
French freestyle footballer Séan Garnier will be at Tampa's Cinco Soccer on Tuesday, Nov. 1 as part of a traveling Urbanball’s Global Fightball. The winner of Tuesday's tournament gets $500 and moves on to the national qualifier in Miami, where they'll complete for more money ($1,000) and a chance to compete in the world championship that features a $100,000 cash prize.
Garnier, 38, saw his professional career with sides like Auxerre and Troyes cut short due to injuries, but he's doing just fine thanks to nearly 6 million Instagram followers who love watching him demolish people in 1-on-1 clips that almost always go viral.
On Tuesday at Cinco Soccer, challengers can sign up on a first-come-first-served basis to take on Garnier—a two-time Red Bull Street Style World Champ—as part of a traveling tour presented by Urbanball’s Global Fightball. The format is 1-on-1 style and will find athletes trying to beat each other, plus a goalie.
If you get nutmeg-ed, you're automatically out.