The Ninth Circuit has determined that there is sufficient reason to believe that a former professional soccer player committed a serious nonpolitical crime. Specifically, the court found that an indictment alleging that the individual participated in the planning of three murders was sufficient evidence to find him ineligible for asylum and withholding of removal under the serious nonpolitical crime bar.
The full text of Silva-Pereira v. Lynch can be found here:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/07/07/14-70276.pdf