WESTBURY, Long Island (WABC) -- Soccer of football? That's the tough decision for a standout student-athlete on Long Island after his school told him he no longer can play both sports.

Ryan Leary, 16, dazzles on the pitch. The high school senior was captain of his soccer team last year and is a two-time All-State athlete. He's led his Carle Place High School soccer team to a state championship. Soccer is who he is.

"It's been my whole life. Ever since I was four my dad put a soccer ball on my feet," Leary said. "I mean there's pictures in my baby crib and there's soccer balls in there."

But Leary is a rare talent. He's a multi-sport athlete.

Last year he also played on the high school's football team as the kicker, and he said last spring the school gave him permission to play both sp

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