Get to know ATL UTD 2 midfielder Baboucarr Njie.
- What's your favorite color?
- I like brown.
- Favorite TV show?
- Money Heist. It’s really good.
- What are some things you did besides working out to fill your time during quarantine?
- Playing FIFA. I’ve been doing more research, school stuff. I’m getting better at FIFA.
- Favorite food?
- Domoda. It’s a Gambian dish. Domoda. It has chicken and peanut butter. It’s really good.
- Have you been cooking a lot?
- Me and my roommate take turns, so I cook a lot. Actually sometimes when I’m bored I just get up and start cooking.
- Favorite thing to cook?
- I like to make some steak, some salmon. Mostly I just make salads with garlic bread on the side.
- Favorite sport to watch besides soccer?
- I don’t watch it, but I like to play volleyball sometimes.
- What would you be doing if you weren’t an athlete?
- Probably working towards my degree and being a coach. I majored in administration organization and sports management.
- What got you into soccer?
- It was the only thing we saw growing up. I had no other options for any other type of sport or any other thing to fall in love with, so it was love for me. It was how I grew up, it was an escape for me when I got up every morning. Sometimes we even got in trouble because we wouldn’t come home, staying out late playing soccer. My love for soccer started out in my area of where I grew up. That’s what everybody did, that’s what everybody loved doing.
Read more about Baboucarr's journey to Atlanta HERE
