Pablo Mastroeni

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Pablo Mastroeni
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Personnel
Surname Pablo Mastroeni
birthday August 29, 1976
place of birth MendozaArgentina
size 178 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1994-1997 NC State Wolfpack
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-2001 Miami Fusion 100 (2)
2002-2013 Colorado Rapids 225 (5)
2013-2014 Los Angeles Galaxy
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2001-2009 United States 65 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2014– Colorado Rapids
1 Only league games are given.
As of November 9, 2010

2 As of November 19, 2008

Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976 in Mendoza , Argentina ) is a former American football player and current coach of Argentine descent. He is currently coaching the Colorado Rapids in the North American professional soccer league Major League Soccer . With this club he also ended his career as a player.

Youth and college

Mastroeni came to the United States with his family at the age of four and settled in Phoenix , Arizona . He attended public Thunderbird High School in the northwest of the city and played soccer for the Santos Futbol Clube.

From 1994 to 1997 he attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh , North Carolina . There he played for four years for the college team NC State Wolfpack.

Professional career

In 1998 he was selected by Miami Fusion in the MLS College Draft and played regularly at Fusion from his sophomore year. Overall, he was on the field in 100 MLS games and scored 2 goals. In 2001 he was appointed to the MLS Best XI and won the MLS Supporters' Shield with the team .

At the end of the 2001 season, Miami stopped playing. In the resulting MLS Allocation Draft, he was selected by the Colorado Rapids .

National team

On June 7, 2002, he completed his first international game against the team from Ecuador . In the same year he was also part of the US team for the World Cup and was used in the first group game against Portugal.

In 2006 he was a member of the squad for the soccer world championship in Germany. He was used in the group game against Italy and saw the red card from referee Jorge Larrionda for a gross foul against Andrea Pirlo . The FIFA Disciplinary Committee then banned Mastroeni from playing three international matches and fined him 7,500 Swiss francs . Due to the suspension, he also missed the first two games of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup .

On February 7, 2007, he was the captain of the USA during a game against Mexico.

The last nomination for the US team was during the qualifying phase for the 2010 Soccer World Cup . For the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 he was no longer considered.

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