Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-7 (1.70 m)
Weight: 140 (64 kg)
Born: Sept. 21, 1966, in Montevideo, Uruguay
Hometown: Kearny, New Jersey
College: North Carolina State University
Club: New York/New Jersey Metro Stars (MLS)
National Team: A veteran of the 1990 and '94 World Cups, he is one of the USA's most prolific playmakers ... Tied with Cobi Jones for the all-time assist lead with 11 ... Experienced his most productive day for the USA in a 4-3 comeback win over Saudi Arabia in October 1995, where he scored one goal and set up two others, including the game winner ... Played in all four 1994 World Cup games ... His pin-point through-ball to Ernie Stewart was the game-winning assist against Colombia in the '94 World Cup ... Suffered a fractured skull when Brazil's Leonardo elbowed him late in the first half ... Started all three games for the USA in the first round of the 1990 World Cup in Italy ... Had both assists in historic 2-0 victory over England June 9 at the U.S. Cup '93 ... A very creative player in midfield, he played for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Team and was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. Team which surprised European observers in 1989 during the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-a-Side Football in the Netherlands ... Played for the USA in the 1983 World Youth Championships in Mexico ... Member of the 1983 Pan Am Games Team which played in Venezuela ...
Professional: Signed with Major League Soccer Jan. 3, 1995, becoming the league's first player ... Loaned to Tigres of Nuevo Leon of the Mexican first division for the remainder of the 1994-95 season ... One of America's first players to make a successful soccer career in Europe, he spent the 1992-93 season with Real Betis of the Spanish second division and emerged as a top player in Spain ... Had successful knee surgery in early 1993, missing much of the '93 season in Spain ... The elusive central midfielder, who led the USA to the first-ever U.S. Cup title in 1992, moved from Figueres to Betis, a more respected second division squad in '92 ... Joined the American migration to Europe in the fall of 1990 when he joined Figueres ... Played two years in the American Soccer League (1988-89), where he was an ASL all-star ...
College: A star during his collegiate days at North Carolina State University, he was named first team All-American and finished his senior year as the Atlantic Coast Conference's top scorer ...
High School: Named 1983 High School Player of the Year out of St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, N.J. ...
Personal: Married to Amy with a son, Alexander Christian (born April 1995) ... Father, Julian, played professionally in Uruguay.
First Appearance: Jan. 10, 1988, vs. Guatemala
First Goal: April 30, 1989, vs. Costa Rica
