Mason Abbiate

Mason Abbiate (born June 24, 1998) is an American Paralympic soccer player. Abbiate has cerebral palsy, and plays both CP football and able-bodied football. On the able-bodied side, he played for the San Diego Soccer Club and varsity high school soccer for Del Norte High School.

In January 2015, Abbiate had his first call up to the US Paralympic National Team. Later that year, he was with the team at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships and the 2015 Parapan American Games. He was involved with a number of other training camps and tournaments in the lead up to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Personal Abbiate was born on June 24, 1998 and is from San Diego, California. Born four months premature, he weighed only two pounds. He has a mild form of cerebral palsy that impacts the right side of his body. When he was a baby, doctors cautioned his parents that he may never be able to walk. He attended Del Norte High School. He also played varsity high school soccer for Del Norte High School.

Abbiate went with the team to participate in a tournament in Portugal in early 2015. The competition was a warmup for the World Championships that were held in England in June 2015. He sat on the bench in the United States's 2 - 1 win against Scotland. It was his first World Championships as a member of the national team.

Abbiate was part of the 14 man squad that represented the United States at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. There, the United States played Canada, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. He played in the United States' 0 - 6 loss to Brazil at the Parapan Games. The national team finished the competition with an 0 - 3 - 1 record. He was part of the United States Paralympic National Team that took part in the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. The United States finished 6th after beating Argentina in one placement match 4 - 3 and losing to Ireland 4 - 1. The goals scored in the match against Argentina were the first the USA scored in the tournament, before putting up one more in their match against Ireland. The tournament featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.