Jonathan Bornstein
Jonathan Bornstein ( born November 7, 1984 in Torrance, California) is an American soccer player who is used as a defender and midfielder.
Youth and College
Bornstein attended Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, California. During his time there he played football for the school team. After graduating, he moved to the Cal Poly Pomona, where he played two years of college football, before joining the UCLA Bruins in 2004.
Club career
On 20 January 2006 he was selected by the CD Chivas USA in the MLS Super Draft in the fourth round. During his time at college he plays in the storm, but Chivas coach Bob Bradley put him at left-back. These first games he played in that position, but due to injuries during the season, he was also temporarily reinstated in the offensive part of the team. And on 3 June 2006, where he scored his first goal in the game against FC Dallas. Due to his good performances during the season he won the MLS Rookie of the Year Award. A year later he was voted into the best team of the season.
During the 2008 season, then- coach Preki put him back in an attacking midfield.
In July 2010 Chivas announced that Bornstein will change after the end of the 2010 season to the UANL Tigres.
The Portland Timbers secured in their MLS Expansion Draft in November 2010, the rights to Bornstein. Should he wish to return to the United States before the expiry of his contract in Mexico, the Timbers would hold the rights to him.
National
Bornstein made his international debut on 20 January 2007 against Denmark. In this game, he also scored his first goal for the U.S. national soccer team. His first major tournament he completed the summer of 2007 at the Copa América.
In 2008, he lost his place in the team of Heath Pearce and had to contend with some injuries.
At the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, he was part of the squad and completed all the group matches, but had later in the tournament on the bench again, Carlos Bocanegra had recovered from his injury.
After the Confederations Cup was replaced Bornstein his place as a left defender. During the qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2010 against Costa Rica scored a goal. This secured qualification for Honduras, where he was subsequently hailed as a hero.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he sat the first two group matches on the bench and was used only in the last match against Algeria. In the next round against Ghana was he also played with from the beginning.
Private
Borntein is Jewish. The ancestors of his father came from Romania and his mother is from Mexico. He took in 2005 at the Maccabiah Games in Israel, as a member of the football team of the United States, in part and in the end got the silver medal with the team.