10. Talk about your time as a professional soccer player? Who the fuck is this Paul Gelvezon soccor playing guy I keep finding on google that looks like you?
My real name for those of you who do not know is, Paul Gelvezon.
Soccer (futbol) has played a major part in my life. As a youth I played on a team called the La Jolla Nomads and we won the McGuire Cup Championship (best youth club team in the USA). I was also an Olympic Development Player and grew up playing against and with players such as, Cobi Jones, Kasey Keller, Brad Friedel, Chris Henderson, Mark Chung, Eric Wynalda, Marcelo Balboa. The list goes on and on. While in college, at the University of San Diego I was 1st Team West Coast Conference (WCC), WCC Player of the Week (multiple times), All-American and scored 2 goals against Friedel and 1 against Keller. They are the 2 best goalkeepers our country has ever produced and they are both millionaires, still playing pro in the top division of England and Germany respectively. I also played Professional soccer for 7 seasons. 5 seasons indoors and 2 outdoors. I played indoor for the San Diego Sockers (CISL1993-95). We lost to the Dallas Sidekicks in the championship match. This game was played in front of a sold out Reunion Arena crowd of 15,000 and I fouled Tatu, which led to their winning goal. Bullshit call and we were 2 min away from the championship at one point. Then I played for the Sacramento Knights (CISL 1996) where we played in ARCO Arena and used the Kings locker room/weight room as ours. Working out side by side w/ some of the Kings was normal. Then I went to a different league that same year and played for the Tampa Bay Terror (NPSL 1996). YBOR city rocked there and that was the first time I ever hooked up with a Hooters Girl. Damn she was hot. Then off to Seattle I went and played for the Seattle Sounders in the A-League (2nd Division under the MLS) Individually my best season indoor was in 1994, where I had 22 Goals 11 assists. 1997 was my best outdoor season where I had 3 Goals 10 assists. The largest crowd I have ever played in front of was 35,000 screaming fans in Guatemala at Mateo de Flores. We played in this stadium, 1 week after dozens had died there before a World Cup qualifying match in 1996.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/16/guatemala.soccer/
It was a VERY eerie feeling stepping on to the field the day before, when we went to practice and walked over to where dozens had died. A gate had collapsed and the panic stricken people were crushed or suffocated.
The night of the game, we opened against Communicaciones, which was the Champion from Guatemala and we had to enter the field through a Pepsi inflatable tunnel. The reason for this, was so that we didn't get hit with lighter, bottles, or change. Believe it or not, it happens. We ended up losing 2-0, but it was a hard fought match.
You can still Google me and find some info under my name Paul Gelvezon.