Position: Defender

Height: 6-3 (1.91 m)

Weight: 195 (89 kg)

Born: June 1, 1970, in Birmingham, Michigan

Hometown: Detroit, Michigan

College: Rutgers University

Club: New England Revolution (MLS)

National Team: Started 14 games for the National Team in 1996 and was second on the team with 4 assists...The 1995 U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year,he was one of 11 players named to the 1995 All-Copa America Team, voted on by the journalists ... Started every game for the USA in its semifinal appearance in Copa America, scoring the second goal in the 3-0 win over Argentina, one of the biggest wins in U.S. Soccer history ... One of five players to play every minute of every game during the '94 World Cup ... Scored the historic clinching goal in USA's 2-0 victory over England at U.S. Cup '93 June 9 ... Of his seven goals scored, six have come off his head ... A member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team, playing 45 minutes in a 2-2 tie with Poland in the Olympics despite suffering a broken foot one week prior to the Summer Games ... Competed with the gold-medal winning U.S. team at the Pan American games in 1991 ... Scored two goals in the USA's 8-1 third-round Olympic qualifier victory over Haiti in Colorado Springs ...

Professional: Among the first group of players to sign with MLS, he scored one goal for the Revolution in 1996...Signed with Padova July 27, 1994, thus becoming the first American-born player to compete in Italy's Serie A, the world's most prestigious soccer league ... Scored three goals during the 1994-95 season, including winning goals vs. powerhouses AC Milan and Inter Milan ...

College: He was the unanimous college player of the year in 1991, winning the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club player-of-the-year awards in his senior season at Rutgers ... Played in 81 matches during his collegiate career, was a three-year captain, and a member of Rutgers' NCAA final four tournament teams of 1989 and 1990 ... After missing 10 games with a ruptured appendix as a junior, he recovered to captain the team to a second-place finish in the 1990 NCAA Division I tournament ... Voted three times to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team, 1989-91, and was a third-team All-America selection in both 1989 and 1990 ... Atlantic 10 Conference Eastern Division Player of the Year ...

High School: Attended Cranbrook Kingswood High School in Birmingham, Mich., where, as captain, he twice was named All-State as well as Michigan Player of the Year in 1987 ... Captained his high school ice hockey team to the state title and continued his hockey career at Rutgers where he was the leading scorer in 1989 ...

Personal: A talented guitarist and singer in the rock group The Gypsies, he has released two CDs in the past two years, one titled Woodland, named after the street he grew up on in Michigan and the other titled Jet Lag ... Sang the national anthem prior to a USA match in 1994.

First Appearance: May 6, 1990, vs. Canada

First Goal: May 8, 1993, vs. Colombia