Joey Calistri grew up in the Chicago suburbs. He played high school soccer for four years, played with the Chicago Fire Academy for two years and played four years at Northwestern University before playing pro soccer. Joey sat down with Brooks to speak about his soccer journey and the adversity he faced early on that helped him make it to the pro game.

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