Harvey Sarajian made it to Major League Soccer. His high school football portrait made it onto Antoine Griezmann’s chest.
The former Barcelona forward turned up wearing a white T-shirt printed with Sarajian’s old Naples High School football photo. He greeted the rookie, pointed at the picture and posed with him. Sarajian was standing next to a second, teen-faced Sarajian.
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The image has all the essentials: shoulder pads, a No. 31 jersey and the serious expression of a teenager having his team photo taken. Sarajian played kicker and punter at Naples. Orlando’s account says Griezmann found the picture on Google, which has apparently become a scouting tool for his wardrobe.
The shirt was an escalation. A few days before Orlando played Columbus on October 10, Griezmann had already put the photo on Instagram. Sarajian came across the post while scrolling before training.
“I’m scrolling, I’m like, wait, that’s me in high school! It brought a smile to my face, I’m not gonna lie,” Sarajian said.
The rookie behind the shirt
Sarajian, 21, grew up in Naples and played college soccer at Georgia Southern and Wake Forest before Orlando took him fifth overall in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft.
By the time the T-shirt appeared, the pair had also produced something worth putting on a highlights reel. On his first MLS start against Columbus on October 10, Sarajian met a Griezmann cross and scored after 46 seconds. It was his second league goal, following his first against Toronto in September. Orlando won 3–2.
The club’s social team kept the joke going, describing the Columbus moment as his “first varsity start.”
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Griezmann, Atlético Madrid’s record scorer, scored twice and added an assist in Orlando’s 4–1 win over D.C. United on October 17. That took him to 12 goals and seven assists in his first 14 MLS appearances.
Sarajian’s first professional soccer match as a spectator was Orlando against Chicago in 2015. He was 10. Eleven years later, he’s playing for the club, taking passes from a World Cup winner and watching the same man turn up wearing his school photo.
