Jesff Agoos

Jeff Alan Agoos is a former American soccer player who plays as a defender. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland on May 2, 1968 while his father was detailed there as an American diplomat.

Agoos played football in high school at the J.J. Peace High School in Texas and during college at the University of Virginia. His high school and collegiate soccer career thrived, winning awards for his team and for himself.

In 1988, he joined the United States national team playing versus Guatemala. He continued to play in the national team until 2003. When he retired, he is the second most capped American and the top 21 most capped football player in the world.

In 1991, after he graduated college, he had a short stint with the A-League, playing for the Maryland Bays. On February of that year, he joined the Major Indoor Soccer League playing for the Dallas Sidekicks. He left the team in 1992 to go full time in the U.S. national team. When he was taken out for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he moved to Germany to play for SV Wehen.

In 1996, Agoos returned to the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) playing for the D.C. United. That year, he won his first ever U.S. Open Cup and MLS Championship. He again won the MLS Championship the following year and earned his first MLS Best XI. In 2001, Agoos transferred to the San Jose Earthquakes, where he won the MLS Championship for the fourth time, earned a place in the MLS Best XI, and was named the MLS Defender of the Year.

The American footballer was traded in 2004 to the MetroStars. Before he retired in December 8, 2005, Agoos was named as one of the MLS All-Time Best XI, recognition of the league’s top eleven players of all time on its 10th anniversary.

After his retirement, he joined the New York Red Bulls to work under coach Bruce Arena first as Technical Director until he was promoted to Sporting Director in 2008. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.