UCLA's National Team Connection
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UCLA’s National Team Connection Sasha Victorine were key contributors on the U.S. team that fi nished a best-ever fourth at the 2000 UCLA World Cup Players 2014 ...............Nick Rimando Games in Sydney. In 1996, former Bruins Hejduk 2010 ............ Carlos Bocanegra and Chris Snitko competed for the United States .....................Jonathan Bornstein in Atlanta, and the 1992 Olympic team included six ...........................Benny Feilhaber former Bruins — Friedel, Henderson, Jones, Lapper, 2006 ............ Carlos Bocanegra Moore and Zak Ibsen — on its roster, the most from ..............................Jimmy Conrad any collegiate institution. Other UCLA Olympians .................................. Eddie Lewis ...................Frankie Hejduk (inj.) include Caligiuri, Krumpe and Vanole (1988) and Jeff 2002 .......................Brad Friedel Hooker (1984). ............................Frankie Hejduk Several Bruins were instrumental to the United ....................................Cobi Jones .................................. Eddie Lewis States’ gold medal win at the 1991 Pan American ........................... Joe-Max Moore Games. Friedel tended goal for the U.S., while Moore 1998 .......................Brad Friedel nailed the game-winning goal in overtime in the gold- ............................Frankie Hejduk medal match against Mexico. Jones scored one goal ....................................Cobi Jones and an assist against Canada. A Bruin-dominated U.S. ........................... Joe-Max Moore team won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan Am Games. 1994 .....................Paul Caligiuri ..................................Brad Friedel Team captain Vagenas was the team’s leading scorer ....................................Cobi Jones with two goals, including the game-winner against ................................. Mike Lapper Cuba. Bocanegra and Victorine also contributed a ........................... Joe-Max Moore goal apiece in the tournament. Also on the team 1990 .....................Paul Caligiuri were Steve Shak, Ryan Futagaki and Nelson Akwari. ........................Chris Henderson ................................ Paul Krumpe A number of U.S. National Team players began their .................................David Vanole Jonathan Bornstein National Team participation after coming to West- With such national soccer stars as Cobi Jones, Brad Friedel, Paul Caligiuri, Frankie Hejduk wood, including World Cup players Conrad, Lewis, UCLA Olympians 2008 ................Benny Feilhaber and Carlos Bocanegra having once donned a UCLA uniform, it has become obvious Hejduk, Jones, Moore, Lapper, Krumpe and Vanole. ................................. Patrick Ianni that UCLA Soccer breeds national and international caliber players. Past and current UCLA attracts some of the nation’s best talent as .............................Marvell Wynne UCLA players have made over 2,400 appearances for various U.S. National Teams. well, becoming a hotbed for Youth National Team .................. Frankie Hejduk (alt.) 2000 .......................Brad Friedel UCLA’s infl uence on U.S. World Cup teams is most notable. In all, 15 Bruins have members. The 2013 UCLA squad consists of fi ve members who have earned at least one interna- ............................Frankie Hejduk participated in the last seven World Cups. Three of those players — Friedel, Jones .................................Pete Vagenas and Joe-Max Moore — have participated in three World Cups apiece, and Jones set a tional cap and several others who have been in the ............................ Sasha Victorine U.S. record for career World Cup appearances with 11, a record that has since been national team pool. 1996 .................Frankie Hejduk broken by Landon Donovan. In 2005, the U.S. Under-20 National Team, coached by ................................. Chris Snitko 1992 .......................Brad Friedel UCLA had a nation’s-best three players named to the 2010 U.S. World Cup Team Schmid and featuring Bruins Chad Barrett, Feilhaber, ........................Chris Henderson - two-time World Cupper and team captain Bocanegra and fi rst-timers Jonathan Ianni and Wynne in the starting lineup, made history ......................................Zak Ibsen Bornstein and Benny Feilhaber. The U.S. squad made history by becoming the fi rst at the World Youth Championships by becoming ....................................Cobi Jones U.S. team to ever win their group in a World Cup. the fi rst U.S. team and only the 12th team ever to ................................. Mike Lapper record three consecutive shutouts at the WYC. The ........................... Joe-Max Moore In 2006, the Bruins once again led all colleges with four selections - three-time team 1988 .....................Paul Caligiuri Under-20s advanced even further in 2007, making member Frankie Hejduk, two-time team member Eddie Lewis and World Cup rookies ................................ Paul Krumpe it all the way to the quarterfi nals after posting wins Carlos Bocanegra and Jimmy Conrad. An injury took Hejduk out of the World Cup .................................David Vanole over Poland, Brazil and Uruguay. Bruins Sal Zizzo and 1984 ........................Jeff Hooker a day after being selected to the team, but the other three Bruins played and even Tony Beltran started in all fi ve games for the U.S., and 1980 ...................Ole Mikkelsen started alongside each other in the United States’ fi nal game. goalkeeper Brian Perk earned an overtime victory 1976 ............ Peter Fredricksen A collegiate-best fi ve former UCLA players were on the historic 2002 World Cup team in the round of 16 against Uruguay. - Friedel, Hejduk, Jones, Lewis and Moore. All fi ve played major roles in the United Also in 2007, three other Bruin players participated in the Pan American Games - U.S. States’ best World Cup showing in 72 years, as the U.S. advanced all the way to the captain Greg Folk and three-game starters Michael Stephens and Chance Myers. quarterfi nals and won an elimination game for the fi rst time in World Cup history. Friedel emerged as one of the top goalkeepers in the world, shutting out Mexico in the second round and twice earning Man of the Match honors in the fi rst round of play. In his fi rst World Cup start, Lewis contributed an assist in the win over Mexico. Friedel, Jones, Moore and Hejduk also started for the U.S. team at the 1998 World Cup. Five former Bruins captured the country’s attention as part of the 1994 U.S. World Cup team which advanced to the second round for the fi rst time in World Cup his- tory. Caligiuri started in all four games for the U.S., and Jones appeared in four with one start. Other former Bruins on the team were Friedel, Moore, Mike Lapper and assistant coach Sigi Schmid. In the fi rst round of the 1994 World Cup, the U.S. team tied Switzerland 1-1 then upset Colombia 2-1 at the Rose Bowl in what was then the biggest win in U.S. soccer history. In 1989, Caligiuri, who made over 100 international appearances for Team USA, became one of the United States’ most famous players after scoring the historic goal in the CONCACAF qualifying round. His 35-yard dipping volley gave the U.S. a 1-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago and placed the U.S. in the 1990 World Cup for the fi rst time since 1950. At the 1990 World Cup, he started all three of the U.S. team’s games and scored the country’s fi rst World Cup goal in 40 years. Three other Bruins played in the 1990 World Cup — Chris Henderson, Paul Krumpe and David Vanole. UCLA soccer players have made their mark in the Olympic Games as well. Three UCLA’s 1994 World Cup Infl uence (l-r, standing): Paul Caligiuri, Brad Friedel, coach Sigi Bruins - Feilhaber, Patrick Ianni and Marvell Wynne - were on the 2008 U.S. team, while Schmid, and Mike Lapper. (l-r, front row): Chris Henderson, Cobi Jones and Joe-Max Moore. a fourth - Hejduk - was an alternate. Four Bruins - Friedel, Hejduk, Pete Vagenas and Schmid served as an assistant coach on the staff. 1985 • 1990 • 1997 • 2002 NCAA Champions 47 UCLA’s All-Time National Team Roster Name, Position International “Caps” Name, Position International “Caps” “A” “B” U-23 U-20 U-18/17 Tot “A” “B” U-23 U-20 U-18/17 Tot Nelson Akwari, d – – 5 16 42 63 *Eddie Lewis, mf 81 – – – – 81 Michael Amick, d - - - - 6 6 Lucas Martin, f 2 – – 14 – 16 Eder Arreola, mf/f – – – 2 6 8 Kiel McClung, d – – – 10 – 10 Chad Barrett, f – – 3 18 4 25 Cliff McKinley, f – – – – 2 2 *Dan Beaney, d – 9 – – – 9 *Ole Mikkelsen, f – 5 – – – 5 Tony Beltran, d/mf 3 – 2 17 7 29 *Joe-Max Moore, mf 100 8 15 – – 123 *Eric Biefeld, d 2 – – – – 2 Chance Myers, d – – – 4 3 7 Steve Black, mf – – – 14 – 14 Kyle Nakazawa, mf – – – – 21 21 Carlos Bocanegra, d 110 – 7 23 3 143 Amobi Okugo, d – – 4 15 9 28 *Jonathan Bornstein, d 38 – – – – 38 Brandon Owens, d – – – 3 33 36 Andy Burke, d – – – 3 – 3 Peter Pelle, mf – – – 5 – 5 Paul Caligiuri, mf/d 114 9 – 13 – 136 *Tibor Pelle, mf – – – 1 – 1 Victor Chavez, f – – – – 8 8 Brian Perk, gk – – – 16 17 33 *Jimmy Conrad, d 28 – – – – 28 *Tom Poltl, f – – – 11 – 11 DJ Countess, gk – – 12 14 44 70 Evan Raynr, f – – – – 2 2 Earl Edwards Jr., gk – – – – 31 31 *Antè Razov, f 25 – 5 2 – 32 Mike Enfi eld, mf – – – 1 14 15 Eric Reed, gk – – – – 1 1 Dale Ervine, mf 5 4 – 13 – 22 *Matt Reis, gk 2 – – – – 2 *Benny Feilhaber, mf 31 – 4 13 – 48 Nick Rimando, gk 12 – – 14 21 47 *Ray Fernandez, mf – 1 – 5 – 6 Michael Roman, mf – – – – 2 2 Greg Folk, mf/d – – – – 13 13 Kelyn Rowe, mf – – – 6 1 7 *Brad Friedel, gk 82 – 23 – – 105 Jorge Salcedo,