1. Tabare "Tab" Ramos Ricciardi was born on September 21,1966 and is an American former soccer player and coach.
42 Facts About Tab Ramos
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Over his thirteen-year professional career, Ramos played as a midfielder in Spain, Mexico, and the United States.
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Tab Ramos featured in three World Cups and was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Tab Ramos's father played professional soccer in Uruguay with CA River Plate and instilled a love for the game into Tab from an early age.
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When his family arrived in the US, they settled in New Jersey where Tab Ramos lived in Harrison and Kearny.
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Tab Ramos attended Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, the same high school attended by Claudio Reyna a few years later.
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Tab Ramos played for local youth club Thistle FC where he played with future United States captain John Harkes.
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Tab Ramos was a two-time high school All-America and the 1983 Parade Magazine National High School Player of the Year.
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Tab Ramos still holds the New Jersey High School boys' soccer career scoring record of 161 goals, 57 of which he scored in his senior year.
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Apart from playing soccer, Tab Ramos ran indoor track at St Benedict's.
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Tab Ramos attended college at NC State where he played NCAA soccer for four years.
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Tab Ramos was All ACC his four years and a three time All-American.
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Tab Ramos was tied with Bruce Murray for the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring title his senior year.
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Tab Ramos finally graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language and Literature after taking years of correspondence courses.
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Tab Ramos played with the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League in 1988.
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Tab Ramos then moved to the Miami Sharks for the 1989 season.
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Tab Ramos was selected as a league All Star that year.
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Tab Ramos played with Tito Vilanova who would later become FC Barcelona's manager.
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However, Tab Ramos sabotaged this interest when he was ejected from a Nov 24,1991 game with Rayo Vallecano.
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Tab Ramos was suspended for three games and interest in him dried up until the end of the season.
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In 1994, Tab Ramos was chosen as the CONCACAF Player of the Year.
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On January 3,1995, Tab Ramos became the first player to sign with Major League Soccer.
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Rather than letting players such as Tab Ramos sit idle, the league loaned him and several others to foreign teams.
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Tab Ramos became the first American player to appear for the side, seeing time in twelve games.
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Tab Ramos totaled just eight goals and 36 assists in MLS play.
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Tab Ramos began his national team career playing at the U-20 level in 1982, just after gaining his US citizenship.
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Tab Ramos was 15 when he scored two goals in the regional qualifying for the 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Tab Ramos represented the US at the 1983 Pan American Games.
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In 1984, Tab Ramos was the last player cut from the US 1984 Summer Olympics soccer team.
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Tab Ramos soon became an integral part of national team.
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In 1994 Tab Ramos played in the World Cup, being a starting player for the US National Team in all its matches.
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Tab Ramos was in the hospital for a few weeks where he was visited by Leonardo.
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Tab Ramos saw more success in 1995 as a member of the US team when it placed fourth at the Copa America.
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Tab Ramos finished his national team career with 81 caps and eight goals.
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Tab Ramos played 8 games, scoring 3 goals, for the US Futsal team which finished 3rd at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.
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In 2004, with the help of partners, Tab Ramos founded a soccer club based out of Aberdeen, New Jersey.
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Tab Ramos is one of the most accomplished figures in US Soccer history qualifying for the fourth World Cup as U-20 MNT head coach in 2019.
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Tab Ramos led the under-20 age group team to the final of the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship where they lost to Mexico.
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Tab Ramos won the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship with the United States, with assistant coaches Omid Namazi and Brad Friedel.
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On March 31,2014, Tab Ramos was appointed to the assistant coach position of the United States men's national soccer team by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, less than three months before the 2014 World Cup, replacing Martin Vasquez.
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On October 25,2019, Tab Ramos was named head coach of Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo.
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Tab Ramos was named head coach of USL Championship club Hartford Athletic on August 22,2022.