1. Pablo Mastroeni was born on August 29,1976 and is an American soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
19 Facts About Pablo Mastroeni
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Pablo Mastroeni was formerly head coach of the Colorado Rapids, and assistant coach of the Houston Dynamo.
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Pablo Mastroeni attended Thunderbird High School and Mountain Sky Middle School, and played youth soccer for the Santos Futbol Clube.
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Pablo Mastroeni attended North Carolina State University where he played on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997.
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Pablo Mastroeni played four seasons with the Fusion, becoming a regular starter in his second year with the team in either central defense or defensive midfield, and was named to the MLS Best XI in 2001.
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The Fusion was contracted after the 2001 season and Pablo Mastroeni was the first overall choice of the 2002 MLS Allocation Draft, going to the Colorado Rapids, whom he captained to their first title in 2010.
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Pablo Mastroeni scored his first MLS playoff goal against the Columbus Crew on October 28,2010.
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Pablo Mastroeni was traded to the Los Angeles Galaxy in June 2013 and retired at the end of the season.
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Pablo Mastroeni earned his first US cap against Ecuador on June 7,2001.
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Pablo Mastroeni was named to the 2006 US World Cup squad.
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Pablo Mastroeni was fined CHF 7,500 and received a three-game suspension, thus missing the last US match of the World Cup and the first two matches of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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On February 7,2007, during a friendly between the United States and Mexico, Pablo Mastroeni was the team captain.
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Pablo Mastroeni was called up for the United States' first World Cup qualifying match of 2010 and two third-round matches, and started three of the first five final round matches for the United States.
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Pablo Mastroeni was named the interim head coach of the Colorado Rapids after Oscar Pareja left for FC Dallas in January 2014.
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Pablo Mastroeni was named head coach of the Rapids on March 8,2014, one week before the 2014 season began.
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Pablo Mastroeni finished second in voting for the annual MLS Coach of the Year award.
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In 2020, Pablo Mastroeni was named as an assistant coach for the Houston Dynamo.
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In 2021, Pablo Mastroeni was named as an assistant coach for Real Salt Lake On August 27,2021, he was named the interim head coach upon Freddy Juarez's unexpected midseason departure.
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On December 13,2021, Pablo Mastroeni was named permanent head coach of the club for the 2022 season.