Off The Pitch with Michael Lahoud

Mike Lahoud Off The Pitch

What is one country that you have never visited but would like to?

Italy because I love the Mediterranean Sea, its culture, its people and its food.


If you had to pick one moment in your life in which you felt the proudest, what moment would you pick?

My proudest moment was when I scored my first goal in MLS. I was playing for my first professional team, Chivas USA , against Houston dynamo.


What makes you laugh?

My friends, C.J. Sapong, Maurice Edu, my teammates in the locker room and comedy movies.


What makes you cry?

Women. They make me cry all the time.


Give me 5 words that describe your best friend Jack Wolf?

Handsome, funny, nice, affectionate and competitive.


What is the most dangerous/adventurous thing you have ever done?

Skydiving


If we could make a movie about your life, in what part of the movie would the viewers:

Be very surprised: When they find out that I am the worst basketball player in the world. I cannot play.


Cry: When I moved from Sierra Leone to the US. I was alone and so afraid.


Laugh: I do not know, maybe from my jokes?


Who would play your character in the movie?

Denzel Washington


If “I am Legend” actually happened, which member of the Union would be Will Smith?

Maurice Edu


If Jim Curtin were an animal, what animal would he be and why?

A giraffe because he has a long neck and is very tall.


What are your best memories from Sierra Leone?

The food, my family and my grandma.


What was your favorite place in Freetown before moving to the US?

The beach. I love the beach and I miss it so much. That is why I like New Jersey and the beaches in California.


If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what song would it be?

That is a hard one, I do not know right now.


If you weren´t a soccer player, what would you be?

A model (laughing)

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