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Bruce Arena American Soccer Player

Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951) is an American soccer coach.

He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching career and is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in North American soccer history, having won five College Cup titles and five MLS Cup titles. He was head coach of the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, head coach of the New York Red Bulls, D.C. United, and LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer, and coached the University of Virginia to several college soccer championships. He is the U.S. soccer team’s longest-serving head coach.

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, making him the only U.S. national team manager in the modern era to have formerly played for the team.

Bruce Arena Arena in May 2006 Personal information Date of birth September 21, 1951 (age 66) Place of birth Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Goalkeeper Youth career 1968 Hota 1969–1971 Nassau Lions 1971–1973 Cornell Big Red Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1976 Tacoma Tides National team 1973 United States 23 (0) Teams managed 1973 Cornell University (assistant) 1976 University of Puget Sound 1978–1985 University of Virginia (lacrosse ass’t) 1978–1995 University of Virginia (soccer) 1996 United States U-23 1996–1998 D.C. United 1998–2006 United States 2006–2007 New York Red Bulls 2008–2016 LA Galaxy 2016–2017 United States Honours

  Representing  United States (as manager) Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2002 Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2005 Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup 2003 Men’s Soccer

International

In 1973, he earned his only national team cap as a second-half substitute for Bob Rigby in a 2–0 loss to Israel. National team coach, Gordon Bradley, had called Arena into the national team for an earlier game against Haiti, but Arena could not get time off from his job teaching at a local junior high school. In addition to his single cap with the U.S. soccer team, Arena also played for the national lacrosse team which won the 1974 World Lacrosse Championship and finished runner up in 1978.

Personal life

Arena has resided in the Los Angeles area since taking over as LA Galaxy head coach, having previously been based out of Charlottesville, Virginia during most of his coaching career. His son Kenny Arena spent time with the U.S. youth national team as well as in Major League Soccer before becoming a coach at both college and professional levels, and currently serves as an assistant on his father’s coaching staff with the national team.

Coaching record