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Had there been any
doubters to begin with, Bruce Arena
would have silenced them after his
first year on the job as head coach
of the U.S. Men's National Team.
After compiling a 7-4-2 record,
which included two victories over
Germany,
a 1-0 triumph over Argentina and a
come-from-behind win over Chile, not
to mention a strong third place
showing at the 1999 FIFA
Confederations Cup in Mexico, Arena
has shown the confidence placed in
him to guide the U.S. Men has not
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As the first U.S.
head coach with the advantage of a
complete four-year World Cup cycle
to build his program, Arena has
shown unwavering faith in the young
American player, utilizing Major
League Soccer players as well as the
usual suspects of overseas American
professionals. With his incredible
success at the professional level
and the collegiate level,
international experience with the
1996 U.S. Olympic Team and a
reputation as a great developer of
talent, Arena was a perfect fit.
his four NCAA titles,
one U.S. Open Crown, and two MLS Cup
victories, marked Arena's eighth and
ninth championship of the 1990s. To
earn his two MLS titles, Arena built
the team from scratch after being
hired on January 3, 1996 for the
team's debut season. That summer,
the native of
Brooklyn,
N.Y., not only led
United to victory in the inaugural
MLS Cup, but guided the U.S.
Under-23 National Team for 44 games
through the Summer Olympiad in
Atlanta.
With the Olympic
team, Arena was widely credited with
accelerating the development of a
number of U.S. National Team
players, including midfielder
Claudio Reyna and defender Eddie
Pope, both of whom became eventual
starters on the USA's 1998 World Cup
Team.
His experience also
extends to the playing field, where
he competed professionally in
lacrosse with the Montreal Quebecois
in 1975. A year later he played
professionally for the Tacoma Tides
of the American Soccer League. In
1973, Arena earned a cap for the
U.S. as a goalkeeper in a 2-0 loss
in Israel.
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