Amos Vyizigiro is a natural on the pitch for the Howard Hustlin’ Tigers.
The junior took command in the TSSAA District 8-AA boys’ soccer championship game Thursday night, scoring twice and assisting on another goal to help his team to a 3-1 home win against Red Bank.
Vyizigiro’s success is built on skills he learned growing up in Africa, where his older brother Lewis currently plays professionally in the Burundi Premier League.
“I started playing soccer at a very young age,” Vyizigiro said. “We lived in Burundi and Kenya, and my dad was a soccer coach and I used to go train with him every day. Even though I was small, I was fast, and my dad’s team would let me play with them.
“Moving to America, I just want to keep working hard. I was nervous at first, but once I let the game come to me, it gets easier. To win this district championship is fun, but we would like to go a lot further.”