Club:
D.C. United
Position: Midfielder
Birthdate: June 25, 1982
Hometown: Mechanicsburg, PA
90:00 If
you can play on any team, in any game, in any stadium
in the world—which one would it be? Gros D.C.
United at RFK Stadium.
90:00 Which
player do you hate playing against the most? Toughest
opponent? Gros I
guess Frankie Hejduk. I would say… UNAM Pumas
from Mexico.
90:00 In
the last seconds of the game, you are crossing the ball
in the box. Who do you want on the receiving end of
that ball? Gros Anybody
in the world? I would say, Zinedine Zidane.
90:00 Who
was your favorite team growing up and why? Gros D.C.
United because they were my home team. I lived fairly
close.
90:00 Who
was your favorite player and why? Gros Ben
Olsen, because we both grew up in the same area.
90:00 Who
is the most underrated player on your team? Gros Brian
Carroll.
90:00 Best
player you’ve played with… Gros Jamie
Moreno.
90:00 Best
player you’ve played against… Gros Jamie
Moreno, in practice.
90:00 Your
biggest influence and why… Gros My
Dad. Growing up he drove me to every game when I couldn’t
drive. Even when I could drive he would still drive
me.
90:00 Which
major sporting event would you like to be a part of
other than a soccer one? Gros I’d
say NBA finals.
90:00 Which
women’s player is a must on your team in a 2v2
co-ed match? Gros Mia
Hamm.
90:00 If
you had to get a non-soccer job tomorrow, what would
it be? Gros I
would be an engineer because that is what I have my
degree in.
90:00 Funniest
moment on the field… Gros In
college I had a wide open shot and I just whiffed the
ball. It wasn’t funny at the time but now it’s
pretty funny.
90:00 Which
soccer player would you pay the most to watch? Gros Pay
the most to watch? I guess, again Zidane.
90:00 The
most intimidating place you’ve played… Gros It
would have to be Pumas when we played them there in
Mexico City [on April 13]. It was pretty crazy—40,000
people, the biggest crowd I’ve ever played against
rooting against you. Not one person rooting for you.
90:00 Which
player would you like to see on your team? Gros Nobody.
I like our team.
90:00 Where
do you want to be in five years? Gros Hopefully
still here with D.C. United.
90:00 What’s
been your career highlight so far? Gros Winning
the MLS Cup last year.
90:00 What’s
been you career lowlight so far? Gros Well,
I haven’t really had one. I’ve been in the
league one year and we won a championship.
90:00 Who
would you say your style of play is most like? Gros Somebody
who runs a lot… a young Ben Olsen.
90:00 Any
advice you’d give a young soccer player... Gros Practice.
90:00 Tell
us something we don’t know about you... Gros I
like to hunt. I’m from Pennsylvania, that’s
what we do.
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