Palm Beach North Sports - September 2023

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 2 3 | P A L M B E A C H N O R T H SPORTS 11 SPORTS SPOTLIGHT getting called down to the office in school and it was because there was a phone call for me telling me that the Rowdies had drafted me. They traded up to the number 1 pick and took me. I went from playing on this CYC team to playing on my high school team to playing with the youth national team and now to a professional league.” What set Perry apart from many professional athletes is he always knew that a time would come when he wouldn’t be able to play professionally anymore. As a result, even while he was playing he always had “Plan B” in mind. He knew that he wanted to stay in sports and started getting more involved with doing camps and clinics for kids. Once his playing days were done, Van der Beck had an opportunity to enter the coaching ranks, something he had gotten a taste of during his playing days doing camps and clinics. While coaching may have seemed like the logical endpoint for Perry’s sports and soccer career, he didn’t stop there continuing to climb the ladder of the executive ranks within the new Tampa Bay Rowdies, the same place where it all began decades earlier. Perry later served as the Vice President of Competition and Operations for the United Soccer League (USL), which consists of both men’s and women’s professional and amateur leagues throughout the United States and Canada. Today, Perry is still giving back to the game he loves as the Direct of Coaching for Oldsmar Soccer Club, as well as various volunteer and consulting opportunities. While his role in the game has changed over time, the one thing that hasn’t changed is his mindset about not just sports, but life as well. “You get out of it what you put into it.” Innovative & Individualized Pain Treatment Dr. Khalaf is a fellowship trained anesthesiologist, interventional pain management doctor. Some Pain Is Too Much To Live With... DON’T GIVE UP... WE WON’T!!! TREATMENT CENTER • Failed Back Surgery • CRPS/RSD • Migraine & Facial Pain • Back Pain • Neck Pain • Shoulder, Knee & Hip Joint Pain • Platelet Rich Plasma Injections • IV Vitamin Infusion • Ketamine IV For MDD, Chronic Pain • Drug Addiction Detox / Suboxone 1317 West Indian Town Rd. Jupiter