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Claudio Reyna - Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 8th May, 2007 - 7:25pm
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Claudio Reyna
A very good player who inherited his talent from his Argentine father Miguel Reyna, also a football player. He was the captain of the U.S. national team before retiring from international soccer immediately following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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| Reyna's father, a professional soccer player from Argentina, moved to the United States in 1968.[1] He settled in New Jersey where he married and raised a family. Reyna gained his love for the game from his father. Reyna would go on to become an outstanding youth player, attending Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in New Jersey as a teammate of Gregg Berhalter. He graduated from St. Benedict's in 1991. Druing Reyna's three years with the team, St Benedict's went undefeated (65-0) while Reyna was named as the only two-time Parade Magazine's national high school Player of the Year. Highly recruited out of high school, Reyna elected to attend the University of Virginia from 1991-1993 on a full ride scholorship. While at Virginia, he spent three seasons on the men's soccer team, coached by former U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena. The Cavaliers would go on to win the NCAA championship each of his three seasons. On an individual level, Reyna won the Hermann Trophy in 1993 and the MAC Award in 1992 and 1993; and was named the 1992 and 1993 Soccer America Player of the Year. In 2000, the magazine placed him on its Team of the Century and named him the male player of the century. Reyna turned down a chance to sign for FC Barcelona after the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona to continue his college career. |
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