| Sacha Kljestan | | Personal information | | Full name | Sacha Kljestan | | Date of birth | September 9, 1985 (age 21) | | Place of birth | Anaheim, CA, United States | | Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | | Playing position | midfielder | | Club information | | Current club | Chivas USA | | Number | 16 | | Youth clubs | | 2003-05 | Seton Hall | | Senior clubs1 | | Years | Club | App (Gls)* | 2005 2006-
| Orange County Blue Star Chivas USA
| 2 (1) 32 (1) | | 1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals) September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location of Anaheim within Orange County, California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Orange Mayor Curt Pringle Area - City 130. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, â² â a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
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Year founded 2004 League Major League Soccer Nickname Chivas USA, Red-and-White, Chivas, Goats Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Preki Owner Jorge Vergara First Game Chivas USA 0â2 D.C. United (The Home Depot Center; April 2, 2005) Largest Win Chivas USA 5â1 Real...
âSeton Hallâ redirects here. ...
Orange County Blue Star are an American soccer team, originally founded in 1997. ...
Year founded 2004 League Major League Soccer Nickname Chivas USA, Red-and-White, Chivas, Goats Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Preki Owner Jorge Vergara First Game Chivas USA 0â2 D.C. United (The Home Depot Center; April 2, 2005) Largest Win Chivas USA 5â1 Real...
| Sacha Kljestan (born September 9, 1985 in Anaheim, California) is an American soccer midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location of Anaheim within Orange County, California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Orange Mayor Curt Pringle Area - City 130. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...
The Midfield in relation to the football positions In association football, a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders (highlighted in blue on the diagram). ...
Year founded 2004 League Major League Soccer Nickname Goats, Chivas Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach open Owner Jorge Vergara First Game Chivas USA 0â2 D.C. United (The Home Depot Center; April 2, 2005) Largest Win Chivas USA 5â1 Real Salt Lake (The Home Depot Center; July...
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ...
Kljestan played for the Region IV Olympic Development Program team. He then played three years college soccer at Seton Hall University. He was named first team All-American in 2004 and earned third team honors in 2005. Kljestan was named Big East Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and earned first-team All-Big East in 2004 and 2005. He holds the single-season assists record at Seton Hall with 15 in 2005 and ranks fifth all-time at the school with 28 over a three-year career. Kljestan finished his college career with 20 goals and helped Seton Hall University to three NCAA Tournament appearances. He then signed a Generation adidas contract with MLS, and played USL Premier Development League soccer for Orange County Blue Star in 2005. Kljestan was taken fifth overall at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. An NCAA tournament game between Indiana University and the University of Tulsa in 2004 College soccer is a term used to describe soccer that is played by teams operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes. ...
âSeton Hallâ redirects here. ...
The NCAA each year names the 11 best Division I college soccer players to its annual First-Team All-American list. ...
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of thirteen universities, mostly in the northeastern United States: Boston College (scheduled to leave in 2005) University of Connecticut (UConn) Georgetown University (Plays Division I-AA football in the Patriot League) University of Notre Dame (Plays Division I-A football...
Generation adidas is a joint venture between Major League Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation aimed to raise the level of young soccer talent in the United States. ...
The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ...
Orange County Blue Star are an American soccer team, originally founded in 1997. ...
The 2006 MLS SuperDraft, held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 20, 2006, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. ...
Kljestan was part of the United States Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship. The FIFA World Youth Championship is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ...
He was a finalist for 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year. In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has handed out a Rookie of the Year Award since its inception in 1996. ...
See also
| C.D. Chivas USA - Current Squad | | 2 Suárez | 3 Llamosa | 4 Whitfield | 6 Mendoza | 9 Razov | 11 O'Brien | 12 Muñoz | 13 Bornstein | 14 Arias | 15 Marsch | 16 Kljestan | 18 Guzan | 19 Taylor | 20 Perez | 21 Hernandez | 23 Burpo | 25 Vaughn | 27 Robles | 29 Sanchez | 30 Borja | 31 Corona | 88 López | – Arvizu | – Barrera | – Borboa | – Dunn | – Galindo | – Guevara | – Zotinca | Coach: Preki This is a list of current Major League Soccer players (as of 17 February, 2007). ...
Year founded 2004 League Major League Soccer Nickname Goats, Chivas Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach open Owner Jorge Vergara First Game Chivas USA 0â2 D.C. United (The Home Depot Center; April 2, 2005) Largest Win Chivas USA 5â1 Real Salt Lake (The Home Depot Center; July...
Claudio Suárez Sánchez (born December 17, 1968 in Texcoco, México) is a Mexican football defender, currently playing for C.D. Chivas USA. Suárez has made 178 international appearances for Mexican national football team, trailing only Mohamed Al-Deayea of Saudi Arabia with 181 international matches. ...
Carlos Llamosa (born June 30, 1969 in Palmira, Colombia) is a former Colombian-American soccer player, who last played defender for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ...
Brent Whitfield (born January 8, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Francisco Juan Mendoza Martinez (born April 29, 1985 in El Salto, Jalisco) is a Mexican soccer midfielder, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974 in Whittier, California) is an American soccer striker, who currently plays for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer. ...
John Patrick OBrien (born on August 29, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer player, one of the first Americans to earn a starting spot with a major European team, which he did with Ajax Amsterdam. ...
Mike Muñoz (born September 14, 1983 in Bellflower, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Jonathan Rey Bornstein (born November 7, 1984 in Torrance, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Esteban Arias (born August 26, 1982 in Bakersfield, California) is a Mexican-American soccer player, who currently plays defender for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Jesse Marsch (born November 8, 1973 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American soccer defensive midfielder, the first player to win three MLS Cup championships. ...
Brad Guzan (born September 9, 1984 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is an American soccer goalkeeper, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Matt Taylor (born October 17, 1981 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American soccer player, who currently plays striker for the C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Orlando Perez (born July 12, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer. ...
Jason Hernandez (born August 26, 1983 in New York, New York) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Preston Burpo (born September 26, 1972 in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American soccer player, who currently plays goalkeeper for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Lawson Vaughn (born April 11, 1984 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American soccer player, who currently plays defender for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Estuardo Sanchez (born January 16, 1988 in Los Angeles, California) is an American soccer player, who currently plays forward for C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Carlos Borja (born January 18, 1988 in Orange, United States) is a Bolivian-American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Rene Corona (born August 17, 1984 in Corona, United States) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
Rodrigo Lopez (born May 10, 1987 in Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. ...
David Arvizu (born April 19, 1988 in Santa Ana, California) is an American soccer forward who currently plays for Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer. ...
Edwin Alejandro Borboa Pérez (born on January 11, 1983 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. ...
Former player of the Seattle Sounders. ...
Amado Guevara (born May 2, 1976 in Tegucigalpa) is a Honduran football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays in Major League Soccer for Red Bull New York. ...
Alex Zotinca (born January 22, 1977 in Sibiu, Romania) is a Romanian soccer defender, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. ...
Predrag RadosavljeviÄ (Serbian Cyrillic: ÐÑедÑаг РадоÑавÑевиÑ), known simply as Preki (ÐÑеки) (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. ...
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