

Now on with the rest from Sassano:

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