#10 Tab Ramos

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#10 TAB RAMOS

POSITION: Midfielder

BORN: 9-21-66

HEIGHT: 5'7"

WEIGHT: 150

COLLEGE: Concordia

AQUIRED: First allocated player (1995)

NATIONALITY: Uraguay, US citizenship

CAPS: 87

GOALS: 8

BIO

Tab Ramos is considered to be one of the United States' most successful players in its history. Born in Uraguay, Tabare moved with his family to Kearny, NJ at a young age. Tab dominated in every league he played in. He was so good, he was drafted in the by New York Cosmos of the NASL. Tab joined the US Olympic team in 1988, and also played a role in the US' first World Cup in 40 years in 1990. After the World Cup, Tab was signed by Figureres of Spain where he played for 2 years. He was latter signed by Real Batis, also from Spain. Tab played a vital role in team USA's stunning World Cup performance that lead to a tense Round of 16 match with Brazil. Ramos would end the game with a sever head injury, and the US went on to lose.

After another year with Real Batis in '95, Ramos started a new career. He was allocated to the Metros and later loaned to the Tigres of Mexico. Unfortuantely, Ramos has never lived up to the expecations of MLS fans. He was constantly injured because defenders would do anything to stop him dribbling easily right past them. He did earn another World Cup spot in '98 at France after scoring the game winning goal versus Costa Rica that earned them a spot in the Cup.

Ramos had an awful 1999 season, only playing 5 games, starting 4. But 2000 was the year to remember. Playing a career high 20 MLS games, he helped lead the MetroStars to the Eastern Conference Championship. Tab eventually announced his International retirement after a World Cup qualifier verus Barbados, which featured him wearing the #10 shirt accompanied with the captains armband. That year he played in 3 Qualifiers, scoring 1 in the first leg of the Barbados series.

Ramos was looking forward to have another successful season, but everytime he would play, he would be the target since he was the Metros #10 player. An Ian Bishop tackle from behind, seconds after Tab had passed the ball, ended Ramos' season, making him unavialble for the playoffs.

In 2002, Tam Ramos finally decided to call it his last year.

STATS

MLS REGULAR SEASON

 YR    GP  GS   MIN    G   A   PTS 
----------------------------------
 '96   25  25  2,158   3  10   16
 '97   25  25  2,158   3  10   16
 '98   17  16  1,455   1  5    7
 '99   5   4   347     0  3    3
 '00   20  18  1,660   2  6    10
 '01   18  17  1,459   0  5    5
 ----------------------------------
 TOT   98  93  8,085   8  33   49 
	
	
MLS PLAYOFFS

 YR   GP  GS  MIN   G  A  PTS
-----------------------------
 '96  3   3   270   0  0  0
 '98  2   2   180   1  0  2 
 '00  4   3   296   0  0  0 
 -----------------------------	
 TOT  9   8   746   1  0  2

AWARDS

» MLS All-Star (1999)

» MLS All-Star (1998)

» FIFA 1998 World Cup

» MLS All-Star (1996)

» FIFA 1994 World Cup, 1 assist vs. Colombia

» FIFA 1990 World Cup

» 1988 Olympics (USA)

» NASL Draft Pick; New York Cosmos (1984)

ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS

#18 Tim Howard #30 Paul Grafer

DEFENDERS

#2 Ted Chropoulos
#3 Sam Forko
#5 Steve Jolley
#12 Mike Petke
#14 Joe Addo
#16 Craig Zaide
#17 Marcelo Balboa
#21 Nelson Akwari

MIDFIELDERS

#4 Brad Davis
#6 Jeff Moore
#7 Andy Williams
#8 Mark Lisi
#9 Bryon Alvarez
#10 Tab Ramos
#11 Ross Paule

FORWARDS

#13 Clint Mathis
#15 Mamaduo Diallo
#22 Rodrigo Faria
#27 Martin Klinger

HISTORY