8-5 Honorary Member of Sporting KC

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Sporting Kansas City announced Chad Ochocinco has been named an "honorary member" of SKC after his six-day tryout. Ochocinco can duck back in and re-join the team for reserve training and workouts during the MLS season.

“This is a positive outcome for everyone involved,” Sporting Kansas City Manager Peter Vermes said. “It’s been great to have Chad here and we’ll welcome him back when he’s ready to return. He’s been a true professional throughout his tryout, he has fit right in with the other players and he has been a great presence in the locker room. He has definitely earned the right to be an honorary member of the squad.”

“I had a great six days here...just to be able to grace the pitch with these guys was awesome,” Ochocinco said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to play the game of soccer. Manager Vermes was kind enough to allow me to stay here at will to train with the reserves and continue to get myself in shape.”

Here's 8-5 talking to SKC's Dave Borchardt about his experience...
Chad Ochocinco Named Honorary Member of Sporting KC by SportingKC

And here's the reserve game highlights and post from Monday...
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8-5 Staying In Kansas City

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It appears that Chad 8-5's stint with Major League Soccer will last a little longer.

The folks at Sporting KC are saying he gets to play in a reserve game Monday afternoon in his attempt to stick with a soccer franchise in the wake of an NFL lockout.

Here's a look back at Day Two of Ocho...
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Here's Day One of Ocho-Football in KC...

Ochenta-Y-Cinco And The MLS...???

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Chad 8-5 has started his tryout with the Kansas City Wizards of the MLS.

He started his four-day tryout with more than three-dozen of us media types on hand to see how well he can kick it around. Chad got a lot of individual attention from assistant coach Zoran Savic.

There's a joke there somewhere...

Johnson/8-5 started playing soccer when he was 4 but quit in high school to focus on football. But with a lockout going on, he's looking for work...

Here's his entrance to KC...

Beckham Has Another Run-In With Fan

And this time the fan was running smack about Beck's wife, Posh...

Sorry, we mean "Victoria..."

This time in Kansas City as the Wizards hosted the LA Galaxy over the weekend...

Beckham ((pictured with Landon Donovan, thanks Allison Long/Kansas City Star)) confronted a fan wearing an England shirt during Galaxy's 1-1 draw away to Kansas City Wizards on Saturday.

Beckham shook hands with the fan after speaking to him, but later called him a "disgrace" for comments he made about his wife Victoria.

"He shouldn't actually be wearing that shirt because what he was saying about my wife was a disgrace," Beckham told reporters.

Last week, the "Riot Squad" section at the Galaxy's home stadium went after the MLS part-timer last week. Beckham was fined a whole $1,000 for his charging the crowd.

Beckham and Landon Donovan's appearance in KC was to a standing-room only crowd, but much like every other game in the MLS, it ended in a 1-1 sister-kisser...

Thanks to our friends at ITN for a very pleasant-sounding VO package...