Matt Payne
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    Matt Payne

    Class:
    Sophomore
    Hometown:
    Glen Ellyn, IL
    High School:
    Lake Forest Academy
    Height / Weight:
    5-10 / 155
    Position:
    Midfielder
    Major:
    Management

    11/07/2012

    Falcons Battle UNLV at MPSF Tournament on Thursday

    5 p.m. (MT) at Albuquerque, NM

    11/03/2012

    Falcons Fall to DU, 3-2, in Regular Season Finale

    Air Force No. 3 seed at next week's MPSF Tournament

    09/06/2012

    Falcons Travel to Philly for Penn Soccer Classic

    AFA still looking for first win this season

    09/02/2012

    Falcons Fall in Double Overtime, 2-1, to Drexel

    Abinadi Samayoa scores his first career goal for Air Force

    08/24/2012

    Falcons Open 2012 Campaign at Army

    AFA coming off first winning season since 2003

    09/20/2011

    Air Force vs. Buffalo 9-18-11

    AFA vs. Buffalo

    2011 (Freshman)
    Appeared in five games as a reserve defender.

    Before Air Force
    ODP: Played for the Illinois State ODP team for three years ... team captain one season ...selected for Region II Pool two years ... member of the USL National Camp.

    US Soccer Academy: Played for the Chicago Fire Academy U16 ... led team to national championship in 2010.

    High School: Four-year letterwinner in soccer ... also lettered twice in wrestling and one year in volleyball ... two-time all-section pick in soccer ... all-conference as a sophomore ... team MVP for wrestling and volleyball as a senior ... high school soccer coach was Kevin Vorsen.

    Personal
    Parents are David and Toshie Payne ... has one brother, Josh ... completed the Expeditionary Skills and Evasion Training (ESET) this past summer ... also took a calculus class ... active in his squadron as a training clerk ... would like to attend pilot training following his time at the Academy ... also recruited by Michigan State, Denver and Colorado School of Mines ... favorite food is sushi ... reality show he would choose to be on is Jersey Shore ... favorite book is Hunger Games ... favorite movie is Goal ... greatest moment in sports was winning the National Club Championship ... credits his father with the biggest influence on his sports career ... started playing soccer at age four ... favorite professional soccer team is Chelsea ... member of cadet squadron 2.

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