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Name: Eddie
Three words to describe yourself: funny, negative, sincere
Eddie grew up in London, England but moved to Hertfordshire when he was older. He said London was "very hustle and bustle" while "living in the countryside is more friendly." At the age of eight he was discovered by his soccer coach, and at eleven he was scouted to play for his country and played for a few years. At fifteen, he broke both of his tibiae, so he could not play soccer again. He decided to coach instead and has been doing so for the past twenty-five years, and he has coached in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, and the U.S. One of his friends sponsored Eddie to live in New York, so he got a three-year working visa. It was hard for him to adjust to American culture because of "how people dress, the food, different mannerisms," but the biggest culture shock was the clothing. He said, "Guys in Europe focus more on designers and wear tighter clothing, but here, it's girls who pay attention to designers." Eddie also said that Americans ask him "a lot of weird questions like 'Do you know the Queen? Do women shave their legs?' I think they're getting mixed up with France." He also doesn't understand why Americans say "awesome", "y'all, or "'I'm bad' . . . like bad, opposite of good, or opposite of wrong?" Also, the state of Georgia does not currently have a major league soccer team, so Eddie's biggest goal is to coach a MLS soccer team in Georgia. The coolest place he has traveled to was Australia because of "the history and the landscape--it's like a safari!"