DEFENDER
Carlos Bocanegra
Height: 6-0.
Weight: 175.
Born: May 25, 1979.
Hometown: Alta Loma, Calif.
College/Club: UCLA.
Profile: A strong, fast man-marking defender ... Made his U-20 National Team debut on April 4, 1998 in a 1-1 draw versus Iceland ... Scored two goals during a 5-0 victory over Swiss club Neuchatel Xamax during the '98 Croix Tournament in France ... Scored the winner in a victory over the A-League's San Diego Flash ... Appeared in two international matches with the U.S. U-18 National Team in 1997 ... Won a NCAA Division I National Championship in his freshman year (1997) at UCLA, where he played for U-20 head coach Sigi Schmid ... Started 22 games for the Bruins in 1997, scoring 5 goals and adding 3 assists from his defensive position ... Named to Soccer America's All-Freshman team and was a Final Four All-Tournament selection in the Bruins NCAA title run ... A 1997 Parade Magazine All-American selection after his senior year at Alta Loma (Calif.)
In Oct 2002, Major League Soccer announced that Chicago Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra had been selected as the 2002 ADT Defender of the Year. At the age of just 23 years and five months, Bocanegra became the youngest player ever to be selected to receive the award, beating the mark set by Eddie Pope in 1997. High School ... Excelled in football and track ... Enjoys playing basketball and skiing.