NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alexi Lalas

¹ Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
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Panayotis Alexander (Alexi) Lalas (b. June 1, 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a former Greek-American football defender, who became one of the most famous soccer players in the United States after he played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He became the first and only modern-era American soccer player to play in the Italian Serie A,^[1] and in 2006, he was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He is currently the President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Birmingham is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. ... A Greek American is a citizen of the United States of Greek heritage or descent. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17. ... This article is about the Italian football (soccer) league. ... The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a hall of fame located in Oneonta, New York that honors the best American soccer players, and individuals who have helped build the sport in the United States. ... The term general manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Green and Gold, Los Galacticos de Los Angeles Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Frank Yallop, 2006â€” Owner Anschutz Entertainment Group First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2â€“1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ...

College Career

Alexi Lalas was a three-time All-American at Rutgers University and in 1991 was the consensus National Player of the Year. He led Rutgers to the NCAA Final Four in 1989 and the National Championship Game in 1990.^[2] â€œRutgersâ€ redirects here. ...

National team

Lalas joined the U.S. National Team (his first cap came on May 6, 1990 against Canada), and became a starter by the 1994 World Cup, when his wild red hair, outgoing personality, and steady play on the field made him a fan favorite.^{[citation needed]} First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (127th in leap years). ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... Female with red hair Male with red hair Red hair (also referred to as auburn, ginger, or titian) varies from a deep red through to bright copper. ...

Lalas also competed for the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. He retired with 96 caps and nine goals for the national team. The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... The 1996 Summer Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, United States. ...

Lalas remains something of a folk-hero among English soccer aficionados, on account of his goal for the United States in their 2 – 0 win over England in 1993, as much as for his flamboyant personality. England were managed by Graham Taylor, who is widely regarded as the worst England team manager of the modern era^{[citation needed]}. The defeat by the USA is seen in England as a particularly bad result, and Taylor was sacked soon afterwards [2]. Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() â€“ on the European continent() â€“ in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification - by Athelstan 967 Area... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Graham Taylor OBE (born September 15, 1944, Worksop, Nottinghamshire) is a football manager and a former player. ... In sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of an athletic team or of individual athletes. ...

Post-playing career

During his sabbatical from soccer in 2000, he announced soccer matches on NBC for the 2000 Summer Olympics and co-hosted ESPN2's MLS Extratime. He also performed in-studio analysis for ESPN and ABC Sports coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ... The MLS Extratime Video Game for XBOX MLS Extratime was a MLS highlight show that aired on ESPN in the years following the leagues inception. ... {{Infobox Network | network_name = ESPN| network_logo = | country = United States| network_type = Cable Television Network| available = National| owner = The Walt Disney Company (80%) Hearst Corporation (20%)| key_people = George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN, Inc. ... [1] ABC Sports is a division of ABC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... Qualifying countries The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th staging of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. ...

After his retirement from MLS, Lalas took a job as the General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, becoming one of the youngest executives in American sports.^{[citation needed]} In 2005, he was transferred within the Anschutz Entertainment Group organization to become the President and GM of the MetroStars and oversaw their transition to Red Bull New York, as AEG sold the club to Red Bull. In April 2006, he resigned from that position to take over the Galaxy, also owned by AEG. Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Earthquakes, Quakes, The Boys in Blue, Los Terremotos de San JosÃ© Stadium Spartan Stadium Coach - Owner Earthquakes Soccer, LLC First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Los... The Anschutz Entertainment Group is a sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. ... Year founded 1995 (as NY/NJ MetroStars) League Major League Soccer Nickname Red Bulls, Metro, RB New York, NYRB Stadium Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ Coach Bruce Arena (2006â€”) Owner Red Bull First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2â€“1 NY/NJ MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Red... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Trivia

Lalas is an avid musician who has released three albums with his band "The Gypsies," with whom he plays guitar. He tried to parlay his soccer success into a music career, putting out CDs Woodland, Jet Lag, and Ginger. A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

Lalas made an appearance on "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert during the 2006 World Cup to talk "trash" about the United State's upcoming opponents.

References and notes

External links

United States squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Meola | 2 Lapper | 3 Burns | 4 Kooiman | 5 Dooley | 6 Harkes | 7 Perez | 8 Stewart | 9 Ramos | 10 Wegerle | 11 Wynalda | 12 Sommer | 13 Jones | 14 Klopas | 15 Moore | 16 Sorber | 17 Balboa | 18 Friedel | 19 Reyna | 20 Caligiuri | 21 Clavijo | 22 Lalas | Coach: Milutinović This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year is given by the United States Soccer Federation to the American soccer players judged best in the calendar year. ... Eric Wynalda (born June 9, 1969 in Fullerton, California) is a former American soccer forward, the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Meola on the cover of Tony Meolas Sidekick Soccer Tony Meola (born February 21, 1969 in Belleville, New Jersey) is an American goalkeeper, who became one of the most famous soccer players in the United States after his play in the 1994 World Cup. ... Michael (Mike) Lapper was (born August 28, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California). ... Mike Burns (born September 14, 1970 in Marlborough, Massachusetts) is a retired professional and United States national team soccer player, currently Director of Soccer for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Cle Kooiman (born July 4, 1964) is a former United States soccer player in defender role, currently as the assistant head coach for the United States Menâ€™s Under 20 National Team. ... Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961, in Bechhofen, Germany) is an German-American soccer defender and defensive midfielder, a long-time member and captain of the United States national team. ... John Harkes (born March 8, 1967 in Kearny, New Jersey) was an American soccer player who had a successful professional career in England and the United States, and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. ... Hugo Ernesto Perez (born November 8, 1963 in El Salvador) is a former soccer midfielder from the United States. ... Earnie Stewart (born March 28, 1969 in Veghel, Netherlands) is an American soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U.S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005. ... Tab Ramos Tabare (Tab) Ramos (born September 21, 1966 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an American soccer midfielder, considered one of the most skillful players to ever wear the US jersey. ... Roy Wegerle (born March 19, 1964 in Pretoria) is a South African-American soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. ... Eric Wynalda (born June 9, 1969 in Fullerton, California) is a former American soccer forward, the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team. ... Juergen Sommer (born February 27, 1969) is a former American soccer goalkeeper, who became the first American goalkeeper to play in the English Premier League, when he suited up for Queens Park Rangers in 1995. ... Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and successful American soccer players. ... Frank (Foitos) Klopas (born September 1, 1966 in Prosimna, Greece) is a former Greek-American soccer forward and midfielder and current color commentator for Comcast SportsNet Chicago for Chicago Fire television broadcasts. ... Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American soccer forward, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Mike Sorber (born May 14, 1971 in Florissant, Missouri) is a former American soccer defensive midfielder. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bradley (Brad) Howard Friedel (born May 18, 1971 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American international football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. ... Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. ... Paul David Caligiuri (born May 9, 1964 in Westminster, California) is an American soccer player and coach, currently the head coach of the Cal Poly Pomona college soccer team. ... Fernando Clavijo (born January 23, 1956 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former American soccer defender and now coach, currently the head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. ... Velibor Bora MilutinoviÄ‡ (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð’ÐµÐ»Ð¸Ð±Ð¾Ñ€ Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð° ÐœÐ¸Ð»ÑƒÑ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ›) (born September 7, 1944 in Bajina BaÅ¡ta, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). ...

United States squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Friedel | 2 Hejduk | 3 Pope | 4 Burns | 5 Dooley | 6 Regis | 7 Wegerle | 8 Stewart | 9 Moore | 10 Ramos | 11 Wynalda | 12 Agoos | 13 Jones | 14 Preki | 15 Deering | 16 Sommer | 17 Balboa | 18 Keller | 19 Maisonneuve | 20 McBride | 21 Reyna | 22 Lalas | Coach: Sampson Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Qualifying countries The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bradley (Brad) Howard Friedel (born May 18, 1971 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American international football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. ... Frank Daniel Frankie Hejduk (b. ... George Edward Eddie Pope, December 24, 1973, in Greensboro, North Carolina is a soccer defender, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and is an important part of the United States national team. ... Mike Burns (born September 14, 1970 in Marlborough, Massachusetts) is a retired professional and United States national team soccer player, currently Director of Soccer for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961, in Bechhofen, Germany) is an German-American soccer defender and defensive midfielder, a long-time member and captain of the United States national team. ... David Regis (born December 2, 1968 in La TrinitÃ©, Martinique), is a former French-American soccer defender, who played for the United States at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and was an unused substitute at the 2002 World Cup. ... Roy Wegerle (born March 19, 1964 in Pretoria) is a South African-American soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. ... Earnie Stewart (born March 28, 1969 in Veghel, Netherlands) is an American soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U.S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005. ... Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American soccer forward, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Tab Ramos Tabare (Tab) Ramos (born September 21, 1966 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an American soccer midfielder, considered one of the most skillful players to ever wear the US jersey. ... Eric Wynalda (born June 9, 1969 in Fullerton, California) is a former American soccer forward, the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team. ... Jeffrey (Jeff) Alan Agoos (born May 2, 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a former American soccer defender, one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States national team. ... Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and successful American soccer players. ... Predrag RadosavljeviÄ‡ (Serbian Cyrillic: ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐ´Ñ€Ð°Ð³ Ð Ð°Ð´Ð¾ÑÐ°Ð²Ñ™ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ›), known simply as Preki (ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐºÐ¸) (born June 24, 1963 in Belgrade), is a Serbian-American soccer player, one of the most decorated players in the history of Major League Soccer. ... Chad Deering (born 2 September 1970) is an American football (soccer) player. ... Juergen Sommer (born February 27, 1969) is a former American soccer goalkeeper, who became the first American goalkeeper to play in the English Premier League, when he suited up for Queens Park Rangers in 1995. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kasey Keller, nicknamed The Truth by many passionate fans, (born November 29, 1969 in Olympia, Washington, United States) is a soccer (football) goalkeeper, four time World Cup participant and one of the first American goalkeepers to become a regular in the English Premier League. ... Brian Maisonneuve (b. ... Brian McBride (born June 19, 1972 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States) is an American who plays football (soccer), currently playing as a striker for Fulham of the English Premier League. ... Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. ... Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach, the current head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. ...

Persondata

NAME

Lalas, Alexi

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

SHORT DESCRIPTION

Professional soccer player and executive

DATE OF BIRTH

June 1, 1970

PLACE OF BIRTH

Birmingham, Michigan

DATE OF DEATH

PLACE OF DEATH

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