Position: Midfielder

Height: 5-10 (1.78 m)

Weight: 160 (72 kg)

Born: July 20, 1973, in Livingston, N.J.

Hometown: Springfield, New Jersey

College: University of Virginia

Club: Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga)

National Team: Continuing to emerge as a force with the National Team...Played with the 1996 Olympic Team as an "overage" player...The youngest member of the 1994 World Cup Team, he helped the USA capture the U.S. Cup '95 title and advance to the semifinals of '95 Copa America ... Experienced his most productive day for the USA in a 4-0 thrashing of Mexico in U.S. Cup '95, tallying one goal and two assists ... Did not play in the '94 World Cup due to a hamstring injury ... The youngest member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team which finished with a 1-1-1 record in Barcelona, where he played every minute of the tournament and assisted on two goals ... Scored three goals in Olympic qualifying play and scored two goals for the 1991 Pan-Am gold-medal team, including one in the gold-medal game vs. Mexico ... Member of the U.S. Under-16 National Team in 1988 and Under-20 National Team in 1989 ...

Professional: Signed with Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga Aug. 8, 1994 ... Cracked the starting lineup of Leverkusen's indoor (five-a-side) team during the Bundesliga's 1995 Winter break ...

College: One of the most decorated players in college soccer history, he helped lead the University of Virginia to three straight NCAA titles in 1991, 1992 and 1993 ... Won the 1992 and 1993 Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award ... Named Soccer America Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993 ... A three-time first-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-American ... In 1991, voted Soccer America Freshman of the Year ... Tallied 21 goals and 22 assists for UVA, ranking him 10th on the all-time Cavalier point chart ...

High School: While attending St. Benedict's Prep High School in Newark, N.J., he was a two-time Parade National Player of the Year in 1989 and 1990, the first athlete to win the award two consecutive years ... Named Gatorade Player of the Year, NSCAA/Metropolitan Life All-American and New Jersey State Player of the Year in 1990 ... St. Benedict's won two straight state titles his junior and senior seasons and put together a 47-game winning streak ... St. Benedict's lost just two games during his high school career, both in which he did not play because of commitments with the U.S. Olympic Team ... Finished his high school career with 62 goals and 59 assists.

First Appearance: Jan. 15, 1994, vs. Norway

First Goal: April 20, 1994, vs. Moldova