Joe Franchino

Personal information
Full name	Joe Franchino
Date of birth	August 9, 1976 (1976-08-09) (age 33)
Place of birth	Fontana, California, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1995	Fullerton Titans
1996–1997	Washington Huskies
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1998–2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	049 (0)
2000–2008	New England Revolution	162 (5)
2008	Los Angeles Galaxy	014 (0)
National team‡
2000	United States	001 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April, 2009

Joe Franchino (born August 9, 1976 in Fontana, California) is an American soccer player, currently without a team.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 College 1.2 Professional 1.3 International 2 See also 3 References

[edit] Career

[edit] College

Franchino attended and played soccer at Damien High School in La Verne, California, where he was coached by Al Mistri, his future coach at Cal State Fullerton. In his sophomore year, his high school soccer team reached the CIF finals. Franchino played college soccer at Cal State-Fullerton in 1994 and 1995, and was named to Soccer America's All-Freshman team. After his sophomore year, Franchino transferred to the University of Washington, where he played in 1996 and 1997.

[edit] Professional

Franchino was selected 30th overall in the 1998 MLS College Draft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. After appearing in 16 games and recording 4 assists as a rookie, Franchino became a consistent starter for the Galaxy in 1999. He played in 25 games in 1999, 16 of them starts, and recorded 3 assists. In the middle of the 2000 season, however, the Galaxy were forced by the league to give Franchino to the New England Revolution, along with Clint Mathis to the MetroStars, in exchange for the marquee acquisition of Luis Hernández. While Hernandez was a colossal failure, Franchino became an important part of the Revolution's lineup. He started all 22 games he appeared in for New England in 2000, and played a semi-regular starting role for the next six years, during some of which he was team captain.

In March, 2007, the Revolution announced that Franchino was granted an indefinite leave of absence and would not discuss the reasons for the leave of absence.^[1] Franchino did return that season, but made only three brief substitute appearances before suffering an ankle injury and missing the rest of the season.

On April 18, 2008, Franchino was acquired from the New England Revolution in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft. On November 26, 2008 the Galaxy waived Franchino. ^[2]

[edit] International

Franchino has only played one game with the U.S. national team, earning his lone cap in a friendly against Mexico in October, 2000.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References