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W Nation Ep 27 | Playoff Preview
HERRIMAN — Mikey Te'o could've given up the dream at that moment, and nobody would've blamed him.
The year was 2018 and the 25-year-old fullback from Long Beach, California, was playing for San Diego Legion in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby. In the Legion's very first match, Te'o collided with Austin fullback Sione Fangaiuiha as he went to kick a ball and heard the all-too-familiar for many athletes "pop" from his lower extremities.
The Legion went on to win the match, but tests later confirmed the worst for Te'o: a torn anterior cruciate ligament, and 6-9 painful, grueling months of rehabilitation.