True Kickman story: Kickman is based on a real person, a buddy of mine that was on our high school soccer team and also the kicker for the football team. He was not very good at kicking with his left, so the assistant coach grabbed him away from the rest of the team and drilled with him to kick with his left foot for an entire practice. Next game, he was on the sideline, walked up to the coach and said, "I'm going to score." The coach looked at him, called for a sub, then on the next play, Jason--I mean Kickman--did a left-footed kick that actually shot through the net. True story.