Chapters: Bruce Arena. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional soccer and lacrosse player. He is currently the head coach of Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching career, and is generally considered to be one of the most successful coaches in American soccer history. He was head coach of the United States men's national soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, was head coach of the New York Red Bulls and D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and coached the University of Virginia to several college soccer championships. Before beginning his coaching career, Arena was a goalkeeper for Cornell University, and earned one cap with the United States men's national soccer team. Arena grew up in the Long Island town of Franklin Square, New York, where he attended Carey High School. While he excelled at several sports, he was too small for American football, so he joined the school's soccer team as a defender. He moved into the goal when the starting goalkeeper was suspended after hitting another school's player during a game. While in high school, he also played a single season with local club Hota S.C. of New York City's Cosmopolitan Soccer League. After graduation, he began his collegiate athletic career playing both lacrosse and soccer at Nassau Community College, a two year college near his home. Arena was a 1970 and 1971 Honorable Mention All American lacrosse player and an All-America soccer player. He was inducted into the National Junior College Hall of Fame in 2008. While at Nassau, he played soccer for ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=43732