Marcelo Balboa

Marcelo Balboa ( born August 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois ) is a former American football player.

He played between 1986 and 1990 for San Diego and San Francisco in the former American Professional Soccer League ( APSL ).

1994 to 1995 he played in Mexico for Club León ( 53 games / 3 goals ).

Between 1996 and 2001 he completed in the new Major League Soccer ( MLS ) for the Colorado Rapids and the NY / NJ MetroStars 152 games and scored 25 goals. Balboa was regarded as a tough defender with a good overview and also often played as a sweeper.

Balboa took part in the football World Cup in 1990, 1994 and 1998. In 1990 he was captain of the team. In 1994, he made ​​a very good game against Colombia in the first round of the World Cup and scored with a bicycle kick goal of Colombians.

He came the first CONCACAF player on 100 caps, he completed a total of 1988-2000 128 international matches in which he scored 13 goals.