Cobi Jones
Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and successful American soccer players.
Jones is currently the all-time leader of the United States National Soccer Team in appearances, with 163 as of September 21, 2004, and has played for the team in the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups. Jones currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer, with whom he has been with since their inaugural season in 1996. He was one of a significant group of American national team stars who returned from overseas to aid the new American soccer league, coming home after playing half a season at Brazilian club Vasco da Gama. Before joining Vasco da Gama, Jones played one season with Coventry City of the English Premier League, and had trained with FC Köln of the Bundesliga. Jones emerged as a talented player in college, making the prestigious UCLA soccer team as a non-scholarship player, but becoming one of its most successful soccer-playing graduates.
