Santiago Formoso was born on July 4,1953 and is an American soccer defender who spent five seasons in the North American Soccer League.
13 Facts About Santiago Formoso
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Santiago Formoso earned seven caps with the US national team in 1976 and 1977.
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Santiago Formoso emigrated to the United States in 1969, following his father, a merchant seaman.
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Santiago Formoso established in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Kearny High School, graduating in 1973.
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Santiago Formoso's father became a cook in Long Island, while his mother worked in a clothing factory.
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In 1976, Santiago Formoso left the university and signed with the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League.
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Santiago Formoso spent two seasons in New York before being traded to the Los Angeles Aztecs.
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In 1975, while at the university, Santiago Formoso was called into the US Olympic soccer team as it ran through the qualification campaign for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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Santiago Formoso was on the American team at the 1975 Pan American Games.
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Santiago Formoso earned his first of seven caps with the US national team on October 3,1976.
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Santiago Formoso then played in two friendlies with Haiti before playing in the US loss to Canada on December 22,1976, which bumped the US from contention for the World Cup finals.
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Santiago Formoso was a part of the MetroStars marketing department from at least 1988 until his firing in 2001.
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Santiago Formoso was inducted into the Hudson County, New Jersey Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.