12 Facts About Nelson Vargas

Nelson Vargas was born on August 6,1974 and is an American former soccer player and coach.

Nelson Vargas was a member of the US soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Nelson Vargas attended Miami Coral Park High School and played youth soccer with Inter Juventus in Miami.

Nelson Vargas signed his first professional contract at the age of 16 to play for Standard Liege in Belgium.

Nelson Vargas spent two seasons with the Mutiny before the Miami Fusion selected Vargas in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft.

On July 25,2000, while playing in an Open Cup game in Saginaw, Michigan, Nelson Vargas sustained a right ankle sprain that turned out to be a career-ending injury.

At the time, Slivinski was the youngest US player to earn a cap and Nelson Vargas was only three months older.

Nelson Vargas did not play again with the senior national team until November 19,1994, in a loss to Trinidad and Tobago.

In 1993, Nelson Vargas was selected for the US team which qualified for the 1993 U-20 World Cup to be held in Australia.

Nelson Vargas scored two goal in the CONCACAF qualifying games.

In 2005, Nelson Vargas played the part of John Souza in The Game of Their Lives, a movie about the US victory over England in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Nelson Vargas starred in a Powerade and Allsport commercial that featured Alexi Lalas.