MLS clubs ready for opening day
Published on April 1, 2004 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (April 1, 2004) - The following are the team-by-team rosters ahead of the opening weekend of the 2004 Major League Soccer regular season, the ninth in League history (attachment is also provided).
The MLS Soccer Saturday slate, which features all 10 teams in action, will kick off with the nationally televised matchup between D.C. United and the defending champion San Jose Earthquakes at RFK Stadium (live on ABC Sports at 4:00pm ET). The match is expected to mark the professional debut of 14-year-old prodigy Freddy Adu, the youngest player in modern American professional team sports.
Each of the season's first five matches will be featured on national and regional television outlets. Every match except for the ABC Sports telecast will also be available on the MLS Direct Kick package, a free preview of which is available to InDemand Digital Cable, DirecTV and DishNet subscribers on opening weekend only.
For previews of each of the games, please visit the League's official web site at http://www.MLSnet.com.
Saturday, April 3, 2004 - MLS First Kick
San Jose Earthquakes at D.C. United (4:00pm ET - ABC Sports)
MetroStars at Columbus Crew (7:30pm ET - HDNet)
Chicago Fire at Kansas City Wizards (8:30pm ET)
Colorado Rapids at Dallas Burn (8:30pm ET)
New England Revolution at Los Angeles Galaxy (10:00pm ET - FOX Sports World/FOX Sports en Espanol)
Chicago Fire (Head Coach: Dave Sarachan - 2nd Season)
Acquisitions
Scott Buete (Maryland - College)
Denny Clanton (Dayton - College)
D.J Countess (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Leonard Griffin (UCLA - College)
Sumed Ibrahim (Maryland - College)
Matt Pickens (Southwest Missouri State - College)
Ian Pilarski (Cornell - College)
Departures
Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham - England)
Jonathan Bolaños
Ryan Futagaki
Curtis Spiteri
Zach Thornton (Benfica - Portugal)
Nick Walls
2004 CHICAGO FIRE ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
14 Chris Armas M 5-7 150 Bronx, NY 08/27/1972 8 Los Angeles (MLS)
7 DaMarcus Beasley M 5-9 137 Fort Wayne, IN 05/24/1982 4 U.S. U-17
2 C.J. Brown D 6-0 185 Hayward, CA 06/15/1975 6 San Francisco Bay Seals (USL)
22 Scott Buete M 5-8 160 Phoenix, AZ 07/23/1980 0 Maryland
19 Craig Capano M 5-7 140 Hyde Park, NY 07/07/1985 2 U.S. U-17 P-40
26 Denny Clanton D 6-0 170 Hammond, IN 04/04/1982 0 Dayton DEV
1 D.J. Countess GK 6-1 185 Sacramento, CA 01/09/1982 2 Dallas (MLS) P-40
5 Jim Curtin D 6-4 205 Oreland, PA 06/23/1979 3 Villanova
6 Kelly Gray M-D 6-2 170 Palo Alto, CA 04/07/1981 2 Portland
4 Leonard Griffin D 6-1 185 Pasadena, CA 09/11/1982 0 UCLA
23 Sumed Ibrahim M 5-9 150 Tamale, Ghana 12/30/1980 0 Maryland T-I
11 Nate Jaqua F 6-3 180 Eugene, OR 10/28/1981 1 Portland P-40
21 Justin Mapp M 5-10 140 Brandon, MS 10/18/1984 2 U.S. U-20
15 Jesse Marsch M 5-11 170 Racine, WI 11/08/1973 8 D.C. United (MLS)
12 Logan Pause D-M 5-10 155 Raleigh, NC 08/22/1981 1 North Carolina
20 Orlando Perez D-M 6-2 165 Los Angeles, CA 07/12/1977 4 D.C. United (MLS)
18 Matt Pickens GK 6-3 200 Washington, MO 04/05/1982 0 Southwest Missouri State DEV
28 Ian Pilarski M 5-9 165 Rochester, NY 04/06/1982 0 Cornell DEV
8 Damani Ralph F 6-0 170 Jamaica 11/06/1980 1 Connecticut T-I
9 Ante Razov F 6-1 175 Los Angeles, CA 03/02/1974 8 Racing de Ferrol (Spain)
13 Henry Ring GK 6-3 185 Franklin, TN 03/16/1977 2 South Carolina
17 Dipsy Selolwane F 5-9 150 Gaborone, Botswana 01/27/1978 2 Vejle Boldklub (Denmark) S-I
3 Evan Whitfield D-M 5-11 155 Phoenix, AZ 06/23/1977 4 KAA Gent (Belgium)
16 Andy Williams M 5-8 155 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 09/23/1977 6 MetroStars (MLS) S-I
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Colorado Rapids (Head Coach: Tim Hankinson - 4th Season)
Acquisitions
Adrian Cann (Louisville - College)
David Castellanos (Motagua - Honduras)
Jordan Cila
Antonio de la Torre (CD Juarez - Mexico)
Michael Erush (O.C. Blue Stars - USL)
Jean-Philippe Peguero (Don Bosco - Haiti)
Gary Sullivan (New York Freedoms - USL)
Departures
Alex Blake (Rochester Raging Rhinos - USL)
Chris Carrieri (Rochester Raging Rhinos - USL)
Robin Fraser (Columbus Crew - MLS)
Scott Garlick (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Wes Hart (San Jose Earthquakes - MLS)
Michael Piserchio
Alberto Rizo
Casey Schmidt
Billy Sleeth (Seattle Sounders - USL)
2004 COLORADO RAPIDS ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
5 Kyle Beckerman M 5-10 155 Crofton, MD 04/23/1982 4 Miami (MLS)
9 Nat Borchers D 6-2 175 Tuscon, AZ 04/13/1981 1 Denver
4 Adrian Cann D 6-3 180 Toronto, ON, Canada 09/19/1980 0 Louisville T-I
1 Joe Cannon GK 6-2 190 Sun Valley, ID 01/01/1975 5 Lens (France)
18 David Castellanos F 6-1 180 Philadelphia, PA 02/26/1980 0 Motagua (Honduras)
20 Mark Chung M 5-7 150 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 06/18/1970 8 MetroStars (MLS)
28 Jordan Cila F 5-10 165 Jericho, NY 04/11/1982 0 Duke DEV
21 Matt Crawford M 5-10 160 Durham, NC 08/20/1980 1 North Carolina
23 Antonio de la Torre D 5-10 160 Guadalajara, Mexico 11/18/1977 0 CD Juarez (Mexico)
22 Michael Erush M 5-11 170 Van Nuys, CA 01/24/1983 0 O.C. Blue Stars (USL) DEV
27 Byron Foss GK 6-5 195 Monarch Beach, CA 10/06/1979 0 Southern Methodist DEV
19 Chris Henderson M 5-9 150 Edmonds, WA 12/11/1970 8 Miami (MLS)
11 Zach Kingsley M 5-11 160 Spokane, WA 01/18/1980 2 Seattle Sounders (USL)
3 Ritchie Kotschau M 5-10 175 Mineola, NY 11/22/1975 6 Tampa Bay (MLS)
25 Pablo Mastroeni M-D 5-10 170 Mendoza, Argentina 08/29/1976 6 Miami (MLS)
10 Jean-Philippe Peguero F 6-1 185 Port-de-Paix, Haiti 0 Don Bosco (Haiti)
6 Daryl Powell M 6-2 170 Lambeth, England 11/15/1971 1 Sheffield Wednesday (England) S-I
30 Zizi Roberts F 6-2 190 Monrovia, Liberia 06/13/1979 1 Olympiakos (Greece) S-I
7 John Spencer F 5-7 160 Glasgow, Scotland 09/11/1970 3 Motherwell (Scotland) S-I
16 Jeff Stewart D 5-11 165 Bellevue, WA 06/21/1980 2 Santa Clara
2 Gary Sullivan D 6-1 195 West Islip, NY 06/24/1982 0 New York Freedoms (PDL) DEV
8 Seth Trembly M-D 5-6 140 Littleton, CO 03/21/1982 4 U.S. U-20 P-40
24 Scott Vallow GK 6-3 195 Modesto, CA 06/08/1977 1 Rochester Rhinos (USL)
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Columbus Crew (Head Coach: Greg Andrulis - 4th Season)
Acquisitions
Devin Barclay (D.C. United - MLS)
Simon Elliott (Los Angeles Galaxy - MLS)
Robin Fraser (Colorado Rapids - MLS)
Stephen Herdsman (West Michigan Edge - USL)
Matt Jordan (Odense - Denmark)
Many Lagos (San Jose Earthquakes - MLS)
Chad Marshall (Stanford - College)
Erick Scott (Alajuelense - Costa Rica)
Jamal Sutton (Southwest Missouri State - College)
David Testo (Richmond Kickers - USL)
Chris Wingert (St. John's University - College)
Departures
Mike Clark (Retired)
Freddy Garcia (Municipal - Guatemala)
Jeff Matteo
Brian McBride (Fulham - England)
Chad McCarty
Andres Murriagui
Alex Piñeda Chacon (Atlanta Silverbacks - USL)
Tom Presthus (Retired)
Michael Ueltschey
Diego Walsh (Kansas City Wizards - MLS)
Brian West (Fredrikstad - Norway)
Mark Williams
2004 COLUMBUS CREW ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
18 Nelson Akwari D 6-0 180 Houston, TX 02/04/1982 2 MetroStars (MLS) P-40
19 Devin Barclay F 5-11 165 Annapolis, MD 04/09/1983 3 D.C. United (MLS) P-40
12 Edson Buddle F 6-1 170 New Rochelle, NY 05/21/1981 3 Long Island Rough Riders (USL)
1 Jon Busch GK 5-10 165 Queens, NY 08/18/1976 2 Hershey Wildcats (USL)
11 Jeff Cunningham F 5-8 155 Montego Bay, Jamaica 08/21/1976 6 South Florida
6 Eric Denton M-D 5-9 155 Falls Church, VA 02/08/1978 4 Tampa Bay (MLS)
7 Simon Elliott M 6-0 185 Wellington, New Zealand 06/10/1974 5 Los Angeles (MLS) S-I
4 Robin Fraser D 6-1 175 Kingston, Jamaica 12/17/1966 8 Colorado (MLS)
2 Frankie Hejduk D 5-8 155 La Mesa, CA 08/05/1974 4 St. Gallen (Switzerland)
18 Steven Herdsman D 5-11 170 Coral Springs, FL 10/06/1975 2 Colorado (MLS)
24 Matt Jordan GK 6-2 185 Aurora, CO 10/13/1975 5 Odense Boldklub (Denmark)
22 Manny Lagos M 6-0 165 St. Paul, MN 06/11/1971 8 San Jose (MLS)
10 Brian Maisonneuve M 5-11 170 Warren, MI 06/28/1973 7 Indiana
14 Chad Marshall D 6-3 190 Riverside, CA 08/22/1984 0 Stanford P-40
21 Kyle Martino M 5-10 144 Atlanta, GA 02/19/1981 2 Virginia
8 Duncan Oughton M-F 5-9 160 Wellington, New Zealand 06/14/1977 3 Cal State-Fullerton
16 Ross Paule M 5-10 160 Memphis, TN 04/04/1976 7 MetroStars (MLS)
25 Michael Ritch F 6-3 190 Montgomery, AL 04/26/1981 1 Auburn-Montgomery DEV
9 Erick Scott F 5-7 164 Limon, Costa Rica 05/21/1981 0 LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica) T-I
27 Jamal Sutton F 5-9 160 03/22/1982 0 Southwest Missouri State DEV
23 David Testo F 5-10 165 Winston-Salem, NC 08/07/1981 0 Richmond (A-League)
19 Chris Wingert D 5-10 155 Babylon, NY 06/16/1982 0 St. John's (N.Y.)
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Dallas Burn (Head Coach: Colin Clarke - 1st Season)
Acquisitions
Scott Garlick (Colorado Rapids - MLS)
Cory Gibbs (St. Pauli - Germany)
Clarence Goodson (Maryland - College)
Steve Jolley (MetroStars - MLS)
Ty Maurin (UCLA - College)
Ramon Nuñez (Southern Methodist - College)
Eric Quill (Kansas City Wizards - MLS)
Carey Talley (Kansas City Wizards - MLS)
Simo Valakari (Derby County - England)
David Wagenfuhr (Creighton - College)
Departures
Tenywa Bonseu (MetroStars - MLS)
D.J. Countess (Chicago Fire - MLS)
Ali Curtis
Chad Deering (Dallas Sidekicks - MISL)
Brian Dunseth (Bodens BK - Sweden)
Ezra Hendrickson
Steve Morrow (Retired)
Shavar Thomas (Kansas City - MLS)
Mandi Urbas
Jocelito Vaca (MetroStars - MLS)
2004 DALLAS BURN ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
16 Matt Behncke M 6-3 190 Williamsburg, VA 02/20/1980 2 Princeton
00 Jeff Cassar GK 6-2 195 Livonia, MI 02/02/1974 6 Bolton Wanderers (England)
10 Brad Davis M 5-11 165 St. Charles, MO 11/08/1981 2 MetroStars (MLS)
1 Scott Garlick GK 6-2 195 Phoenix, AZ 05/29/1972 7 Colorado (MLS)
4 Chris Gbandi D 5-10 170 Bong Mines, Liberia 04/04/1979 1 Connecticut
2 Cory Gibbs D 6-1 180 Plantation, FL 01/14/1980 0 St. Pauli (Germany)
14 Gavin Glinton M 5-10 150 Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos 03/01/1979 2 Los Angeles (MLS)
20 Clarence Goodson D 6-4 165 Alexandria, VA 05/17/1982 0 Maryland P-40
7 Edward Johnson F 6-0 180 Daytona Beach, FL 03/31/1984 3 U.S. U-17 P-40
5 Steve Jolley D 6-1 190 Virginia Beach, VA 10/15/1975 7 MetroStars (MLS)
9 Jason Kreis F 5-10 155 Omaha, NE 12/29/1972 8 Raleigh Flyers (USL)
23 Ty Maurin M 5-9 165 La Mirada, CA 08/16/1982 0 UCLA DEV
18 Toni Nhleko F 6-0 180 Johannesburg, South Africa 07/24/1979 1 SK Brann (Norway) S-I
21 Ramon Nunez M 5-5 143 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 11/14/1985 0 Southern Methodist
6 Ronnie O'Brien M 5-10 155 Dublin, Ireland 01/05/1979 2 Juventus (Italy) S-I
8 Oscar Pareja M 5-8 150 Medellin, Colombia 08/10/1968 6 New England (MLS)
15 Eric Quill F 5-10 170 Missouri City, TX 02/28/1978 7 Kansas City (MLS)
19 Bobby Rhine F 5-10 171 St. Louis, MO 04/18/1976 5 Connecticut
22 Philip Salyer M 5-9 160 Oklahoma City, OK 10/30/1981 1 Werder Bremen (Germany)
12 Jordan Stone M 5-9 145 Allen, TX 03/16/1984 2 U.S. U-17 P-40
3 Carey Talley D 6-2 180 Memphis, TN 08/26/1976 6 Kansas City (MLS)
11 Jason Thompson F 6-1 185 Garland, TX 11/22/1981 0 Eastern Illinois P-40
17 Simo Valakari M 5-10 160 Helsinki, Finland 04/28/1973 0 Derby (England) S-I
25 David Wagenfuhr D 5-9 160 Colorado Springs, CO 06/22/1982 0 Creighton
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D.C. United (Head Coach: Peter Nowak - 1st Season)
Acquisitions
Freddy Adu (Under-20 National Team)
Kevin Ara (Harvard - College)
Joshua Gros (Rutgers - College)
Kevin Hudson (Southern Methodist - College
Jaime Moreno (MetroStars - MLS)
Troy Perkins (Cape Cod Crusaders - USL)
Departures
Jose Alegria
Devin Barclay (Columbus Crew - MLS)
Marco Etcheverry (Bolivar - Bolivia)
Jorge Geddes
Galin Ivanov
Trevor Perea
Milton Reyes
Hristo Stoichkov (Retired)
2004 D.C. UNITED ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
9 Freddy Adu F 5-8 140 Tema, Ghana 06/02/1989 0 U.S. U-20 P-40
6 Kevin Ara M 6-2 170 Upland, CA 02/08/1982 0 Harvard
16 Brian Carroll M 5-10 152 Springfield, VA 07/20/1981 0 Wake Forest P-40
20 Ronald Cerritos F 5-9 155 San Salvador, El Salvador 01/03/1975 7 Dallas (MLS)
15 Bobby Convey M 5-9 160 Philadelphia, PA 05/27/1983 4 U.S. U-17
11 Alecko Eskandarian F 5-9 165 Montvale, NJ 07/09/1982 1 Virginia P-40
17 Joshua Gros M 6-0 165 Mechanicsburg, PA 06/25/1982 0 Rutgers
21 Dema Kovalenko M 5-8 160 Kiev, Ukraine 08/28/1977 5 Chicago (MLS)
19 Thiago Martins F 6-0 185 Sao Paulo, Brazil 09/04/1976 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (A-League
-- Jaime Moreno F 5-10 173 Santa Cruz, Bolivia 01/19/1974 8 MetroStars (MLS) S-I
26 Bryan Namoff M 5-10 176 Carson City, NV 05/28/1979 3 Bradley
7 Ryan Nelsen M 6-1 196 Christchurch, New Zealand 10/18/1977 3 Stanford
14 Ben Olsen M 5-8 156 Harrisburg, PA 05/03/1977 5 Virginia
22 Troy Perkins GK 6-2 190 Springfield, OH 07/29/1981 0 Cape Cod Crusaders (PDL) DEV
12 Mike Petke D 6-2 199 Bohemia, NY 01/30/1976 6 MetroStars (MLS)
4 Brandon Prideaux D 6-0 170 Seattle, WA 08/18/1976 5 Kansas City (MLS)
25 Santino Quaranta F 6-1 185 Baltimore, MD 10/14/1984 3 U.S. U-17
23 Eliseo Quintanilla F 5-6 155 La Libertad, El Salvador 02/05/1983 2 C.D. Aguila (El Salvador) T-I
18 Nick Rimando GK 5-10 201 Montclair, CA 06/17/1979 4 Miami (MLS)
8 Earnie Stewart M 5-9 162 Veghel, Netherlands 03/28/1969 1 NAC Breda (Holland)
2 David Stokes D 6-3 203 Dumfries, VA 05/28/1982 0 North Carolina P-40
1 Doug Warren GK 6-0 190 Palatine, IL 03/18/1981 1 Clemson
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Kansas City Wizards (Head Coach: Bob Gansler - 6th Season)
Acquisitions
Justin Detter (Notre Dame - College)
Will Hesmer (Wake Forest - College)
Matt Taylor (UCLA - College)
Shavar Thomas (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Diego Walsh (Columbus Crew - MLS)
Departures
Chris Brunt
Kevin Friedland
Taly Goode
Wolde Harris
Eric Quill (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Carey Talley (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Jorge Vazquez
2004 KANSAS CITY WIZARDS ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
16 Stephen Armstrong M 5-10 165 Birkenhead, England 07/23/1976 3 D.C. United (MLS) S-I
22 Davy Arnaud M 6-0 165 Nederland, TX 06/22/1980 2 West Texas A&M
6 Jose Burciaga Jr. D 6-1 166 Duncanville, TX 11/16/1981 2 U.S. U-20 P-40
12 Jimmy Conrad D 6-2 185 Temple City, CA 02/12/1977 5 San Jose (MLS)
27 Justin Detter F 5-11 190 Detroit, MI 08/07/1982 0 Notre Dame DEV
3 Nick Garcia D 5-10 160 Plano, TX 04/09/1979 4 Indiana
10 Francisco Gomez M 5-11 170 Watsonville, CA 01/25/1979 5 California Jaguars (USL)
26 Taylor Graham D 6-4 190 Fair Oaks, CA 06/03/1980 1 Stanford DEV
7 Diego Gutierrez M 5-7 155 Bogota, Colombia 11/03/1972 7 Chicago (MLS)
30 Will Hesmer GK 6-2 195 Wilson, NC 11/23/1981 0 Wake Forest DEV
14 Jack Jewsbury M 6-0 185 Joplin, MO 04/13/1981 1 St. Louis DEV
17 Chris Klein M 6-1 180 St. Louis, MO 01/04/1976 6 Indiana
1 Tony Meola GK 6-1 205 Belleville, NJ 02/21/1969 8 MetroStars (MLS)
25 Bo Oshoniyi GK 6-1 190 Poughkeepsie, NY 11/03/1971 5 Atlanta Silverbacks (USL)
11 Preki M 5-9 165 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 06/24/1963 8 Miami (MLS)
20 Igor Simutenkov F 5-8 145 Moscow, Russia 04/03/1973 2 Tenerife (Spain) S-I
19 Matt Taylor F 5-11 165 Columbus, OH 10/17/1981 0 UCLA
4 Shavar Thomas D 6-1 195 Hannah Town, West Kingston, 01/29/1981 1 Dallas (MLS) T-I
8 Diego Walsh M-F 6-0 180 Santos, Brazil 12/08/1979 1 Columbus (MLS) S-I
15 Josh Wolff F 5-8 160 Stone Mountain, GA 02/25/1977 6 Chicago (MLS)
5 Kerry Zavagnin M 5-10 170 Plymouth, MI 07/02/1974 6 Lehigh Valley (USL)
23 Alex Zotinca D 6-0 170 Sibiu, Romania 01/22/1977 1 Kansas City Comets (USL) DISC
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Los Angeles Galaxy (Head Coach: Sigi Schmid - 6th Season)
Acquisitions
Chris Aloisi (Syracuse - College)
Josh Gardner (Cincinnati - College)
Ned Grabavoy (Indiana - College)
Andreas Herzog (Rapid Vienna - Austria)
Jovan Kirovski (Birmingham City - England)
Joseph Ngwenya (Coastal Carolina - College)
Marcelo Saragosa (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Departures
Mauricio Cienfuegos (Retired)
Simon Elliott (Columbus Crew - MLS)
Hercules Gomez
Alexi Lalas (Retired)
Antonio Martinez (Salamanca - Spain)
Jesus Ochoa
Diego Serna
2004 LOS ANGELES GALAXY ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
5 Chris Albright D 6-1 185 Philadelphia, PA 01/14/1979 5 D.C. United (MLS)
28 Chris Aloisi D 5-10 160 North Babylon, NY 02/21/1981 0 Syracuse DEV
4 Paul Broome D-M 5-9 150 Dallas, TX 06/06/1976 5 Dallas (MLS)
23 Danny Califf D 6-0 180 Montclair, CA 03/17/1980 4 Maryland
6 Josh Gardner M 5-11 150 Brazoria, TX 09/14/1982 0 Cincinnati P-40
9 Guillermo Gonzalez M 5-11 145 Paramount, CA 01/04/1986 1 U.S. U-17 P-40
12 Ned Grabavoy M 5-7 155 Joliet, IL 07/01/1983 0 Indiana P-40
22 Kevin Hartman GK 6-1 185 Athens, OH 05/25/1974 7 UCLA
10 Andreas Herzog M-F 6-0 176 Vienna, Austria 09/10/1968 0 Rapid Vienna (Austria) S-I
13 Cobi Jones M-F 5-7 145 Detroit, MI 06/16/1970 8 Vasco da Gama (Brazil)
7 Jovan Kirovski M-F 6-1 175 Escondido, CA 03/18/1976 0 Birmingham City (England)
2 Ricky Lewis D 6-0 170 Houston, TX 05/29/1982 1 Clemson P-40
14 Tyrone Marshall D-M 6-2 190 Kingston, Jamaica 11/12/1974 6 Miami (MLS)
15 Alejandro Moreno F 5-9 170 Barquisimeto, Venezuela 07/08/1979 2 North Carolina-Greensboro S-I
18 Hong Myung-Bo D 6-0 161 Seoul, South Korea 02/12/1969 1 Pohang Steelers (South Korea)
27 Joseph Ngwenya F 6-1 175 Plumtree, Zimbabwe 03/30/1981 0 Coastal Carolina T-I
1 Dan Popik GK 6-3 200 Syosset, NY 03/23/1979 1 Milwaukee Rampage (USL) DISC
20 Carlos Ruiz F 5-9 170 Guatemala City, Guatemala 09/15/1979 2 CSD Municipal (Guatemala) S-I
26 Marcelo Saragosa M 5-11 158 Campo Grande, Brazil 01/22/1982 0 Sao Paulo FC (Brazil) T-I
3 Ryan Suarez D 6-2 185 Sacramento, CA 07/28/1977 3 Dallas (MLS)
17 Scot Thompson D 6-0 180 New York, NY 02/11/1981 0 UCLA DEV
21 Arturo Torres M-F 6-1 165 Harbor City, CA 12/11/1980 1 Loyola Marymount
8 Peter Vagenas M 5-11 160 Pasadena, CA 02/06/1978 4 UCLA
11 Sasha Victorine M 6-2 170 Santa Ana, CA 02/03/1978 4 UCLA
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MetroStars (Head Coach: Bob Bradley - 2nd Season)
Acquisitions
Tenywa Bonseu (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Michael Bradley (U.S. Under-17 National Team)
Gilberto Flores (Ginasio Pinhalense EA - Brazil)
Sergio Galvan Rey (Once Caldas - Colombia)
Cornell Glen (San Juan Jabloteh - Trinidad & Tobago)
Jeff Parke (Drexel - College)
Seth Stammler (Maryland - College)
Fabian Taylor (Harbor View - Jamaica)
Joselito Vaca (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Zach Wells (UCLA - College))
Departures
Joe Addo
Edgar Bartolomeu (Philadelphia Kixx - MISL)
Juan Forchetti
Jose Galvan
Paul Grafer (Retired)
Steve Jolley (Dallas Burn - MLS)
Andrzej Juskowiak
Jacob LeBlanc
Clint Mathis (Hannover 96 - Germany)
Jaime Moreno (D.C. United - MLS)
Richie Williams (Richmond Kickers - USL)
2004 METROSTARS ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
14 Kenny Arena D 6-1 175 Charlottesville, VA 02/06/1981 1 Virginia DEV
30 Tenywa Bonseu D 6-1 176 Kampala, Uganda 10/28/1976 4 Dallas (MLS) S-I
16 Michael Bradley M 6-1 165 Princeton, NJ 07/31/1987 0 Chicago Sockers P-40
2 Ricardo Clark M 5-10 150 Atlanta, GA 02/10/1983 1 Furman
17 Joey DiGiamarino M 5-10 160 Corona, CA 04/06/1977 4 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
-- Gilberto Flores M 5-9 160 Toledo, Brazil 07/05/1983 0 Ginasio Pinhalense EA T-I
-- Sergio Galvan Rey*** F 5-8 145 Argentina 06/09/1973 0 Once Caldas (Colombia) S-I
24 Eddie Gaven M 6-0 145 Hamilton, NJ 10/25/1986 1 Hibernian FC, NJ P-40
-- Cornell Glen*** F 5-9 160 Port of Spain, Trinidad 10/21/1981 0 CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh T-I
20 Amado Guevara M 5-11 165 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 05/02/1976 1 CD Motagua (Honduras) S-I
3 Chris Leitch D 5-11 165 Columbus, OH 04/01/1979 2 North Carolina
8 Mark Lisi M 6-1 165 Englewood, CO 10/11/1977 3 D.C. United (MLS)
7 Mike Magee M-F 5-9 150 Chicago, IL 09/02/1984 1 U.S. U-20
25 Mike Nugent F 5-9 155 Boston, MA 02/10/1980 2 Princeton
12 Jeff Parke D 6-1 160 Abington, PA 03/23/1982 0 Drexel
23 Eddie Pope D 6-0 175 High Point, NC 12/24/1973 8 D.C. United (MLS)
22 Tim Regan D 6-1 170 Orland Hills, IL 06/27/1981 1 Bradley
6 Seth Stammler D 5-10 166 Columbus, OH 09/29/1981 0 Maryland
19 Fabian Taylor F 5-10 165 Kingston, Jamaica 04/13/1980 0 Harbour View FC (Jamaica) T-I
10 Joselito Vaca M 5-6 125 Santa Cruz, Bolivia 08/12/1982 3 Dallas (MLS) T-I
1 Jonny Walker GK 6-3 180 Torrance, CA 09/13/1974 1 Colo Colo (Chile)
18 Zach Wells GK 6-2 187 Costa Mesa, CA 02/26/1981 0 UCLA
15 John Wolyniec F 6-1 172 Staten Island, NY 01/24/1977 5 Milwaukee Rampage (USL)
21 Craig Ziadie D 5-10 170 Pembroke Pines, FL 09/20/1978 3 D.C. United (MLS)
*** = Cornell Glen and Sergio Galvan Rey will not be eligible for selection pending a work visa
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New England Revolution (Head Coach: Steve Nicol: 3rd Season)
Acquisitions
Richie Baker (Shelbourne FC - Ireland)
Clint Dempsey (Furman - College)
Departures
Chris Bagley
Leo Cullen
Nick Downing
Dario Fabbro
Tony Frias
Ibrahim Kante
Jason Moore
2004 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
15 Richie Baker M 5-7 155 Dublin, Ireland 04/17/1980 0 Shelbourne FC (Ireland) T-I
24 Adin Brown GK 6-5 200 Pleasant Hills, CA 05/27/1978 4 Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS)
13 Chris Brown M-F 5-11 170 Portland, OR 03/10/1977 5 Kansas City (MLS)
7 Jose Cancela M 5-9 161 Santa Lucia, Uruguay 06/25/1976 1 Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica) S-I
2 Clint Dempsey M 6-1 170 Nacogdoches, TX 03/09/1983 0 Furman P-40
8 Joe Franchino D 5-9 165 Fontana, CA 08/08/1976 6 Los Angeles (MLS)
6 Jay Heaps D 5-9 155 Nashua, NH 08/02/1976 5 Miami (MLS)
21 Shalrie Joseph M 6-3 180 Saint George, Grenada 05/24/1978 1 New York Freedoms (USL)
5 Brian Kamler D-M 6-1 180 St. Louis, MO 02/12/1972 8 MetroStars (MLS)
12 Daouda Kante D 6-2 180 Hamdalleye, Bamako, Mali 07/16/1978 2 Florida International S-I
22 Marshall Leonard M 5-7 170 El Paso, TX 12/29/1980 1 Virginia
18 Carlos Llamosa D 5-11 166 Palmira, Colombia 06/30/1969 7 Miami (MLS)
9 Joe-Max Moore F 5-9 150 Tulsa, OK 02/23/1971 5 Everton (England)
11 Pat Noonan F 6-0 170 Ballwin, MO 08/02/1980 1 Indiana
3 Rusty Pierce D 5-10 165 The Woodlands, TX 07/24/1979 4 North Carolina-Greensboro
14 Steve Ralston M 5-9 160 St. Louis, MO 06/14/1974 8 Tampa Bay (MLS)
1 Matt Reis GK 6-1 196 Atlanta, GA 03/28/1975 6 Los Angeles (MLS)
26 Kyle Singer GK 5-11 175 Plymouth, MN 08/06/1980 1 Boston College DEV
20 Taylor Twellman F 5-11 179 St. Louis, MO 02/29/1980 2 1860 Munich (Germany)
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San Jose Earthquakes (Head Coach: Dominic Kinnear - 1st Season)
Acquisitions
Wes Hart (Colorado Rapids - MLS)
Ryan Cochrane (Santa Clara - College)
Steve Cronin (Santa Clara - College)
Tighe Dombrowski (Wisconsin-Milwaukee - College)
Departures
Rodrigo Faria
Many Lagos (Columbus Crew - MLS)
Josh Saunders
2004 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES ROSTER
MLS
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthplace Birthdate Exp. Last Club Status
12 Jeff Agoos D 5-10 175 Geneva, Switzerland 05/02/1968 8 D.C. United (MLS)
11 Arturo Alvarez M-F 5-9 145 Houston, TX 06/28/1985 1 U.S. U-18 P-40
25 Brian Ching F 6-1 195 Haleiwa, HI 05/24/1978 2 Seattle Sounders (USL)
20 Ryan Cochrane D 6-1 170 Portland, OR 08/08/1983 0 Santa Clara P-40
1 Jon Conway GK 6-6 205 Media, PA 05/06/1977 4 Rutgers
5 Ramiro Corrales D 6-0 180 Salinas, CA 03/12/1977 8 MetroStars (MLS)
24 Steve Cronin GK 6-2 195 Sacramento, CA 05/28/1983 0 Santa Clara P-40
19 Troy Dayak D 5-11 175 Walnut Creek, CA 01/21/1971 6 Bay Area Seals (USL)
14 Dwayne De Rosario F 5-11 164 Scarborough, Canada 05/15/1978 3 Richmond Kickers (USL) S-I
21 Tighe Dombrowski M 5-8 155 West Allis, WI 03/03/1982 0 Wis.-Milwaukee DEV
10 Landon Donovan F 5-8 148 Ontario, CA 03/04/1982 3 Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
17 Todd Dunivant D 6-0 174 Wheat Ridge, CO 12/26/1980 1 Stanford
6 Ronnie Ekelund M 6-0 180 Glostrup, Denmark 08/21/1972 3 Walsall (England) S-I
12 Wes Hart M-D 5-7 155 Littleton, CO 09/14/1977 4 Colorado (MLS)
15 Roger Levesque F 6-2 174 Portland, ME 01/22/1981 1 Stanford
9 Brian Mullan M-F 5-8 150 Mineola, NY 04/23/1978 3 Los Angeles (MLS)
8 Richard Mulrooney M 5-9 160 Memphis, TN 11/03/1976 5 Creighton
18 Pat Onstad GK 6-4 220 Vancouver, B.C., Canada 01/13/1968 1 Rochester Rhinos (USL) DISC
2 Eddie Robinson M-D 6-1 195 Orlando, FL 06/19/1978 3 North Carolina
4 Chris Roner M 6-1 185 San Francisco, CA 03/04/1980 2 California
7 Ian Russell M-F 5-10 170 Seattle, WA 08/30/1975 4 Seattle Sounders (USL)
16 Craig Waibel D 6-2 195 Portland, OR 08/21/1975 4 Los Angeles (MLS)
13 Jamil Walker F 5-11 165 Rochester, NY 04/21/1981 1 Santa Clara
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