Roy Wegerle was born on March 19,1964 and is a former United States international soccer player who appeared for the national team 41 times between 1992 and 1998.
19 Facts About Roy Wegerle
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Roy Wegerle notably played in the English Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Blackburn Rovers and Coventry City, and in the Football League for Chelsea, Swindon Town and Luton Town.
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Roy Wegerle made appearances in the United States for Tampa Bay Rowdies, Tacoma Stars, Colorado Rapids, DC United and Tampa Bay Mutiny, and was a member of the United States squad at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
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Roy Wegerle is one of two players who played in both the NASL and MLS; the other is Hugo Sanchez.
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Roy Wegerle soon earned an invitation to join the local adult club, Arcadia Shepherds FC, where his brothers had enjoyed long, successful careers.
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Roy Wegerle spent two seasons with the University of South Florida's team, the South Florida Bulls, in 1982 and 1983 and holds the school's single season scoring record with 21 goals.
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At the University of South Florida, Roy Wegerle came under the professional instruction of ex-Chelsea striker and European Cup Winners' Cup winner Derek Smethurst, who grounded him and got him ready for his professional career.
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However, Roy Wegerle never played consistently for the Chelsea first team and on March 24,1988, Chelsea loaned Roy Wegerle to Swindon Town for the last seven games of the season.
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Roy Wegerle continued to thrive at QPR until the arrival of new manager Gerry Francis who had little use for Roy Wegerle and sold him in March 1992.
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Roy Wegerle helped Blackburn reach the new FA Premier League as Second Division playoff winners in May 1992, but his first team chances were then dented by the arrival of Alan Shearer at Ewood Park, who led the forward line with Mike Newell.
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Roy Wegerle played a season and a half for Colorado before the team traded him to DC United for Steve Rammel 14 games into the 1997 season.
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When Roy Wegerle arrived in DC, he joined a team on its way to the league championship.
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Lassiter was MLS's all-time leading goalscorer; Roy Wegerle played the rest of the 1998 season for the Mutiny, scoring a single goal, then retired.
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Roy Wegerle gained his US citizenship in 1991, after being eligible through his American wife.
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Roy Wegerle made his national team debut on May 30,1992, against the Republic of Ireland, and would go on to record 41 caps and score seven goals for his adopted country.
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On January 8,1994, Roy Wegerle injured his knee and underwent numerous arthroscopic surgeries, but he was able to recover in time to become a key player for the US in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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Roy Wegerle enjoyed a brief resurgence leading up to the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but never became the key player he had been in 1994.
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Roy Wegerle is the younger brother of former NASL-ers Geoff Wegerle and Steve Wegerle.
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Roy Wegerle had a brief stay as a co-host of MLS Extratime on ESPN2.