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Which team did Claudio Reyna play for from 2001 to 2003?
Claudio Reyna Claudio Reyna ( born July 20 , 1973 ) is an American retired soccer player and current Sporting Director of Austin FC . A former midfielder , he was the captain of the United States mens national team before retiring from international soccer following the 2006 FIFA World Cup . He is widely considered one of the greatest players the United States has ever produced . Reyna last played for New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer , where he was team captain . Early life . Reynas father Miguel moved to the United States in 1968 from Argentina , where he had gone through the youth system of Independiente and played professionally with Los Andes . He settled in Springfield Township , Union County , New Jersey in the 1970s , married a Portuguese American woman , Maria Silva , and raised a family . Reyna was born in Livingston , New Jersey , where he learned the game from his father . Club career . Early career . In New Jersey , Reyna became a youth player at Saint Benedicts Preparatory School , as a teammate of Gregg Berhalter and Robert Ducey . He graduated from St . Benedicts in 1991 . During Reynas three years with the team , St Benedicts went undefeated ( 65–0 ) while Reyna was named as the only two-time Parade Magazines national high school Player of the Year and the Gatorade National Player of the Year . In 1999 , he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1990s . Highly recruited out of high school , Reyna elected to attend the University of Virginia from 1991 to 1993 on a full scholarship . While at Virginia , he spent three seasons on the mens soccer team , coached by future U.S . national team coach Bruce Arena . The Cavaliers won the NCAA Championship each of his three seasons . On an individual level , Reyna won the Hermann Trophy in 1993 and the MAC Award in 1992 and 1993 ; and was named the 1992 and 1993 Soccer America Player of the Year . In 2000 , the magazine placed him on its Team of the Century and named him the Male Player of the Century . Leverkusen and Wolfsburg . On August 8 , 1994 , Reyna signed with German Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen after playing in the 1994 FIFA World Cup . He had difficulty finding playing time with the Leverkusen first team , making only five appearances . Leverkusen loaned Reyna to fellow Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg in July 1997 . He quickly established himself in Wolfsburgs first team where he became the first American to captain a European club . He was halfway through his second year with Wolfsburg when Scottish Premier League club Rangers expressed an interest in Reyna . Rangers . On April 1 , 1999 , Rangers paid $826,400 to Wolfsburg and $2.76 million to Leverkusen for Reyna . Reyna would remain with Rangers until December 2001 . Despite building his reputation in Germany and on the national team as a creative midfielder , he spent most of his years at Rangers playing right midfield . He scored thirteen goals for the Ibrox club in all competitions , one of the most notable was a strike that proved decisive over Italian club Parma for qualification for the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League . Sunderland . From Rangers , he transferred to Premier League side Sunderland , who paid £2.85 million for his services . In October 2002 , he injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee , keeping him out of action for the rest of the 2002–03 season . Manchester City . Reyna joined Manchester City on August 29 , 2003 , for £2.5 million after a move on the same fee to Fulham collapsed . Reynas time at City was frequently punctuated by injury , restricting him to thirty appearances in his first season with the club , and causing him to miss six months of the 2004–05 season . In three and a half seasons at the City of Manchester Stadium , Reyna made 87 appearances , scoring four goals and was a popular player with City supporters . On January 11 , 2007 , Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce announced that the club had agreed to terminate Reynas contract with a view to a move to Major League Soccer for family reasons . This was finalized on January 23 , 2007 . New York Red Bulls . On January 24 , 2007 , Reyna signed with New York Red Bulls , where he rejoined his former University of Virginia and U.S . national team head coach Bruce Arena . However , much like his years in Britain , Reyna was almost constantly bothered by injuries . He only played in twenty-seven games during two years with New York and only six games in 2008 as he rehabilitated a herniated disc . Reyna announced his professional retirement on July 16 , 2008 . International career . As a U.S . national player , Reyna got his first cap against Norway on January 15 , 1994 . He was a member of the team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup , but did not play due to injury . Reyna did play in the 1998 , 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups . In 2002 , despite sitting out the opening 3–2 upset win over Portugal due to injury , he was a key contributor in the next three U.S . games — a tie against South Korea , a loss to Poland , and a win over CONCACAF rival Mexico . In the quarterfinals , the U.S . lost to eventual runner-up Germany . He became only the third American ever ( after Bert Patenaude and John Souza ) named to the World Cup all-tournament team . In 2006 , Reyna again captained the U.S . at the World Cup in Germany . Trailing 1–0 in the opener against the Czech Republic , Reyna fired a 30-yard shot that bounced off the post , the best American chance in the game . In the final group game against Ghana , Reyna suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament when he lost the ball to Haminu Draman who then dribbled in alone and scored Ghanas first goal . On June 23 , 2006 , the day after the U.S . was eliminated from the World Cup , Reyna announced his retirement from the national team . He ended his international career with 111 caps and eight goals . Reyna also represented the U.S . at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia . In Great Britain , he was occasionally referred to as Captain America because of his status as captain of the U.S . national team . Honors . Club . - Rangers - Scottish Premier League : 1999–2000 - Scottish Cup : 1999–2000 Individual . - Hermann Trophy : 1993 - Fútbol de Primera Player of the Year : 2000 - FIFA World Cup All-Star Team : 2002 - Soccer America College Team of the Century Other roles . New York City FC . On May 22 , 2013 , Reyna was appointed Sporting Director of MLS expansion team New York City FC . New York City FC made the conference semifinals four of the five years that Reyna was the Sporting Director . Between 2016 and 2019 , New York City FC accumulated 231 points , the most of any team in the league during that time . Reyna left the club in November 2019 . Austin FC . On November 21 , 2019 , Reyna was named Sporting Director of another MLS expansion team , Austin FC . Reyna is expected to lead the club into its 2021 inaugural season with his former US national team teammate , Austin FC head coach Josh Wolff . Personal life . Reyna married Danielle Egan , then a member of the United States womens national soccer team , in July 1997 , one week after attending the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the U.S . teams World Cup qualifier at El Salvador . They have had four children : Jack ( 1999–2012 ) , Giovanni ( born 2002 ) , Joah-Mikel , and Carolina . Giovanni , named after former Rangers teammate Giovanni van Bronckhorst , has achieved great success playing in the New York City FC development academy , and joined Borussia Dortmunds academy in November 2018 . Jack , Reynas eldest child , died of brain cancer in 2012 . The family resides in Bedford , New York . Reyna now spends much of his time managing the Claudio Reyna Foundation , his non-profit established to provide soccer training and mentoring to underprivileged youth around the nation and abroad . Claudio was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on February 29 , 2012 . Reyna speaks fluent English and Spanish , as well as conversational in German . References . Book - More Than Goals : From Backyard Games to World Cup Competition with Mike Woitalla ( 2004 , ) Internet