Back in the beginning of February you may or may not remember my post predicting that between the two lockouts in the NFL and NBA we might see the return of the “two sport athlete”. Low and behold a month and a half after writing that post, Chad Ochocinco decided he wanted to follow his true passion, playing soccer!?! It could just be another one of his publicity stunts, but now that a player is actually going to tryout for a MLS team it might get some of the other NFL players thinking about sports that they were good at growing up. His tryout for the Kansas City MLS team is next week, and will last four days. At the end of the tryout, he will either be joining the team, or be cut. I don’t know a lot about soccer, but Ochocinco sounds like he could be good if he can outrun everyone, but then again, it’s really hard to take him too seriously with anything he does. Here’s a couple of his thoughts on his soccer game;
“I played soccer before football, and I was good. That’s where I get my quick feet, my feet are unbelievable. There’s not one person in soccer right now that would beat me running, that’s including Lionel Messi.” said Ochocinco.
Speaking of the NFL lockout, last night Jimmy Kimmel had his Cousin Sal hit the streets to find out the people’s thoughts on the lockout including a Candian’s point of view. I found it comical enough that it was the perfect video to post after talking about Ochocinco, because some of these questions and answers are as ridiculous as Ochocinco himself!
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March 16th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
chappy
It appears that the Galaxy needs all the help that they can get ! I thought that ,b> Ocho ….. was already a two sport athlete being as he’s now banging Antoine Walker’s ex wife ? He’s gonna need all of his athletic prowess to climb on top of that filly !
tophatal ………….
March 16th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
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March 16th, 2011 at 4:53 pm
Ochocinco Proving My Theory Right! « Doin Work…
Here at World Spinner we are debating the same thing……
March 16th, 2011 at 11:36 pm
I’m sure this is a publicity stunt, but it’s an awesome one.
March 17th, 2011 at 6:48 am
classic 17
Well Och’ was always about the publicity because his career in the NFL has been about as well received as the ratings’ of the Congress whilst they’re in session . ‘nough said on the matter ! As it is MLS needs all the pub it can get !
tophatal ……….
March 17th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Eh…I don’t know if this is important enough for me to get excited about it just yet. Ocho talks a lot of junk and this might just be more junk than anything else.
Other than that, it is kind of funny.
Meehan
March 17th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
But wait…here’s the thing if there is a lockout in place…will they technically still be a two sport athlete?
Discuss…
Meehan
March 18th, 2011 at 10:14 am
Hmmm, that’s a good question. I’d like to think that they are still a two sport athlete since they did play both professionally. I guess maybe Ochocinco will have to make it in the MLS, and try out something else like Volleyball. I bet his leaping alone would get him in the AVP tour!
March 22nd, 2011 at 2:21 pm
I would say it doesn’t count…for instance, say you’re a great football player but then you blow out your knee when you’re 35 and you join the PGA tour because you’re an excellent golfer. Does that make you a two sport athlete even for that one year period?
I think the rule should be you have to play one of the sports twice and the other sport once in an eighteen month period. Fair enough?
Meehan
March 22nd, 2011 at 3:49 pm
Fair assessment, but by these guidelines Ocho would be a two sport athlete since football only ended a few months ago… I’m sure when the lockout ends he’d go back to football as well, so I’m counting him as long as he makes the MLS team…
March 18th, 2011 at 11:20 am
Doesn’t Ocho’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars technically make him a three-star athlete?
And doesn’t running his mouth like few others, make him a four-star athlete?
And doesn’t him being a first class douchebag, make him a five-star athlete?
By the way, you already have three teams out of your 16: Vandy, St Johns and Michigan St.
Can someone please get Chappy a tourniquet to stop the bleeding?
March 18th, 2011 at 11:38 am
I like it. He’s really a full service athlete in that respect.
Thanks for calling me out on my picks over on your blog. I’m lucky I didn’t have any of those teams in my actual money brackets, even had Richmond beating Vandy then losing to Louisville (but did have St. Johns making the Sweet 16 in one of them)… I thought that would be clear by the Oakland pick, but I guess not…
March 18th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
That’s what you get for not taking the Chump Pool seriously.
You know it’s all about the bragging rights.
March 22nd, 2011 at 2:21 pm
Damn Chappy got pwned.
Meehan
March 21st, 2011 at 3:34 pm
chappy
Och’ is no more a two sport athlete than Bieber can be considered the best thing to happen in pop music in recent memory . He should simply stick to layin’ the wood to Antoine Walker’s ex !
You Had Me At Hello ………..
tophatal ………………….
March 30th, 2011 at 7:07 am
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