It seems Vini Oliveira will play professional soccer after all.

The Bellevue College and Sammamish alum has signed to play with the new professional Kitsap Pumas Soccer Club. Oliveira was the winner of the Seattle Sounders FC Major League Soccer SuperSearch but was cut shortly after joining the team at training camp.

“Vini has wonderful skills in tight situations,” said head coach John Wedge in a release. “He’s innovative and has real explosion. He’ll bring us creativity for sure.”

Oliveira was Bellevue College’s (formerly Bellevue Community College) MVP both seasons he played, scoring 25 goals in 14 matches.

The Puma’s begin May 2 when they travel to Spokane to take on the Spokane Spiders as part of the United Soccer League’s Professional Developmental League.