{"343241":{"#nid":"343241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Flagging Down His Soccer Dreams","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECorey Rockwell, a 1998 industrial engineering graduate, attended this summer\u2019s World Cup as a spectator \u2014 and that suited him just fine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGrowing up, Rockwell played soccer constantly and followed its professional ranks as closely as he could living in the U.S. As a Tech freshman in 1992, he joined the Institute\u2019s club soccer team. But soon, Rockwell realized he needed to start paying for college and also focus more on his engineering coursework. That\u2019s when he turned to refereeing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough he would have loved to officiate games at soccer\u2019s biggest event, after 10 years working for Major League Soccer in the United States, he thought going as a fan would be far less stressful.\u0026nbsp;Then he got to Brazil.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/flagging-down-his-soccer-dreams\/\u0022\u003ERead the rest of the story from the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026nbsp;","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Engineering grad keeps \u0027futbol\u0027 front and center"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech engineering grad finds a special way to keep \u0022futbol\u0022 front and center.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech engineering grad finds a special way to keep \u0022futbol\u0022 front and center."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-11-10 10:03:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"343251":{"id":"343251","type":"image","title":"Corey Rockwell, Soccer Ref","body":null,"created":"1449245639","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:13:59","changed":"1475895062","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:02","alt":"Corey Rockwell, Soccer Ref","file":{"fid":"200828","name":"coreyrockwell.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coreyrockwell_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/coreyrockwell_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":50512,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/coreyrockwell_0.jpg?itok=9y8jWk6o"}}},"media_ids":["343251"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine"},{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/2014\/09\/flagging-down-his-soccer-dreams\/","title":"Read the Full Story"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"506","name":"alumni"},{"id":"8271","name":"alumni magazine"},{"id":"167723","name":"soccer"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"9851","name":"world cup"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:roger.slavens@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERoger Slavens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}