Amobi Okugo Portland Timbers' Frugal Athlete

Pro Soccer Talks

Amobi Okugo, of the Portland Timbers, explains financial literacy and how he helps young, pro athletes to financially plan for themselves. Athletes that have come into a lot of money at a young age have had problems saving and planning for their eventual retirement. Amobi Okugo, plans ahead and has a resource, www.afrugalathlete.com that helps ballers plan for their future and avoid being broke later. He talks about Sacramento, his soccer journey from the Saint Ignatius Tigers, to UCLA, to the Philadelphia Union in the draft, to the Timbers. He teaches responsibility and financial sustainability for pro athletes and the advice applies to everyone.