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NFL star Chad Ochocinco is kicking around the idea of playing soccer with Sporting Kansas City, but he hasn't had an easy start. (Associated Press)
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NFL star Chad Ochocinco reacts after missing a shot on goal during a four-day tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
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NFL star Chad Ochocinco answers a question from the media as he takes a break during a four-day tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
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NFL star Chad Ochocinco warms up before a reserve soccer match as part of his tryout with the Sporting Kansas City MLS soccer team, Monday, March 28, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. With the NFL in a lockout, Ochocinco, a wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, has said that it is a good time to check into another sport. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2011 file photo, Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, left, and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, walk to an NFL/NFLPA mediation session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service headquarters in Washington. NFL players have been warned for years about the need to save and the importance of budgeting their money in case of a work stoppage. Well, the lockout is here. All the players have taken a bit of a financial hit already because of the lockout: NFL teams no longer are paying for their health insurance. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE- In this Nov. 10, 1986 file photo, Houston Oilers' Drew Hill, left, goes high to make a catch as Cincinnati Bengals' Ray Horton defends during an NFL football game in Houston. An Atlanta hospital spokesman says Hill, a two-time Pro Bowler who was part of the Oilers' famed "Run and Shoot" offense of the 1980s, died Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/R. Carson, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2010 file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco (85) looks on before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis. Never short on publicity-grabbing ideas, Ochocinco is set for a four-day tryout with Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer starting Tuesday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
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FILE - This Jan. 25, 2011, file photo shows Ray Anderson, the NFL league's chief disciplinarian, addressess the media during a Pro Bowl NFL football news conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in Honolulu. The NFL will be more aggressive in suspending players next season for illegal hits, and also could make changes to instant replay and kickoffs. Anderson says repeat offenders or players committing flagrant illegal hits will have a much greater chance of being suspended during the 2011 season. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)
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FILE - In photo taken Jan. 2, 2011, Minnesota Vikings' Ben Leber walks off the field following their NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. As one of the plaintiffs listed on the players' lawsuit against the NFL, Leber is pretty well versed in the collective bargaining situation. But even he admits that there are times he's had to go online to legal websites to look up the meanings of some of the words he's heard bandied about. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
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FILE - In photo taken Jan. 2, 2011, Minnesota Vikings' Ben Leber walks off the field following their NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. As one of the plaintiffs listed on the players' lawsuit against the NFL, Leber is pretty well versed in the collective bargaining situation. But even he admits that there are times he's had to go online to legal websites to look up the meanings of some of the words he's heard bandied about. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
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FILE-This Jan. 16, 2011 file photo shows New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looking downfield during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New York Jets in Foxborough, Mass. Brady, along with Drew Brees and Peyton Manning, was among the players who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL to prevent a lockout. Just after the players' union decertified Friday March 11, 2011, the players filed suit against the NFL in U.S. District Court, seeking class-action against the league. They also filed a request for an injunction that would keep the NFL and the teams from engaging in a lockout. Also included in the lawsuit are Vincent Jackson, Ben Leber, Logan Mankins, Brian Robison, Osi Umenyiora, Mike Vrabel, and Texas A&M linebacker Von Miller, who is entered in this year's draft. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa,File)
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DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, removes his hat as he arrives for negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, arrives for negotiations with the NFL Players Association involving a federal mediator in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton throws for NFL football scouts during Auburn Pro Day, Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Auburn, Ala.(AP Photo/Todd J. Van Emst)
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Former Auburn quarterback Cam Newton relaxes before throwing in front of NFL football scouts during Auburn Pro Day on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Auburn, Ala.(AP Photo/Todd J. Van Emst)
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Joe Greene, center, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Jack Glowik, right, of the Baltimore Ravens, time players in the 40-yard dash at Oklahoma Pro Day for NFL scouts in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, March 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, leaves after a day's negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator, Monday, March 7, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, walks to negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Monday, March 7, 2011 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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From left, NLFPA President Kevin Mawae, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, and NFLPA spokesman George Atallah, leave after football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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NFL outside labor counsel Bob Batterman, center, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, second from right, and Peter Ruocco, NFL senior vice president for Labor Relations, right, and others, arrive for football labor negotiations with the NFL players involving a federal mediator, Friday, March 4, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
