Jeffrey Alan Agoos was born on May 2,1968 and is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender.
33 Facts About Jeff Agoos
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Jeff Agoos is one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States national team.
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Jeff Agoos won a record five MLS championships: three with DC United, and two with the San Jose Earthquakes.
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Jeff Agoos won the 1996 US Open Cup, and was the 2001 MLS Defender of the Year.
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Jeff Agoos was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Jeff Agoos was born in Geneva, Switzerland, as his father was working overseas there for Caterpillar Construction Company.
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Jeff Agoos grew up in Texas, and attended JJ Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas.
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Jeff Agoos was named a two-time Parade Magazine High School All-American as well as a Dallas All-Sports Athlete-of-the-Year.
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Jeff Agoos is Jewish, and during the summer of 1985, represented the United States at the 1985 Maccabiah Games and was at 17 the youngest player on the team.
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From 1986 to 1990, Jeff Agoos played soccer for Bruce Arena at the University of Virginia.
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Jeff Agoos finished second in Hermann Award voting his senior season.
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On June 26,1994, after being cut from the US roster for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Jeff Agoos signed with the Los Angeles Salsa for the 1994 American Professional Soccer League season.
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The Salsa went to the playoff semifinals that season as Jeff Agoos was selected Second Team All League.
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Jeff Agoos returned from Germany in 1995 to sign with Major League Soccer.
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That year, Jeff Agoos won the first MLS Championship as well as the US Open Cup.
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Jeff Agoos followed it up the next year with his second MLS Championship.
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Jeff Agoos then won his third MLS Championship with DC United in 1999.
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Jeff Agoos spent 2001 through 2004 with the San Jose Earthquakes, and proceeded to win his fourth and fifth MLS Championships.
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Jeff Agoos was named MLS Defender of the Year in 2001 and earned a place in the MLS Best XI three times.
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In 2005, Jeff Agoos was named to the league's tenth anniversary All-Time Best XI.
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Jeff Agoos was traded to the MetroStars after the 2004 season for a fourth-round draft pick.
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In ten years in MLS, Jeff Agoos scored 11 regular-season goals and added 25 assists in 244 matches.
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Jeff Agoos represented Team USA at the 1985 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Jeff Agoos made his debut with the United States national team on January 10,1988, against Guatemala.
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Jeff Agoos was the last member to be cut from the US squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and he burned his uniform upon hearing the news.
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Jeff Agoos made the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France but did not play a single minute, in favor of David Regis.
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Jeff Agoos was capped a total of 134 times for the US Agoos earned his last cap against Wales on May 26,2003.
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Jeff Agoos was a member of the 1992 Team USA Futsal team which won a silver medal at Hong Kong.
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Jeff Agoos earned ten caps and scored two goals with the futsal team.
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Jeff Agoos was named as New York Red Bulls' Technical Director on September 28,2006, serving under head coach Bruce Arena.
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Jeff Agoos officially joined the Bulls organization on January 1,2007.
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In 2009 Jeff Agoos was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
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On March 28,2011, Jeff Agoos was hired by the MLS as their Technical Director of Competition.