
Meet Johnny Vegas, the lifestyle manager for soccer superstars like Weston McKennie, Samir Nasri and more
Playing on the streets as a kid in Ethiopia, Yohanes Zewdu dreamed he could become a famous soccer player. He believed it was possible. He prayed for it. He was dedicated. But there was a problem."There we didn't have an actual soccer ball," he said. "Where I'm from, you buy milk in a plastic bag. And then we would find trash and other stuff -- whatever you can find. Paper or socks. And you stuff it in there and you make a soccer ball. That's how I would spend my days." For Zewdu, it wasn't much of an issue. Not at the time. It was all he knew and he loved to play.2 RelatedAfter moving to the United States when he was 10, that playing career never took off. He played into high school in Las Vegas before reality finally caught up with him. His eventual career path, though, might be more ...