The following is a clip from Buffalo Pro Soccer, which is posting a series called Supporter Spotlight, pointing out the people who are helping to build the club from the ground up.
Gabriel Shalamba grew up under the warm sun and rolling green hills of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Long before organized leagues and lined fields, he played the game purely for passion, running barefoot with neighbors and using whatever they could find as a ball.
And at that time, he never imagined his love for soccer would be carried across continents—and help him build something meaningful, right here in Buffalo…