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* made his first four appearances with the u.s. men's national team, scoring goals in each of the world cup qualifying games for a total of six goals, becoming the first american player to score in his first four appearances
* became first player to ever come on as a substitute and net a hat trick
* won the golden shoe award, which is given to the top goal scorer, at the fifa 2003 youth world championships scoring 4 goals and 1 assist
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* became the youngest player in major league soccer history to either have or share the league lead in goals, which was 12 (2004)
* finished first in game-winning goals (7), tied for first in goals, tied for first in multi-goal matches (3), tied for second in shots (75), tied for fifth in points (27) and tied for sixth in shots on goal (32) in 2004 among league leaders
* most memorable soccer moment was scoring his first mls goal to send the game to overtime
* says cobi jones was his role model in soccer – “i started to watch the us national team on tv and i saw this black guy with dreadlocks and i decided i liked him – it was cobi jones, ” he said. “he's an incredible player and i grew to really idolize him.”
* started playing soccer at age 8 after following some of his older friends who played soccer
* listens to rap, hip-hop and rhythm and blues
* favorite musical artists are master p and jagged edge
* played basketball, football and soccer while growing up