By Justin Worsley,
Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City has given Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco a four-day tryout with the team beginning Tuesday.
Ochocinco, formerly known as Johnson, has played soccer since the age of four, but gave up the sport in high school to follow football.
"I'll be playing on the MLS team @SportingKC on march 22nd, thank everyone involved especially coach Vermes," Ochocinco said on Wednesday, via Twitter.
Ochocinco has also told the Associated Press that he uses a soccer ball to warm up during NFL games and practices.
The receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson isn't the only NFL player to pursue a different sport while the labor situation is taken care of. Baltimore Ravens safety Tom Zibikowski, a former boxer while at Notre Dame, returned to the ring for the first time since 2006, winning by knockout in just 1:45.
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