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Did he win any of those seasons of The Challenge, or was his participation in any way noteworthy? Competing on reality TV shows doesn't not inherently impart notability. Bgsu98(Talk)00:58, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I searched for a soccer database or football database entry for him, but I came away empty-handed. I found multiple sources saying things like "brief professional career" or "brief spell with the Colorado Rapids" or "a former member of the Colorado Rapids", but nothing saying that he actually played in a professional soccer game in the MLS. It's sketchy. I was hoping to find a record of an actual appearance in a game to improve the notability, but I found nothing. Good luck with the AFD. I'll poke around a bit more. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:19, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I usually try to help you with your AFDs, but this one might need to stand on its own. I turned up nothing concrete about actual playing time. Usually with professional sports figures, the obsessive database compilers are helpful, but I got skunked this time. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:36, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I searched all over and was unable to find a source verifying that he had played at least one minute in a professional, regular-season soccer game for the Rapids. In my experience, databases for pro sports players are nauseatingly completist, so it is reasonable to assume that he did not actually play for the Rapids. The statements in articles presumably come from him, or his publicist, and do not appear to have been fact-checked by the publishing entities. I noted above that none of the sources claim that he played in a regular-season soccer game for the Rapids; they all dance around the subject. My guess is that he spent some time at their preseason training camp, or even played in some preseason games, or flicked a wet towel at someone in their locker room, and called that being on the Rapids for a brief spell. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
