Get to know me: DCFC's George Chomakov

Tony Paul | The Detroit News

The latest in The Detroit News' series of “15 Things You Don’t Know About Me” — George Chomakov, a midfielder for Detroit City FC.

1. I own a gym-apparel brand called Champion Grind.

2. I speak two languages: English and Bulgarian.

3. I tried out for my high school basketball team and did not make it :=)

4. I moved to the United States when I was 12 years old.

5. When I first moved to the United States, my green card spelled my name “Georgi” instead of “George," so throughout my middle school years that was my name.

6. I did not speak a word of English when I first moved to America.

7. The hardest part of my life was definitely when I first moved to the United States. I had no friends and did not speak the language at all. I would cry daily for the first few months and even quit playing soccer, as I did not want to be outside at all. At the time, my parents did not work on Fridays so every Friday I would make up an excuse to leave school as soon as I got there and would have my parents pick me up, just so I can have three days away from everything.

8. I was adopted when I was 3 days old.

9. When I was younger, I would tell my family I would get married to Ariel from "The Little Mermaid."

10. Banana and peanut butter is my favorite snack.

11. I do not drink alcohol and never have before.

12. Love to travel and explore the world. I try to go and visit few new countries every year.

13. I have never watched a baseball game live.

14. I have not had a sip of soda in more than 10 years.

15. In my free time, I used to play video games on a live-streaming platform called “Twitch” where people watch you play and chat with you. But, sadly, I am not good at video games :=(

George Chomakov, 27, is from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He attended Madison Heights Lamphere High School and Schoolcraft College. You can follow him on Twitter @chomakovg and Instagram @chomakovg.

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