Pablo Mastroeni

Personal information
Full name	Pablo Mastroeni
Date of birth	August 29, 1976 (1976-08-29) (age 33)
Place of birth	Mendoza, Argentina
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids
Number	25
Youth career
1994–1997	North Carolina State Wolfpack
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2001	Miami Fusion	100	(2)
2002–	Colorado Rapids	157	(2)
National team‡
2001–	United States	63	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November, 2008

Pablo Mastroeni (born August 29, 1976 in Mendoza, Argentina) is an Argentine-born American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer, and for the United States national soccer team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Early Life and College

Mastroeni moved to the United States from his native Argentina with his family at the age of four, settling in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Thunderbird High School, played college soccer at North Carolina State University and was drafted by the Miami Fusion with the 13th overall selection of the 1998 MLS College Draft.

[edit] Professional

Pablo played four seasons with the Fusion, becoming an automatic 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. He earned his first US cap against Ecuador on June 7 of that year.

The Fusion was contracted after the 2001 season and Mastroeni was the first overall choice of the 2002 MLS Allocation Draft, going to the Colorado Rapids, with whom he has been since.

On July 4, 2008 after a 4-0 Rapids win against Red Bull New York Mastroeni stated that he intends to move to either Spain's La Liga or Italy's Serie A after the end of the 2008 MLS season.^[1]

[edit] International

When Chris Armas went out with an injury just weeks prior to the 2002 World Cup, Mastroeni found himself a starter in the opening game as the US defeated Portugal 3-2.

On January 10, 2005, it was reported that he tore the quadriceps in his left leg and would be out for six to eight weeks. ^[2] The injury happened while training with the national team.

On May 2, 2006, Mastroeni was named in the US World Cup squad for the second time in his career. In a FIFA World Cup 2006 match against Italy on June 17, Mastroeni was given a red card for an aggressive tackle in the first half. 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.

On February 7, 2007 during a friendly between the United States and Mexico Mastroeni was the team captain.

[edit] Honors

[edit] United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (2): 2005, 2007

[edit] Miami Fusion

• Major League Soccer Supporters Shield (1): 2001

[edit] Individual

• MLS Best XI: 2001

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS player profile
• Pablo Mastroeni articles on Yanks Abroad
• How to pronounce Pablo Mastroeni
• Video of Pablo Mastroeni's red card tackle in the U.S. vs. Italy match in 2006 World Cup

Pablo Mastroeni international tournaments v • d • e United States squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel • 2 Hejduk • 3 Berhalter • 4 Mastroeni • 5 O'Brien • 6 Regis • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 9 Moore • 10 Reyna • 11 Mathis • 12 Agoos • 13 Jones • 14 Cherundolo • 15 Wolff • 16 Llamosa • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Meola • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 22 Sanneh • 23 Pope • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Cannon • 2 Hejduk • 3 Berhalter • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Vanney • 6 Cherundolo • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 9 Kirovski • 10 Donovan • 11 Mathis • 12 Bocanegra • 13 Martino • 14 Armas • 15 Convey • 16 Califf • 17 Beasley • 18 Howard • 19 Hahnemann • 20 Twellman • 21 Cunningham • 22 Klein • 23 Gibbs • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place 2 Hejduk • 3 Vanney • 4 Bocanegra • 6 Gibbs • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 10 Reyna • 11 Mathis • 12 Califf • 13 Mulrooney • 15 Convey • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Ralston • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 24 Brown • 25 Mastroeni • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (3rd title) 1 Hahnemann · 2 Hejduk · 3 Vanney · 4 Onyewu · 5 O'Brien · 6 Cherundolo · 7 Beasley · 8 Dempsey · 9 Quaranta · 10 Donovan · 11 Casey · 12 Conrad · 13 Noonan · 14 Armas · 15 Olsen · 16 Wolff · 18 Keller · 19 Ralston · 21 Davis · 22 Sanneh · 23 Pope · 24 Reis · 25 Mastroeni · Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard • 2 Albright • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 O'Brien • 6 Cherundolo • 7 Lewis • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Reyna • 11 Ching • 12 Berhalter • 13 Conrad • 14 Olsen • 15 Convey • 16 Wolff • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Hahnemann • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 22 Onyewu • 23 Pope • Coach: Arena v • d • e United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Howard • 2 Hejduk • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Feilhaber • 6 M. Bradley • 7 Beasley • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Donovan • 11 Ching • 12 DeMerit • 13 Bornstein • 14 Ralston • 15 Simek • 16 Parkhurst • 17 Spector • 18 Keller • 19 Clark • 20 Twellman • 21 Mapp • 22 Onyewu • 23 Guzan • Coach: B. Bradley