Profile:
Height: 5-7
Weight: 145
Born:6/16/70 in Detroit, Michigan
College: UCLA
How Acquired: Allocated to Los Angeles on March 6, 1996
Finished the 1998 regular season with a team-high 51 points on 19 goals and 13 assists in 24 starts...Joined Stern John (1998) and Roy Lassiter (1996) as one of three players to surpass the 50-point scoring threshold in the league's history...1998 Honda Player of the Year candidate...Among the league leaders, ranking second in goals (19), seventh in assists (12) and T-1st in hat-tricks (3) in '98...Three-time MLS All-Star...One of only two players on the 1998 World Cup squad to have played every game in both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups...Named recipient of the 1998 Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award...Tied for most assists over four years at UCLA...Made the 1988 Bruins team as a non-scholarship player and finished as the team's top freshman scorer with four goals and seven assists...Hosts "Mega-Dose," and informative special on health and fitness on MTV...Appeared on Fox's "Beverly Hills 90210".
MLS Career Highlights:
Has tallied a point in 20 of his last 28 games heading into the 1999 season, dating back to a one goal performance versus Colorado on 9/10/97...Scored at least one goal in 12 of his 24 appearances during the 1998 season...Boasts only the third eight-point game in MLS history, recording his fourth career hat-trick with goals in the 11th, 79th and 85th minutes and two assists in the 56th and 72nd minutes in a 5-1 win over New England in '98...Scored seven goals and nine assists for a total of 23 points in 26 appearances in 1997...Finished the 1996 season with 18 points on seven goals and four assists in 28 appearances...Has a total of 33 goals and 26 assists for 92 points in his career...Has appeared in all three MLS All-Star games, scoring twice...Seven time MLS Player of the Week...Named Player of the Month for March 1998.
U.S. National Team Highlights:
One of the only two players on the 1998 World Cup squad to have played every game in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups...Played every minute in France '98...He is the youngest men's player in the world to reach 100 international appearances...One of the fastest players on the U.S. team...Recipient of the 1998 Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award...His 100th game came in a 1-0 historic win over World Champions Brazil in the semifinals of the COCACAF Gold Cup...Played in 14 games in 1996, notching a World Cup qualifying goal in a 2-1 loss to Costa Rica in San Jose...Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over Scotland May 26, 1996...Scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Nigeria in the U.S. Cup '95, his biggest international goal...Member of the U.S. team which advanced to the semifinals of the Copa America in Paraguay...Led the U.S. in appearances during 1993 with 30 and tied for the team lead in assists during 1993 with five...A member of the 1992 Olympic Team, he played all three matches for the USA in the 1992 Summer Olympics...Made his first appearance Sept. 3, 1992.
Cobi Jones and Alexi Lalas are fighting for the ball.
