Pablo Mastroeni
Pablo Mastroeni ( born August 26, 1976 in Mendoza, Argentina) is an American football player of Argentine descent. Currently, he plays in the North American football professional league Major League Soccer with the Colorado Rapids. He is the captain of the team.
Youth and College
Mastroeni came at the age of four with his family to the U.S. and settled in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended the public Thunderbird High School in the northwest of the city and played football for Santos Futbol Clube.
From 1994 to 1997, he attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. There he played for four years for the college team NC State Wolfpack.
Professional career
In 1998 he was selected by Miami Fusion in the MLS College Draft and played from his second year at Fusion regularly. Overall, he stood at 100 MLS games on the court, scoring 2 goals. He was appointed to the MLS Best XI in 2001 and won with the team the MLS Supporters' Shield.
At the end of the 2001 season Miami made a game operation. In the resulting MLS Allocation Draft, he was selected by the Colorado Rapids.
It can be used both as a defender and as a defensive midfielder.
National
On 7 June 2002, he played his first international match against the team of Ecuador. In the same year he was also a member of the U.S. team for the World Cup, and came in the opening group game against Portugal for use.
In 2006 he was a member of the squad for the World Cup in Germany. He came in the group match against Italy for use and saw there by referee Jorge Larrionda the red card. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee Mastroeni then imprisoned for three matches and sentenced him to a payment of 7,500 Swiss francs. Through the barrier he also missed the first two games of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007.
On 7 February 2007 he was during a game against Mexico, Team Captain of the United States.
The last nomination for the U.S. team, he received during the qualifying stage for the World Cup 2010. For the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, he was no longer considered.