Emmanuel Hilton​, a junior at Blackhawk High School in Beaver Falls, Pa. near Pittsburgh, is a goalie on the school's JV soccer team. He was born without legs, but that doesn't stop him from tearing up the field.

​"[My mother] couldn't take care of me and she threw me away," Hilton told CBS' Pittsburgh affiliate, KDKA, about being born in Congo, Africa."She didn't like me. I was handicapped. And she threw me in the middle of the road, like when a car passes, somebody can hit me and I can die."​​

Fortunately a woman found him and took him to an orphanage, where he was adopted by Gary and Michelle Hilton. He couldn't speak English when he first moved to Pennsylvania with them. But since then, he's "completely exceeded our expectations," coach Bryan Vitali​ said about having Emmanuel, nicknamed E-Man, on the team.

“He inspires so many guys,” Vitali explained. “He inspires me to come out and do my job better. The guys see him moving and they pick up their intensity."

Watch KDKA's full news report below.

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