Info the short list
* mls player since 1998...team captain of the colorado rapids
* first overall pick in the 2002 mls allocation draft
* made three starts in the 2002 world cup finals for the u.s. national team
did you know?
* born in argentina, he became a united states citizen in 2001…moved to the u.s. at the age of four
* proposed to his wife, kelly long, during a halftime television interview for the mls in 2000.
* played for the miami fusion from 1998-2001
* most prized non-soccer accomplishment was earning a degree in sports communications from north carolina state
* played guitar in a band named “chicken head killas” in miami
* enjoys spending time in his vegetable garden with his two pugs, zen and reilly
* favorite soccer player as a kid was diego maradona…now is argentine midfielder fernando redondo
* in 2005 had first-born child with wife kelly, and named him gianluca after legend italian goalkeeper gianluca pagliuca.