Milos Degenek almost quit football, but the support of family kept him in the game

After missing a period of time this 2023 MLS season, Columbus Crew defender Milos Degenek recalls an injury that almost caused him to retire

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When Columbus Crew defender Milos Degenek went down with an injury April 29th against Inter Miami, the defender didn't know that it would sideline him for approximately two months. The defender went down with a knee injury just 13 minutes into the match, suffered on the first goal scored by the Herons.

"It's very difficult to be away from football for a while, especially when I was away for two months," Degenek said.

Sitting inside a suite at Lower.com Field, the defender had a mindset that wasn't like any other.

"Once you watch games from upstairs, it's different. You get a different perspective on what we do as a team and as individuals, then when you get back down to the field it's different. When you sit up there, you see everything different but when you get down here, you don't see what you saw up there because it's all even. The speed of the game is different."