Pickett was born without a left arm. And it's super-- yeah. CARSON PICKETT: Yeah, so I think a lot of times, when people talk about role models, they think about the people that are in their area, so-- of life. But I think that we have so much more to accomplish. Mike and Treasure Pickett's first indication that the birth of their child would be different from the others in the hospital in Spartanburg, S.C., came when a nurse in the delivery room told Mike she needed to speak to him outside. This is so much bigger than soccer, and however I can make someone feel comfortable, or help support people who feel like family, that's what I want to do. PEPPER PERSLEY: Yeah, started with that love of the sport. And I realized-- it was last year. "That moment she walked out of the tunnel with that uniform To see her name -- Carson Pickett -- on the board, hear her name announced, nobody will ever know what it feels like unless you've been there, been that parent.". And I want to put it on my Instagram.' Unlike most parents, who are able to teach children the hundreds of actions we take for granted -- like buttoning a shirt, putting up long hair or typing on a keyboard -- Mike and Treasure most often had to wait for Carson to figure out her own way to accomplish something. After two years in Seattle, she found herself back in Florida -- to play with the Orlando Pride, where she became a regular starter. She was born without a left hand and forearm. Because that's what athletes like to do. It didn't last. Or was that something more reactive? So I think it's the most important thing. After one Courage game, on the group chat with her high school guys, Joseph texted, "I don't need to know much about soccer to know that this is good. PEPPER PERSLEY: All right. The photo was proof that the smallest moments can have a huge impact. The US defense allowed Colombia just six shots two of which were on target and pressured the Cafeteras into an own goal in the 22nd minute. To do otherwise would be the equivalent of trying to teach her a language they didn't speak. Mike recalls: "She would crawl two steps, it would slow her down, then she'd take it off, chuck it, and take off crawling on her nub with blinding speed around the room. They've never thought of her that way. She's a big deal. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Mireya Villarreal is a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. I just think it's getting back to like the fundamentals, it's not like as dramatic as everyone thinks it is. One was myo-electric, which includes a mechanism to read signals from the brain: when the brain would think about picking something up, it would activate the prosthetic arm. " And that was that. You could tell she was making people feel comfortable about her arm. 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So help us understand the difference between having a disability and a limb difference. And they're no different than anyone else that's fighting a battle every single day. Rather than her being comfortable, she wants everyone else to be comfortable.". Carson is more of the silent killer.". I heard a lot of conversation about the "suicide mile" before I came. She sat across from Pepper Persley, a 11-year-old sports journalist who has also interviewed the likes of Michelle Obama and Chadwick Boseman. And it kind of hit home for me because I'm like, I actually don't have it that bad. "This was the club that believed that I could be good enough," she says. PEPPER PERSLEY: Yes. I want to learn more, and I do want to ask hard questions, and I want to have the hard conversations because I haven't had to deal with [racism]. I thought I'd done everything I could do and it made me feel like I must not be good at soccer after all. And what do you want to leave this audience with? 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Pickett, who was born without a left forearm and is an advocate for limb difference awareness, sat down for a chat with CBS Sports ahead of the match to discuss a variety of topics, among them her first season with her new club and getting acclimated to competitive environments in Courage Country. Raised in Fleming Island on the northeastern coast of Florida near Jacksonville, Pickett attended St. Johns Country Day School and won 3 state championships with the soccer team. In 2012, she was named Gatorade Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the state of Florida and 2012 Florida Times-Union First Coast Player of the Year. FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the practices disclosed in our privacy policy. The strangers reassured the Picketts that it was far from the end of the world, that their own daughter was as healthy, happy and independent as any other girl, right down to tying her own shoes, a minute detail that might seem part of an incomprehensibly distant future for most new parents, but which meant much more to the Picketts. Cue the Rocky-esque training montage: every day after practice, Carson hit 100 to 200 crosses and free kicks. Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. A post shared by U.S. Soccer WNT (@uswnt). She couldn't do her hair or check her teeth without seeing it. Eight-year-old Carson had the fourth leg, and they were nervous for her. And I'm 28-- I was 28 at the time. Suddenly, Treasure and Mike were scrambling and hastily booking travel online. Their daughter had been born without a left arm below the elbow. So I think that that;s important. Doing drills by yourself just isn't the same as doing it in a team environment with a standard [that's] super, super high. "The look on my face, it was authentic. By Drew Weisholtz. From 2012 to 2015, she played for the Florida State Seminoles while attendingFlorida State University. You don't know what the rules are. Show it. It's one small part of everyday life, but it's the distinction between unable and disabled that is easily blurred by even the most well-meaning observers. She has played alongsideChristine Nairnfor the Orlando Pride. As of 2022, Carson has around 72.6 k followers on her Instagram account and has gained a lot of love and affection from her followers. Not only can a girl with one arm learn to tie her shoes, she can lace up cleats and take the field for the No. Pickett first gained international attention in 2019 when a picture of her giving a fist bump to a kid with a similar limb difference went viral on social media. History was made Tuesday night when Carson Pickett started for the United States, becoming the first player with a limb difference to appear for the women's national I think that just says a lot about this club, they're bringing in top quality to be able to train, non-starters and starters. It's a big deal. Pickett made her international debut during a friendly against Colombia and played the full 90 minutes at left-back position. It was like, ok, she's really cool. If soccer was the sport she was destined to pursue, it was as much because of her abilities as her disability. Pickett competed for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League from 2018 to 2020. "We booked your ticket. I feel like when we did get back with a team, and start training -- you could have done as much fitness as you possibly could -- and still not have been game ready. Did you encounter any technical issues? That's one thing. the United States Women's National Team posted on Instagram on June 29. But this team is so fit, and I think the coolest part is that they run before practice, like before the training starts, the first thing they do is run. "And I've learned that. On June 25th in Denver, the U.S. played the first of two friendlies against Colombia. She trains like a demon. Pickett: Yeah, I mean COVID was tough for everyone. "That was pretty emotional," says Mike. I think that as a society, we might change some words into thinking things that maybe they're not actually what they mean. Carson Pickett (born September 15, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for North Carolina Courage of the NWSL . Raised in Fleming Island on the northeastern coast of Florida near Jacksonville, Pickett attended St. Johns Country Day School and won 3 state championships with the soccer team. Because the people who have quote unquote, "disabilities", if we continue to show that we can do anything we want to do, then maybe that will change the word. It wasn't made up, I didn't plan it," Pickett said. Join Facebook to connect with Carson Pickett and others you may know. Then there was soccer: at age six, she'd started playing with a co-ed team on the field a hundred yards from her house where they now lived near Jacksonville, Florida. So I wanted you to talk about role models. But you're really vulnerable when you put a picture up on Instagram and people comment things that aren't nice. She swam competitively. I've never seen anyone train like her, and I think that's why she's so confident in the games.". I was in my apartment in North Carolina. I'm praying that we don't have to. Looking at the present, you and the Courage faced a bit of a challenge in a recent narrow loss against Chicago, and postgame, Paul Riley mentioned that it was back to the drawing board, which isn't the first time he's said that after matches against Chicago. That one scared her parents the most. In the back of Suburbans, they grew up together. And seeing them in positions today, my dad is an incredible soccer coach, and my mom is a badass. She isn't used to hiding. CARY, NC In an article written in Clay Today in January 2022, former St. Johns Country Day School soccer star Carson Pickett, now a professional player for the North Carolina Courage with a bucket load of soccer championship days; a Gatorade Girls Soccer best of Florida player at St. Johns Country Day School and an NCAA title at FSU, And so I think that I found out very quickly that my role models were my parents, my mom and my dad. Repeatedly." Pickett declined to comment for this story on what it was like to have the coach who championed her fired for such dismaying allegations, but she does clarify that it wasn't just Riley who had believed in her and empowered her with the Courage -- the team did, too. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: soccer | pageType: stories | After a 1-2-1 start to the season, Carson Pickett and the North Carolina Courage are looking to get back to winning ways on Saturday as the NWSL returns from international break with a matchup against OL Reign. The P.E. So for me, is it's just having the opportunity to grow the game. So I kind of thought that dream had passed. I want them to be able to feel comfortable telling us as teammates and us as friends. Ahead of that match there was a really significant moment of solidarity during the anthem, and Chicago players have gone on-record saying that moving forward, they're not trying to be exploited in showing support to Casey Krueger, and starters who do want to participate in the anthem to exercise their right to protest will still be doing so. Soccer player Carson Pickett made history on Tuesday when she became the first athlete with a limb difference to compete for the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT). Carson Pickett (@Cars_Pickett16) June 29, 2022 Met with praises and support on social media Tuesday, Pickett tweeted "Dream come true," after the 2-0 win against Colombia. Pickett still declines to wear a prosthesis on or off the field. Carson Pickett, an American footballer who was born without a part of her left hand, created history on Tuesday as she became the first player with limb difference But I'm not going to show it on social media. All Rights Reserved. And so I realized as I got older being an only child as well that they were my best friends and they were my role models for sure. So what led you to make that decision? I can show it on the soccer field, but I'm less vulnerable on the soccer field because I have a team around me. This form was rewarded with a call up to the national squad. In the picture, Pickett and the young kid namedJoseph Tiddwere seen fist-bumping each other using their left forearm. You love her no matter what," says Mike. But so in that sense, I think that that's why I don't love that word. Matched to her skin tone and designed with details right down to simulated veins, it was difficult to distinguish from her real arm. The Carolina Courage fitness coach wanted the players to work on running at top speed during off season, so Carson Pickett was cranking up the treadmill and sprinting full out. The boys would slide tackle girls, girls would slide tackle boys, and that was the way they all wanted it. Way back in kindergarten there'd been some questions. And that's exciting. In the hospital room, he and Treasure cried. So it's extremely important. Carson didn't hesitate: "Of course." So, Lynn did speak up and say "I think it'd be really cool to go do that and kneel by them" and so that's what we did and I think it was a really, really touching moment. CARSON PICKETT: Thank you so much. They are indistinguishable from each other and are consistently seen together. Asked to describe her teammate, Kirsten Crowley offered the word "bubbly" before anything else. And so that was really important for me just to kind of realize that everyone's journey is different. At the Makers Conference, seas of influential women walked through the halls. 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"They'd ask, 'Why don't you have an arm?' By then, Mr. Pickett was no longer a football coach -- he was coach of the high school soccer team his daughter would eventually play for, but the film-watching from his football days was a habit that continued. Then there's the blur of the pandemic, the lost year, when her team didn't even play in the NWSL Challenge Cup, a tournament designed to replace the regular season for 2020. Can Barca overcome on-field fatigue, off-field chaos to beat Real Madrid in Copa del Rey? That's a battle sometimes you have to fight on your own. She was chosen to play for the Florida State University team the same year. But that's not how she feels now. She became a special project for all the big-time doctors -- they put enticing toys around the room to lure her over on her new arm. @Cars_Pickett16 is the FIRST player with a limb difference to play in a USWNT game! Truth be told, Mike was a soccer player, but a fledgling P.E. And just allow yourself to fail. And how does it feel now looking back on it? Which is a message that I'm sure all of us here can agree with. In tennis she regularly made it to the finals. CARSON PICKETT: Love that. I feel like [teams in] the league in times like this, the girls come together no matter if your opponents or teammates. By Drew Weisholtz. "We were all on different teams. So, I think just coming back into training everyone was hungry just to get better for themselves and for the team. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. September 15, 1993. Baby Carson figured out a way to hold her bottle, figured out a way to crawl on her own -- to the point that, when doctors at the Shriners Hospital tried to equip 6-month-old Carson with a prosthesis, she would crawl just a small distance, stop, pull off the prosthetic appendage and throw it across the floor before continuing on her way. The kids who ate orange slices together at U-6 soccer had fulfilled the dream they'd sketched out in back seats and on fields across the south. Whatever they want to do and whatever they feel is necessary, whatever it makes them feel comfortable. "But we worried, 'What if she couldn't stay above water?'" She was selected asthe fourth overall pickin that year's NWSL College Draft. So whatever they decided to do, and whatever our team decided to do, it was 100%, and we were going to do it and support them no matter what. "It was a beautiful moment I will never forget," says Treasure. The nurse unwrapped the blanket and showed her to the new dad -- Carson was missing her left hand and left forearm. Pickett was having her best season yet -- and then in September, the entire league was rocked by the public allegations by two former players that Riley had sexually harassed and coerced them. PEPPER PERSLEY: That's really cool, being able to build a connection with your dad, one of the reasons why you started to play sports. Pickett has also played for the United States under-17 and under-23 national teams. (Annie signed with Florida and Kailie chose the University of Virginia.) Florida State freshman midfielder Carson Pickett was born without a left arm, but it's her extraordinary attitude that sets her apart. So I know that for you, language is very important when it comes to awareness. On Oct. 23, the night before Carson was leaving for the Makers Conference, she couldn't sleep because she knew that sometime that night she'd get an email disclosing whether or not she'd been selected for the U.S. national team's next game against Germany, a key friendly nine months before the World Cup next summer. She didn't want her arm to affect how people saw her. There was a problem. She plays her part in something special not because she finds a way to be like everyone else, but because she's always found a way to be herself. "You've waited a long time for this," he told the then-28-year-old defender. There are moments every parent lives for the moment your child feels the same, even though he's different. For seven years as a professional, she had consistently started, played well and proven herself in the NWSL. Pickett is the first person with a limb difference to play for the U.S. women's national team -- although when her friends from home first heard the game announcers share that factoid, they were momentarily puzzled. The U.S. beat Colombia, 2-0. So bouncing off of that a little bit, what advice do you have for overcoming any challenge? Can you leave tomorrow?" Some people didn't play with the people that they're playing with now for like months and months, and you're used to playing for nearly a year with them. And this was something I loved doing. Pickett shared her journey. (She was much more self-conscious about the morning announcements, when they called out the stats from each after-school activity, and always the voice would boom out: "Carson Picket with two goals" She begged her dad, the high school soccer coach, to stop sending in her stats.) "I think day in and day out the goal never changes," Pickett urged, "I think that everyone watches a lot of video and we learn together, so being able to communicate with such high profile players about things that could be better and what we need to work on it just seems very seamless.". Then at the start of 2022, the Courage saw a mass exodus of stars with Jessica McDonald, Sam Mewis, and Lynn Williams all leaving. Let's all try to love ourselves no matter what we look like and let's all be kind to each other above all else. Carson, like the coach's daughter in "Remember the Titans," was always looking over dad's shoulder, analyzing game footage. So for her do to that, to break ice with everybody at the same time, was awesome. Individual training is definitely tough, and there's just no way you can get to game fitness, in my opinion. I just wanted to enjoy soccer, and enjoy my teammates, and enjoy the game. She received the most recent version around the time she turned 18. A post shared by Joseph Tidd (@tiddbit_outta_hand). Carson Pickett did not make the roster for the USWNT's games against Germany on Nov. 10 and Nov. 13, but she remains on the so-called bubble of the national The nurse wrapped her up in a blanket and said, "Hey Dad, can I see you out in the hallway?". I feel like a lot of different clubs I've been at, whether it's here or overseas, you only have the 11 starters and then it drops off majorly. NFL draft questions for teams in the top 10: Will the Colts trade up? And I think waiting so long, being 28, it just-- yeah, I didn't think it was going to happen. The Courage still managed to win the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup -- Pickett was named to the Challenge Cup All-Tournament team. Accessibility Pickett:Yeah, there was discussion for sure. The day I sit down with her at the Waldorf Astoria, she is a featured speaker at the prestigious Makers Conference, a leadership event that brings together hundreds of the most powerful women in the world: she is on a stage sharing her experience with a wide audience. I think that sums up who she is. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. "You're the only one who can stop you from doing what you love.". I'm able to be able to continue to go up and down the line and attack for the full 90 minutes where I might not have been able to do that as much before. You know, I think that it's not worrying about you what did and didn't happen in the game, it's about moving forward and how it can be better to the next game. 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