1. Jonathan Rey Bornstein was born on November 7,1984 and is an American former professional soccer player who plays as a left-back.
48 Facts About Jonathan Bornstein
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Jonathan Bornstein has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team.
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Jonathan Bornstein won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel.
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Jonathan Bornstein was MVP of the Sunset League, first-team all-county, and All-California Interscholastic Federation, and led the soccer team to a CIF Championship.
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Jonathan Bornstein played club soccer for Long Beach United, Beach Soccer Club, and the Irvine Strikers club team coached by Don Ebert.
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Jonathan Bornstein won the Golden Boot Award as he led the Strikers to the US Youth Soccer 2002 Under-17 National Championship.
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Jonathan Bornstein started his college soccer career at Cal Poly Pomona and played there for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos for two years.
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In 2002, Jonathan Bornstein was California Collegiate Athletic Association Freshman of the Year, first-team All-CCAA, and second-team All-Far West Region, as he led the team in scoring.
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Jonathan Bornstein finished his career at Cal Poly Pomona ranked second in career assists, third in career points, and fifth in career goals.
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Jonathan Bornstein then transferred to UCLA for the 2004 season as a sociology major.
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In 2004, Jonathan Bornstein played in all of the UCLA's 20 games, with nine starts.
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Jonathan Bornstein was a teammate of Benny Feilhaber at the youth, college, and national-team level, and at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Feilhaber said he and Jonathan Bornstein "definitely had a special connection" because of their religion from the beginning of their friendship.
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Jonathan Bornstein was selected by Chivas USA in the fourth round of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft.
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Jonathan Bornstein continued his fine play in the back and contributed to the attack during the rest of the season, finishing the year with four assists and six goals, leading all rookies.
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Jonathan Bornstein started every game in the season, and his total of 2,878 minutes played was third-highest in the league.
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Jonathan Bornstein was rewarded for his fine form by winning the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year Award.
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In 2008, Jonathan Bornstein suffered a knee injury that affected him throughout the spring.
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When he came back, Chivas coach Preki began to employ him in an attacking capacity, which Jonathan Bornstein trained for in his youth.
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Jonathan Bornstein was apparently unenthusiastic, fearing that such a move could cost him his place in the US national team.
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In five seasons with Chivas USA, Jonathan Bornstein made 123 regular season appearances.
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Jonathan Bornstein Recently Joined AC Bellinzona He Will Play Against FC Vaduz For Debut He Is Swiss-American-Israeli-Mexican He Is Excited To Play In Switzerland.
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Jonathan Bornstein spent the next eight seasons in Mexico's first division, Liga MX.
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Jonathan Bornstein first played for Tigres de la UANL.
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In July 2010, it was announced by Chivas USA that Jonathan Bornstein would join Tigres de la UANL in January 2011, following the conclusion of the 2010 Major League Soccer season.
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Jonathan Bornstein was selected by Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft.
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Jonathan Bornstein was transfer listed by Tigres on November 19,2012.
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Jonathan Bornstein played for Atlante FC and Queretaro FC.
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On May 24,2015, Jonathan Bornstein scored the goal that sent Queretaro FC to their first-ever Liga MX final.
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Jonathan Bornstein left Chicago at the end of the 2022 season.
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Jonathan Bornstein has made 38 appearances for the United States national soccer team.
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Jonathan Bornstein got his first cap, and scored his first goal on an assist from Justin Mapp, for the US national team on January 20,2007, against Denmark.
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Jonathan Bornstein played for the US in Copa America 2007.
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Jonathan Bornstein received his first World Cup Qualifying appearance in a start against Guatemala in the semifinal round of World Cup Qualifying.
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Jonathan Bornstein featured in the Concacaf Gold Cup.
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In 2008, Jonathan Bornstein lost his starting place to Heath Pearce and struggled with injuries.
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Jonathan Bornstein started the group stage matches at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, but was relegated back to the bench when Carlos Bocanegra returned from injury.
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Jonathan Bornstein scored the equalizing goal in the United States' final World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica in the fifth minute of injury time.
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The goal meant that Honduras, when combined with their win over El Salvador, a game in which Jonathan Bornstein captained the US side, qualified automatically for the 2010 World Cup.
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That goal resulted in Jonathan Bornstein having a level of celebrity in Honduras; he was invited to Honduras by the President of the country and he received letters of thanks for years afterwards.
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Jonathan Bornstein was never recalled to the squad by Bradley's successor, Jurgen Klinsmann, by Klinsmann's successor, Bruce Arena, or by Arena's successor, interim manager Dave Sarachan.
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Jonathan Bornstein played in the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel, representing the US along with Benny Feilhaber, Kevin Friedland, Matt Reiswerg, and Leo Krupnik, winning a silver medal.
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Jonathan Bornstein scored two goals in the team's quarterfinal win over South Africa.
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Jonathan Bornstein was born in Torrance, California, and later lived in Los Alamitos, California.
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Jonathan Bornstein's father is Jeff Bornstein, who is Jewish and was born in Torrance into an Orthodox family, and worked for Hostess until his death in 2014.
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Jonathan Bornstein's mother is from Mexico, and is not Jewish.
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Jonathan Bornstein's parents divorced when he was three years old, and he lived with his father.
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Jonathan Bornstein's brother Andrew played soccer at Cal Poly Pomona, and is a marketing director.