Jake Brennan

What is true is that Rod tried out.

It was his life's ambition as a child up to that point to become a professional soccer player.

He tried out, but the team never called him back.

But this was believed forever, basically.

And the story originated with a young publicist back in the day when Rod's career was just getting going.

And the story was embellished throughout the years.

People believed it.

It was, of course, overshadowed by another Rod Stewart rock and roll myth that I'm not going to get into here.

And it wasn't until Rod himself set the record straight in his 2012 autobiography, which is really good, by the way.

I highly recommend it.

I'm sure, however, that Rod was at least

Pleased with the notion that people thought he could have been a professional soccer player, football player.

I can't say football.

I have to say soccer.

English listeners, forgive me.

European listeners, I should say, forgive me.

When I say soccer, I know fully that you guys call it football.

And I'm just going to say soccer because that's what we do over here.

We have a whole other game.

You know this.