"I definitely didn't have a plan," Gramatica said. "I really didn't want to coach football. I didn't want to go that route just for the fact that when you win the Super Bowl, there's not much more you can achieve beyond that in that sport."

Not only did Gramatica win a Super Bowl, he was instrumental in the Buccaneers' 48-21 victory over the Raiders in 2003. He scored 12 points, tied for the team lead, and kicked the go-ahead field goal in the second quarter.

It was part of a five-year career Gramatica enjoyed with the Buccaneers after being selected by the team in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft out of Kansas State.

So when he booted his final football in 2008, and after a lifetime of kicking, he found himself in an unfamiliar situation.

"I thought about maybe coaching soccer, that was what I grew up playing," Gramatica said. "So that was one option."