PETERSON, Nate J.

[nate peterson]

NATE PETERSON NATHAN JOSHUA PETERSON , TWENTY-SIX KANSAS CITY NATIVE , LONDON DWELLING CHELSEA FC'S STAR STRIKER ____________________________________________ NATE AS DEFINED BY OTHERS A number on a sweatshirt • an overprotective big brother • a son scorned • the one that got away • the soccer coach of a lifetime • an expensive asset out of commission • the perfect media boyfriend • a midwestern boy living the american dream • a brash american trying to talk to people on the tube • the only son, a rock in hard times • the jock bully from high school • a lifeline. NATE AS DEFINED BY HIMSELF "I don't know... all of the above?" _____________________________________________________ Stateside import Nate Peterson is much admired for his prowess on the field, but it's not just his masterful playing of the beautiful game that has landed him this award. Since signing with Chelsea Peterson has donated up to 80% of his pay to charitable causes, with a particular focus on supporting grassroots football in vulnerable communities. Out of commission with a knee injury, Peterson is spending much of his downtime either coaching kids or campaigning for universal healthcare in his native Missouri.  10 Things Nate Peterson Can't Live Without | GQ 1. LA CROIX - "When you move abroad you never really know just what you're gonna miss, apart from the obvious friends and family. For me, the major surprise that was I craved La Croix. I don't drink when I'm training and man, I can't explain it, but La Croix is the one. Tastes a little like making out with a girl who recently ate Skittles... I love Skittles too. They almost made the list." 2. ADIDAS PREDATORS - "You're gonna think I'm paid to say this and I am, but hey, what a dream to be paid to be an ambassador for a brand and a product you truly could not live without. I've worn a lot of football boots in my time and these are by far my favorites, so comfortable, so durable... I challenge you to - after this video of course - go watch a compilation of my best goals and count how many of them I'm wearing these in. Love them man, owe my reputation to them. It's just a happy bonus that I'm on the Adidas payroll." 3. MELATONIN GUMMIES - "This is another US import, I always have to pick them up when I'm home or have them shipped in... I don't know, apparently melatonin isn't approved by the EU? Maybe that should worry me, but I'm too jetlagged too often to care. These little gummies save my life, I'm useless without sleep. Sure you can get them as pills, but I'm like a kid, I love candy so much. I wish everything came in gummy format." 4. CHELSEA SCARF - "My baby sister bought me this when the news first broke about my signing. She had it shipped to Germany, where I was at the time, with a load of those melatonin gummies too. I love this scarf, it takes me back to the most unreal moment in my life... more importantly, it reminds me of my sisters. But it’s not official merch, so don't tell the club." 5. MY DAD'S CUFFLINKS - "Now these little cufflinks might not look like much, and honestly, I try to wear suits as rarely as I can. But these are one of my most precious belongings, 'cause they're my old man's. I was raised by my dad and he's been there for me through thick and thin. It took him a while to learn soccer and he never remembers my timezones, but you can bet he sets an alarm to watch every single game I'm playing live. So whenever I do have to don a suit, you can bet I'm wearing these. Miss my pops a ton, love you dad." 6. PERCY PIGS -  "My girlfriend is British, which is great, because despite us supposedly speaking the same language she does a lot of translating for me. Kim taught me about how McDonalds branches have bouncers there, and how it's super important to acknowledge every single tiny change in the weather, or lack of change in the weather. They really do love to hate the weather. But one thing she turned me on to that I'm now obsessed with is these, Percy Pigs. They're like, gummy, sorta raspberry-ish candy-- or sweets, I should say. They're so good, I eat the big packs and end up feeling sick for hours. Worth it." 7. IBUPROFEN GEL - "I shouldn't laugh, but yeah, I'm so often in pain it’s almost funny. Professional hazard. I live for this stuff, it's so cheap and you can just slather it on. Your doctor and the packaging would advise against that, FYI. But I wake up a lot in the night with some kinda ache, and having this on my bedside table guarantees that I'll be back to sleep in no time. I didn't realize before doing this that sleep was such a big thing to me, but yeah, I'm easily pleased." 8. SPY NOVELS - "As I've said, sleep is clearly an obsession for me. So I try to cut down my screen time, you know, blue light, yadda yadda ya. So I like to read books, proper paper books. Spy novels are my favorite, if I'm ever at a loss for what to read I can just pick a John le Carré at random and I know it'll do me just fine. I once wound up on a flight back to Kansas City with no book and almost cried, it hit me that hard. But I made do with the in flight entertainment, first world problems." 9. BEATS HEADPHONES - "You get the idea by now. I fly a lot, I try to sleep a lot. No brainer that I need noise cancelling, wireless headphones, and I'm a sheep, so I went with Dre. No complaints." 10. HAKUSHU WHISKEY - "People love to argue about Irish versus Scottish whiskey, but for me, it's Japanese all the way. This Hakushu one is so good, it's the 12 year malt and it's a really good bottle of booze. Smoky without being overpowering, fruity enough to be beautifully easy to drink neat. I've had the 18 year old version a few times and that's a truly insane drink, but this one's easier to find and worth every cent. When I can drink this is what I'm drinking... or just a can of PBR, I'm easy. Really I should have brought that, but it's GQ, what can I say. Try not to judge me too harshly." _____________________________________________________  former and current girlfriends       a series of reviews, in chronological order:  ELLIE SMITH    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "My middle school girlfriend. She used to come to my house and we'd play the Sims with my sisters, it was the height of romance. My sisters would play boy band CDs and she used to roll her eyes and say she preferred Blink 182, I thought I was in love. Maybe I was. Can twelve year olds be in love? If they can then we definitely were, even if our relationship consisted of quick pecks on the lips and denying to everyone that we were a thing. Ellie was the last girl in my life I understood. She didn't say she was fine when she wasn't, she never had any trouble deciding where to eat, since we always ate at home. I really wish all relationships could be as pure and simple as what Ellie and I had. I have no idea what she's up to now -- I don't really want to know. Better to remember her as she was."  JOCELYN CARTWRIGHT     ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ "Joss. Joss was the ultimate girl next door, in that she actually lived next door to me. Moving on to high school split Ellie and I up, but I wasn't single long, not with Joss so tantalizingly close. By the time she rolled into my life I was fourteen and my hormones were in full swing, I couldn't speak to her without stuttering, my voice cracking as it was. She was so sweet, always giggling it away. We really did fall head over heels for each other and it lasted years. Jocelyn taught me a lot about women, in that she taught me that I'll never fucking understand them. She cried over nothing, she gave me the silent treatment for sins I hadn't even known I committed, she thought I could read her fucking mind. Why do girls do that? They complain about us not getting anything but it never occurs to them to spell it out? Anyway, I digress. Joss taught me that relationships are hard, but she also taught me that they're worth working at. She supported me through my dream of playing soccer, despite everyone else thinking it was stupid. She helped me get my grades up so I didn't get kicked off the team. Doing nothing with her felt like doing the most, she was easy going for the most part. I often wonder what would have happened if we didn't end up going to colleges on opposite sides of the country, but ultimately, I'm glad she got shot of me. I don't think I taught her half as much as she taught me. She was my first, if you hadn't already guessed as much. She's my longest relationship too. We're still in touch, she’s a great girl."  CORA WOLFE     ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ "I was raised on the philosophy that if you've got nothing nice to say you shouldn't say anything at all, but just for you I'll make an exception. Cora is Bad News. In a way I can't hold her responsible for that, she wore the fact that she was a bratty little rich girl on her sleeve. It was my fault to try and push for more than the shallows with her. It's embarrassing to say, but I was pretty obsessed with her. Continuing my tradition of a girlfriend per school, I dragged my broken hearted ass to Stanford, where I planned to play footba-- soccer and tend my wounds. I managed that for a year or so, I even started to play the field and sleep around... that wasn't me, not until then, anyway. Meeting Cora two things struck me; 1. how much I hated her, and 2. how much I had to have her.  And have her I did. It took some persuading, really, it was harder than I can actually describe here. Where do you take a girl who goes to the fanciest restaurants you've never even heard of, just on an average weeknight? I became obsessive about finding the most underground, up and coming spots I could, desperate to earn her elusive approval. She never let on that she was impressed but I knew that she was, mainly because she'd eventually return my calls and accept my offers for another date. It was a lot like that actually--- I could read her better than anyone else could, she didn't have to say anything 'cause I understood without words. I knew she'd like the cheesy things and I knew she'd never want to say as much, so I just did them without asking. Our lives slotted together so easily that I realized every relationship I'd had before was just playing pretend. But there was an undercurrent, one that started off gentle and eventually swelled to a riptide. Countless meals where we sat across from each other and I felt like she was on the cusp of saying something, but the words never came. Little hesitations, flickers in her beautiful big blue eyes. Cora's body language was subtle but I was so fluent in it, she might as well have been screaming her doubts at me. I have suspicions about a lot of things, but it doesn't matter now. I saw all the warning signs and instead of having it out, trying to overcome them, I tried to wave it away with sweet words and gestures. It didn't work. I hate that I still think of her when I score a killer goal, that I fantasize about her watching it at home and kicking herself when they zoom in for my reaction shot. That every time I wake up to missed calls from her my whole day's lifted, that I keep reopening my missed call screen and imagining what she might have said if I'd answered. I hate that I bought my girlfriend her perfume. I hate it, I hate her for doing this to me. She can go fuck herself."  KIMEYA SANCHEZ     ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ "Kim. The aspiring model and the football star... sounds so cliche, doesn't it? That'll be because it is. Our agents set us up, booking us a table at the Chiltern Firehouse for our first date and making sure the paps would be there. Sophia's a nice enough girl, and plenty easy on the eye. It's not completely fake. We spend a lot of time together, we have a great sex life, I do think she genuinely wants to be a WAG. But the next Posh and Becks? Not in this lifetime. She's an airhead, but honestly, I can't say I mind being pictured with her in the press. You never know who might be reading." _____________________________

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