I’ve lived and played in France, England, Switzerland, Vancouver, Toronto, Dallas and, for a couple of months in the offseason, Las Vegas.

Everywhere I’ve lived, I’ve gotten a tattoo. I saw a tattoo when I was 15 and I was obsessed. After my first, I wanted another and another. At first I thought my mom was going to kill me, but she said, ‘It looks OK on you.’

It’s an addiction and I probably won’t stop until I’ve covered my whole body. My mom and my mother-in-law said as long as I don’t tattoo my face it’s fine.

Each tattoo I’ve chosen has been in the moment. It’s just a feeling I get when I’m in the shop. In Dallas (when I played for MLS FC Dallas) I went into a shop and asked the (tattoo artist) if he had time to do a small tattoo. And he did the Texas flag, and that’s kind of how it works. When I was in Vancouver I did the maple leaf for Canada. I’m still waiting to do a scorpion.

Playing in San Antonio has been a blast. It’s been a long time since I had this much fun going to practice and playing and having fun on and off the field.

I had fun in Dallas but when you can’t play (I was injured), it’s not the same. Everything here works well and the coach (Alen Marcina) is 100 percent confident in me and my game and he lets me play.

Playing in the NASL is different from the MLS. It’s still small and it’s just different, but the level of play is high and it’s intense and it’s tough and there’s a lot of contact. It’s great.

By far the most memorable goal I’ve scored was against Seattle while I was playing for Vancouver. (It got me nominated for an ESPY, an Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award).

I had no idea what the ESPYs were when I got nominated. I was like, ‘Thank you, it’s awesome. What are the ESPYs?’ And everybody said, ‘Are you joking? Are you insane?’ It’s a big deal.

It was crazy to go to the ESPYs. I grew up watching all these guys on TV, like the Boston Bruins and Ray Allen. It was unreal for me; it was like a dream.

I remember most of my goals. I’m not like (Argentine forward Lionel) Messi, who has scored like 400 goals. I remember most of them. It’s always a pleasure to score.

I can’t wait for the fall season. We didn’t do as well in our home games as we’d like (in the spring). Everyone was frustrated, but that is a good thing because it means we will work hard every day.

Fact File

Age: 33 Height: 6 feet 3 inches Hometown: Sarreguemines, France Countries Lived in: 5 True Texan: Hassli now lives on a ranch with his wife, a barrel racer Score Card: 78 career goals in his 14-year pro soccer career Watch: Hassli and the Scorpions have home field advantage Aug. 9 and 23 sascorpions.com