Former basketball player Steve Nash can represent ... a football team

Former NBA star Canadian Steve Nash could become a soccer player. S.Nash, who announced the end of his basketball career in March, has been training with the "New York Cosmos" soccer team for a week and is expected to become a member of the team this weekend.

S.Nash is expected to be part of the B team and play in the "National Premier" soccer league - the third most powerful in the USA.

The basketball player, who represented the majority of his career with the "Phoenix Suns," has been a soccer fan all his life, organizing charity matches and celebrity games.

His brother Martin was also a professional soccer player and is now a coach in Canada.

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