2000 MLS SuperDraft
Round 4
Table:
Pick #
MLS team
Player
Position
Affiliation

37

MetroStars
Daniel Alvarez
M
Furman University

38

New England Revolution[R4 trade 1]
Adam Eyre
D
Santa Clara University

39

New England Revolution
Bo Oshoniyi
GK
Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League)

40

San Jose Earthquakes
Andrew Hemmerich
D
Stanford University

41

D.C. United[R4 trade 2]
Michael Burke
F
Charleston Battery (A-League)

42

Tampa Bay Mutiny
Amos Magee
F
Minnesota Thunder (A-League)

43

Colorado Rapids
Lance Key
D
Trinity University

44

Chicago Fire
John Wolyniec
F
Long Island Rough Riders (A-League)

45

Columbus Crew
Christof Lindenmayer
F
Loyola College in Maryland

46

Dallas Burn
Brian Piesner
M
Rutgers University

47

Los Angeles Galaxy
Josh Henderson
F
Lehigh Valley Steam (A-League)

48

MetroStars[R4 trade 3]
Orlando Perez
M
Orange County Zodiac (A-League)

Considering the table together with the supplementary paragraphs below.

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The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club based in Harrison , New Jersey . The Red Bulls compete as a member of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer ( MLS ) . The club was established in October 1994 and began play in the league 's inaugural season in 1996 as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars . In 2006 , the team was sold to Red Bull GmbH and re-branded as part of the company 's global network of football clubs , leading to the team 's current name . The Red Bulls have played their home matches at Red Bull Arena since 2010 , having previously played at Giants Stadium . The club is one of two teams in MLS based in the New York metropolitan region along with New York City FC , which entered the league in 2015 . The two sides compete against each other in the Hudson River Derby . The team 's current head coach is former United States international midfielder Chris Armas . The Red Bulls have reached the MLS Cup final once in 2008 where they were defeated by the Columbus Crew . The club has won three regular season Supporters ' Shield titles in 2013 , 2015 and 2018 , and has also twice reached the final of the U.S. Open Cup in 2003 and 2017 , losing on both occasions .
Daniel Alvarez is a retired American soccer midfielder . Alvarez graduated from Pine Forest High School . He attended Furman University , where he was a 1999 First-Team All-American . He graduated with a bachelor 's degree in health and exercise science . He was inducted into the Furman Paladins Hall of Fame in 2005 . In January 2000 , the MetroStars selected Alvarez in the fourth round ( thirty-seventh overall ) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft . The MetroStars sent him on loan to the Atlanta Silverbacks for three games at the start of the USL A-League season . On April 19 , 2000 , the MetroStars traded Alvarez to the Tampa Bay Mutiny in exchange for Daniel Hernández . Alvarez chose to pursue a contract in Germany . After unsuccessful trials with Borussia Dortmund , FC Cloppenburg , and FC Nuremberg , he returned to the United States and signed with the Charleston Battery of the USL A-League . In the spring of 2001 , Alvarez was training with the Mutiny when he tore his left anterior cruciate ligament . He returned home to Fayetteville to recuperate .
Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville , South Carolina . Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman , [ A 3 ] Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina . It became a secular university in 1992 , while keeping Christo et Doctrinae ( For Christ and Learning ) as its motto . It enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students , representing 46 states and 53 foreign countries , on its 750-acre ( 304 ha ) campus .
The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) , in the Eastern Conference of the league . It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS , having competed in the league since its inaugural season . The club is owned by Robert Kraft , who also owns the New England Patriots along with his son , Jonathan Kraft . The name Revolution refers to the New England region 's significant involvement in the American Revolution that took place from 1775-1783 . New England plays their home matches at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough , Massachusetts , located 21 miles ( 34 km ) southwest of downtown Boston , Massachusetts . The club played their home games at the adjacent and now-demolished Foxboro Stadium , from 1996 until 2001 . The Revs are the only original MLS team to have every league game in their history televised . The Revolution won their first major trophy in the 2007 U.S. Open Cup . The following year , they won the 2008 North American SuperLiga . The Revolution have participated in five MLS Cup finals in 2002 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , and 2014 . They also placed second in the 2005 regular season . However , they have never won an MLS Cup or MLS Supporters ' Shield .
Adam Eyre ( born January 7 , 1978 ) is a former American soccer player who played for New England Revolution in the MLS .
Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara , California , with about 5,400 undergraduate students and about 3,300 postgraduate students . Established in 1851 , Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California and has remained in its original location for 168 years . The university 's campus surrounds the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asis which traces its founding to 1776 . The campus mirrors the Mission 's architectural style and provides a fine early example of Mission Revival architecture . The university is classified as a Doctoral/Professional university by Carnegie Classification . The university offers bachelor 's degrees , master 's degrees , and doctoral degrees through its six colleges , the School of Arts and Sciences , School of Education and Counseling Psychology , Leavey School of Business , School of Engineering , Jesuit School of Theology , and School of Law . Among Santa Clara 's alumni are governors , congressmen , mayors , senators , and presidential cabinet members . Santa Clara alumni founded Nvidia and Farmer 's Insurance , and created JavaScript . Santa Clara 's alumni have won a number of honors , including Pulitzer Prizes , the NBA MVP Award , and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Santa Clara alumni have served as mayors of San Francisco , Los Angeles , Oakland , San Jose , and Washington , DC . The two most recent Governors of California attended Santa Clara . Santa Clara 's sports teams are called the Broncos .
Adegboyega Bo Oshoniyi ( born November 3 , 1971 ) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who spent eight seasons in Major League Soccer . He is now the head men 's soccer coach at Dartmouth College .
The Atlanta Silverbacks FC was an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta , Georgia . Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus , the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season . The team played its home games at Atlanta Silverbacks Park , a large soccer complex featuring a 5,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Atlanta , 15 miles northeast of downtown . The team 's colors were red , black , grey , and white . The club had 2 independent supporter groups , Westside 109 and the Atlanta Ultras . The Ultras were established in 2011 & were known to support both the Silverbacks men 's and women 's side . The Ultras were also to be known for their fanatical support at Silverbacks Park , as well as away matches . They had a reputation for their unfriendly or challenging attitude towards fans from opposing clubs . The team had a Women 's Premier Soccer League counterpart in the Atlanta Silverbacks Women from 2005 through 2016 .
The United Soccer Leagues First Division ( usually referred to as USL-1 ) was a professional men 's soccer league in the United States , Canada and Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2010 . During its existence , it formed the second tier of soccer in the United States and Canada league pyramid behind Major League Soccer . It was operated by United Soccer League ( USL ) and was the successor of the old A-League , which existed from 1997 until 2004 . Several teams left the league in 2009 to form the new North American Soccer League , with the intent of running their own second tier league . Following a brief legal dispute , the two leagues operated in tandem under United States Soccer Federation ( USSF ) mediation as the USSF Division 2 Professional League in 2010 before the split became final . The teams that remained in the First Division were merged with the USL Second Division in 2011 to form USL Pro .
The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer team based in San Jose , California , United States , that competes as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer ( MLS ) . The franchise began play in 1996 ( originally as the San Jose Clash ) as one of the charter clubs of the league . The Earthquakes took part in the first game in MLS history , defeating D.C. United 1-0 . The Earthquakes have won two MLS Cup titles , in 2001 and 2003 , and two Supporters ' Shields in 2005 and 2012 . In 2002 , the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup ( now called the CONCACAF Champions League ) , making it to the quarterfinals . The team holds a fierce rivalry with the LA Galaxy known as the California Clásico . In 2005 , the then owner of the Earthquakes , Anschutz Entertainment Group , announced plans of the team relocating to Houston due to failing efforts to secure a soccer-specific stadium in San Jose . The organization in Houston would be considered an expansion team by the league , eventually becoming the Houston Dynamo , which began play in 2006 . The Earthquakes returned after a two-year hiatus , resuming play in 2008 . Argentinian Matías Almeyda is the Quakes ' current head coach . Since 2015 the Earthquakes play their home games at Avaya Stadium . The team previously played its home games at Buck Shaw Stadium on the Santa Clara University campus in Santa Clara , California from 2008 to 2014 .
Stanford University , officially Leland Stanford Junior University , is a private research university in Stanford , California . Stanford is known for its academic achievements , wealth , close proximity to Silicon Valley , and selectivity ; it ranks as one of the world 's top universities . The university was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child , Leland Stanford Jr. , who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year . Stanford was a U.S . Senator and former Governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon . The school admitted its first students on October 1 , 1891 , as a coeducational and non-denominational institution . Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake . Following World War II , Provost Frederick Terman supported faculty and graduates ' entrepreneurialism to build self-sufficient local industry in what would later be known as Silicon Valley . The university is also one of the top fundraising institutions in the country , becoming the first school to raise more than a billion dollars in a year . The university is organized around three traditional schools consisting of 40 academic departments at the undergraduate and graduate level and four professional schools that focus on graduate programs in law , medicine , education , and business . Students compete in 36 varsity sports , and the university is one of two private institutions in the Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference . It has gained 126 NCAA team championships , and Stanford has won the NACDA Directors ' Cup for 24 consecutive years , beginning in 1994-1995 .
D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington , D.C . The club competes as a member of the Eastern Conference in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) , the top level of professional American soccer . The franchise began play in 1996 as one of the ten charter clubs of the league . The club was one of the most successful clubs in the early years of MLS , winning eight of its thirteen titles between 1996 and 1998 under then head coach Bruce Arena . United holds the joint MLS record for most Supporters ' Shields , has four MLS Cups , and been crowned U.S. Open Cup champions three times . It is also the first club to win both the MLS Supporters ' Shield and MLS Cup consecutively . On the international stage , D.C. United has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor , the CONCACAF Champions ' Cup . The club won the 1998 CONCACAF Champions ' Cup , making them one of only two MLS teams to ever win a CONCACAF tournament . Subsequently , United won the now-defunct Copa Interamericana in 1998 against Vasco da Gama of Brazil . This is the only intercontinental title won by an MLS club . The team 's home field from 1996 to 2017 was the 45,596-seat Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium , owned by the District of Columbia . The team moved into the new Audi Field , a soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of 20,000 at Buzzard Point just a few blocks from Nationals Park in July 2018 .
Michael Burke ( born February 25 , 1977 ) is a retired American soccer player .
The Charleston Battery are an American professional soccer club based in Charleston , South Carolina and member of the USL Championship . Founded in 1993 , the Battery is one of the oldest continuously operating professional soccer clubs in the United States , tied with the Richmond Kickers . Charleston is one of the more successful lower division soccer clubs in the United States , having won the USISL Pro League in 1996 , the USL A-League in 2003 , and the final season of the USL Second Division in 2010 . In 2012 , the team won the USL Pro Championship , winning its fourth league title in club history . Charleston is also the most successful club in the history of the unofficial Southern Derby competition with eight first-place finishes . The Battery currently play at Patriots Point Soccer Complex in Mount Pleasant , South Carolina . Previously , the club played its home games at the soccer-specific MUSC Health Stadium in the Daniel Island section of Charleston from 1999 to 2019 . The team 's colors are black and yellow , with a traditional red scheme for away uniforms . Since 2005 , their head coach and general manager has been Mike Anhaeuser .
The Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa , Florida . They were a charter member of Major League Soccer ( MLS ) and played from 1996 to 2001 . They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium . The Mutiny were established in 1994 and were owned and operated by MLS throughout their existence . They were successful in their first years of play , winning the first MLS Supporters ' Shield behind MLS MVP Carlos Valderrama and high-scoring forward Roy Lassiter , whose 27 goals in 1996 remained the MLS single-season record until 2018 . However , the team drew low revenues and attendance and could not find a local ownership group to take over operations from the league . In 2002 , MLS folded the Mutiny as well as its other Florida-based team , the Miami Fusion .
Amos Magee ( born September 7 , 1971 ) is the Director of Player Personnel for Minnesota United FC . Magee received his bachelor 's degree from Wesleyan University and his masters in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota . He was most recently an assistant coach for the D.C. United of Major League Soccer and the head coach of the D.C. United U-23 .
Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minnesota , United States . Founded in 1990 , the team played in the USL First Division ( USL-1 ) , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid , until 2009 . The team played its home games at the National Sports Center in nearby Blaine , Minnesota for its final two seasons . The team 's colors were navy blue , light blue , silver , and white . The team had a development team , Rochester Thunder , which independently played in USL Premier Development League for another season after the Thunder folded , and a sister organization , the Minnesota Lightning , which played in the women 's USL W-League .
The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City , Colorado . The Rapids compete in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) as a member of the Western Conference . The franchise began play in 1996 as one of the charter clubs in MLS . Colorado won the MLS Cup in 2010 , their second MLS Cup appearance . The first appearance was in 1997 , losing to D.C. United . They were also runners up of the U.S. Open Cup in the 1999 tournament , where they lost to the Rochester Raging Rhinos , the last time a non-MLS team has won the Cup . The Rapids play their home games at Dick 's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City , moving to the stadium after it opened during the 2007 season .
Trinity University is a private university in San Antonio , Texas . Founded in 1869 , its campus is located in the Monte Vista Historic District adjacent to Brackenridge Park . The campus is three miles north of downtown San Antonio and the River Walk , and six miles south of the San Antonio International Airport . The student body consists of approximately 2,300 undergraduate and 200 graduate students . Trinity offers 49 majors and 61 minors among 6 degree programs , and has an endowment of $ 1.28 billion , the 91st-largest in North America . Trinity is a member institution of the Annapolis Group , a consortium of national independent colleges that share a commitment to liberal arts values and education , and the Associated Colleges of the South , 16 southern liberal arts colleges that collaborate on staff and curricular enhancements .
Chicago Fire Football Club is an American professional soccer franchise based in Chicago , Illinois . The team competes in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference , having moved to the conference in 2002 . The franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , and was founded as the Chicago Fire Soccer Club on October 8 , 1997 , the event 's 126th anniversary . The team began play in 1998 as one of the league 's first expansion teams . The Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U.S. Open Cup ( the double ) in their first season in 1998 . They also won U.S. Open Cups in 2000 , 2003 , and 2006 , in addition to the 2003 MLS Supporters ' Shield . In 2015 , the club won the first ever MLS Wooden Spoon , and repeated the feat in 2016 . The Fire maintains an extensive development system , consisting of the Chicago Fire Development Academy and the Chicago Fire Juniors youth organization . They also operate the Chicago Fire Foundation , the team 's community-based charitable division . The Fire 's home stadium is Soldier Field .
John Wolyniec ( born January 24 , 1977 ) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the head coach of USL Championship side New York Red Bulls II . During his playing days , Wolyniec played for Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls three separate times : In 1999 as the MetroStars , from 2003 to 2005 as the MetroStars , and from 2006 until he retired in 2010 . He also played for MLS clubs Chicago Fire , Columbus Crew , and Los Angeles Galaxy . He also played for USL A-League clubs Rochester Raging Rhinos and the Milwaukee Rampage , winning titles with them in 2001 and 2002 respectively . Wolyniec also represented the United States national team in 2004 , earning two caps . After retiring as a player , Wolyniec was appointed head coach of New York Red Bulls II , the reserve side for the New York Red Bulls . In his second season as head coach , Wolyniec guided Red Bulls II to both the regular season and championship titles .
The Long Island Rough Riders is an American soccer team based in South Huntington , New York , United States . Founded in 1994 , the team plays in USL League Two , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid . The team plays its home games at Hofstra University Soccer Stadium . The team 's colors are white and blue . The team has a sister organization , the Long Island Rough Riders , who play in United Women 's Soccer .
Columbus Crew Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus , Ohio . The Crew competes in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) as a member of the league 's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one of the ten charter clubs of the league . The team is currently being operated by an ownership group led by the Haslam family and former team doctor Pete Edwards . The Haslam/Edwards group is the third owner in club history . The franchise was founded in 1994 as simply the Columbus Crew . Since 1999 , the Crew has played home games at Mapfre Stadium , the first soccer-specific stadium ever built for an MLS team , with a seating capacity of 19,968 as of the 2015 season . From 1996 to 1998 , the Crew played its home games at Ohio Stadium on the campus of the Ohio State University . In 2014 , the team set club attendance records for both most cumulative attendance and most sellouts . Crew SC has won five major trophies : MLS Cup 2008 , the Supporters ' Shield in 2004 , 2008 , and 2009 , and the 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup . The Crew have qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League ( or its predecessor , the CONCACAF Champions ' Cup ) three times , reaching the quarterfinals each time .
Christof Lindenmayer is an American former professional soccer player who competed for the Columbus Crew ( MLS ) as well as the Hershey Wildcats ( A-League ) and the Virginia Beach Mariners ( A-League ) before retiring due to chronic hamstring injuries . Lindenmayer also starred for the Loyola College ( MD ) men 's soccer team from 1996 to 1999 , where he was a two-time MAAC Player of the Year as well as being named to the NSCAA All-Region South Atlantic team in both 1998 and 1999 .
Loyola University Maryland is a private Jesuit liberal arts university in Baltimore , Maryland . Established as Loyola College in Maryland by John Early and eight other members of the Society of Jesus in 1852 , it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities , the ninth-oldest Jesuit college in the United States , and the first college in the United States to bear the name of St. Ignatius of Loyola , the founder of the Society of Jesus . Loyola 's main campus is in Baltimore and features Collegiate Gothic architecture , as well as a pedestrian bridge across Charles Street . Academically , the university is divided into three schools : the Loyola College of Arts and Sciences , the Loyola School of Education , and the Sellinger School of Business and Management . It operates a Clinical Center at Belvedere Square in Baltimore and has graduate centers in Timonium and Columbia , Maryland . The student body is composed of approximately 4,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students , representing 39 states and 44 countries , and 84% of undergraduates reside on campus . The average class size is 20 , with a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1 . Approximately 73% of the student body receives some form of financial aid . Campus groups include the Association of Latin American & Spanish students ( ALAS ) and the college newspaper , The Greyhound . There is also the student-run , online-only publication , The Rival . This publication features opinion , commentary and satire in its three section : campus , culture , and current . Notable alumni include Tom Clancy , author of The Hunt for Red October , and Mark Bowden , author of Black Hawk Down .
FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas suburb of Frisco , Texas . The club competes as a member of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) . The franchise began play in 1996 as a charter club of the league . The club was founded in 1995 as the Dallas Burn before adopting its current name in 2004 . Dallas plays its home games at their 20,500-capacity soccer-specific Toyota Stadium , where they have played since 2005 . In the club 's early years , Dallas played their home games in the Cotton Bowl . The team is owned by the Hunt Sports Group led by brothers Clark Hunt and Dan Hunt , who is the team 's president . The Hunt family also owns the NFL 's Kansas City Chiefs and part of the Chicago Bulls . FC Dallas in 2016 won their first Supporters ' Shield . In 2010 they were runners-up in the MLS Cup , losing to the Colorado Rapids in extra time . The team has won the U.S. Open Cup on two occasions ( in 1997 and again in 2016 ) . Their fully owned USL affiliate , North Texas SC , won the 2019 USL League One regular season and overall championship titles , the third division title in American soccer .
Brian Piesner is a retired American soccer midfielder who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USISL A-League . Piesner spent most of his early life on Long Island , New York . When he was fourteen , his family moved to Spring , Texas where he played youth soccer with the Texans Soccer Club - Houston . His family moved to Southern California in 1994 where he attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School . He played on the Santa Margarita boys ' team , graduating in 1996 . He attended Rutgers University , where he played on the men 's soccer team from 1996 to 1999 . During the 1999 collegiate off season , Piesner played for the Central Jersey Riptide of the USL Premier Development League . On February 6 , 2000 , the Dallas Burn chose Piesner in the fourth round ( forty-sixth overall ) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft . That year , the Atlanta Silverbacks selected Piesner in the first round ( twenty-second overall ) of the A-League draft . Piesner signed with the Burn but was released him on February 24 and he signed with the Silverbacks . On December 19 , 2001 , the Battery signed Pierson to a three-year contract . The Battery released him before the 2002 season and Pierson returned to the Silvebacks where he was a 2002 First Team All Star .
Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey ( /ˈrʌtɡərz/ ) , commonly referred to as Rutgers University , or RU , is an American public research university in New Jersey . It is the largest institution of higher education in New Jersey . Rutgers was originally chartered as Queen 's College on November 10 , 1766 . It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution . The college was renamed Rutgers College in 1825 in honor of Colonel Henry Rutgers . For most of its existence , Rutgers was a private liberal arts college but it evolved into a coeducational public research university after being designated The State University of New Jersey by the New Jersey Legislature in laws enacted in 1945 and 1956 . Rutgers has three campuses located throughout New Jersey : New Brunswick campus in New Brunswick and adjacent Piscataway , the Newark campus , and the Camden campus . The university has additional facilities elsewhere in the state . Instruction is offered by 9,000 faculty members in 175 academic departments to over 45,000 undergraduate students and more than 20,000 graduate and professional students . The university is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance , the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association . The New Brunswick campus was categorized by Howard and Matthew Green in their book titled The Public Ivies : America 's Flagship Public Universities ( 2001 ) as a Public Ivy .
The LA Galaxy , also known as the Los Angeles Galaxy , is an American professional soccer club based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson , California , that competes in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) , as a member of the Western Conference . The club began play in 1996 as one of the league 's ten charter members . The Galaxy was founded in 1994 and is owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group . In their early years , the club played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California . Since 2003 , they have played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson , California . The team holds a rivalry with the San Jose Earthquakes in the California Clásico and used to play the SuperClasico against city rivals Chivas USA before that team folded in 2014 . A new rival emerged in 2018 in the form of Los Angeles FC in the El Tráfico derby . The franchise is one of Major League Soccer 's most successful teams , with a record five MLS Cups and having appeared an additional four times in the final , and won the Western Conference regular season title eight times , four Supporters ' Shields , two U.S. Open Cups and one CONCACAF Champions ' Cup title . In 2017 , the club added the dubious MLS Wooden Spoon to its trophy case for finishing bottom of the MLS league table . In 2007 , the club made international headlines with the signing of English player David Beckham from Real Madrid , the most high-profile transaction with Major League Soccer to that point . The club has fielded other high-profile international players including Zlatan Ibrahimović , Robbie Keane , Luis Hernández , Giovani dos Santos , Jonathan dos Santos , Jorge Campos , Steven Gerrard , Ashley Cole , and American Landon Donovan who is the all-time leading scorer for the club . Mostly recently in 2020 they signed Javier Chicharito Hernández , the all-time leading scorer for Mexico 's National Team .
Josh Henderson is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the USL A-League .
Lehigh Valley Steam was a soccer club that competed in the A-League in 1999 . Based in Lehigh Valley , Pennsylvania , the club has problems securing a home stadium and folded after a single season . The club featured future U.S. national team player Kerry Zavagnin and was coached by Daryl Shore .
Orlando Perez ( born July 12 , 1977 in Pomona , California ) is an American soccer defender , who played eight seasons in Major League Soccer . Perez never played college soccer , but he was drafted twice in MLS , both times by coach Octavio Zambrano . The first came in the first round of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft , when Zambrano was with the Los Angeles Galaxy . Perez failed to make the team and played with A-League 's Orange County Zodiac . With Zambrano moving to the MetroStars in 2000 , he plucked Perez again , this time in the fourth round of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft . Perez would spend the next two and a half seasons with the Metros , a part-time player his first , a starter at left back his second . Zambrano dealt him midway through the third , to D.C. United with Petter Villegas for Mark Lisi and Craig Ziadie . Perez then became only one of two players in MLS history ( Winston Griffiths is the other ) to play for three teams in one season as DC traded him the Chicago Fire for a draft pick after only eight games . Perez was in-and-out of the Fire lineup since . He scored two goals in six years in MLS . Perez was taken by Chivas in the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft . He was waived at the end of the 2007 season .
Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine , California , United States . Founded in 1997 , the team played in the USL Premier Development League ( PDL ) , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid , in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference until 2012 . The team played its home games at Eagle Stadium on the campus of Concordia University , where they played from 2007-12 . The team 's colors are white and black .