Teacher-Turned-Soccer Player trying to Earn Trial with LA Galaxy

By now you might have head that the LA Galaxy are holding open tryouts for all those aspiring soccer players who have ever dreamed of earning a chance to be on the same team as David Beckham. Can’t say it would be a bad gig, just hang around the sofas where he sits and you might find enough loose change to pay for your child’s college fund. One player who aspires to take part in the trials is a 28-year-old former primary school teacher from Devon, England named Kevin Payne, who has set up a Web site called getme2thegalaxy.co.uk where you can donate money to help him live out his dream.

This is how Payne describes his playing style. The bit about playing no defense might make you think of Beckham’s future teammate, Landon Donovan.

I play up front for my current team Sandford but I see myself as more of a playmaker rather than striker. My best performances, and the position where I was selected for Devon, is having a free role behind the front two. This is because I do not have to do any defending as I am a lazy git. I actually have to thank my first manager at uni, Matt Barnes, for introducing me to the position and encouraging me to base my work-rate on Matt Le Tissier.

So now I have some free time I thought it would be pretty cool to go over to the US and see what standard Becks will actually come up against. I see this project as similar to the one Ali Dia initiated on Souness at Southampton, and if I can get one touch of that ball before being hauled back into customs then I will be happy.

I’m not going to encourage you one way or the other to make a donation, although it might be fun to follow the exploits of an out of shape former teacher as he has his arse handed to him by the other trialists. I’m talking about Kevin Payne, of course. Not David Beckhamm, although the arse kicking part might happen to him too.

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