On the 20th, there was a U.S. Women’s Soccer League match at Orlando City Stadium in Florida. At their home stadium, the Orlando Pride squad, headquartered in Florida, defeated the Sky Blue team 1-0. And a known child was watching their game in the bleachers.
On the 23rd (local time), Fox News and other media outlets stated that “handless baby angel” Joseph Tied had gone to the stadium to support “handless soccer star” Carson Pickett. Teed, who was just a year old, saw Amy Alamiyo-Siecel, who was missing her left hand, and he immediately raced over to give her a hug and engage in conversation.
In February of last year, Tied attracted notice once more for his encounter with the handless NFL linebacker Shaquem Griffin (24). Due to a congenital condition, Tied, who is 18 months old, is left without an arm or hand below his left elbow. He was referred to locally as a “handless baby angel” after a picture of him holding a woman who was experiencing the same suffering was shown at a gathering last year.
At the age of one, Tied glanced at Amy Alamiyoshi Essel, who shared her own lack of a left hand, and without any hesitation, rushed to give her a hug and show her love. Viewers were touched by their embrace, and tied garnered notice once more after her February meeting with handless player and NFL linebacker Shaquem Griffin, 24. This time, on the twentieth, tied and Carson Pickett, 25, who plays a significant role for the Orlando Pride in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), had a unique meeting.
It was following the Portland Thorns FC match in April of last year when Pickett and Tied first got together. Like tied, Pickett had no left hand at birth. She might have had a disability as an athlete, but it didn’t stop her from loving soccer. She started playing professionally in 2010 and has since developed into a rising star, winning the 2012 Gatorade Female Soccer Player of the Year award.
After overcoming her limitation, Pickett saw her squad for the first time since an April game against her rival team, Portland Thorns FC. Observing that the infant shared her lack of a left hand, she went up to him and showed her attention by remarking, “I see we have the same arm.” Myles Tied, tied’s father, said to Fox News at the time, “Pickett sat down on her knees next to tied and showed her arms.” “It was a moment when we bonded in a way that neither of us could explain.” She added that, like Pickett, she hopes that tied will have confidence in her ability to accomplish anything.
That kind of relationship was developed, and last week at the stadium, the two people ran into each other again. She demonstrated her close connection with tied by putting her left arm around his, who was still grinning blissfully from the stands. “I can’t” and “no” were taboo phrases while I was growing up,” Pickett remarked. “Those words were considered profanity in our household. He gave her encouragement, saying, “I think it was because of that atmosphere that I was able to challenge myself until the end without giving up.” She also grinned and stated, “I would be happy if I could have a positive impact on people’s lives with tied.” She described meeting tied as a “privilege and an honor.”
