John Harkes
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Midfielder John Harkes was one of U.S. soccer's leading lights of the
1990s. While attending the University of Virginia, Harkes won the
Missouri Athletic Club Award for college soccer player of the year in
1987. That same year he made his first appearance on the U.S. men's
national team. He made the national team 13 times in all and was team
captain in 1995. He started his professional career with the USISL's
Albany Capitals and played professionally in England before returning
to the United States in 1996 to help launch Major League Soccer,
serving as captain of D.C. United and leading the team to back-to-back
MLS Cup titles in 1996 and 1997. Harkes joined the New England
Revolution in 1999 and played two and a half seasons before being
traded to the Columbus Crew. He played in five consecutive MLS All-Star
Games (1996-2000). Harkes announced his retirement in 2003, the year he
was honored with a star at the U.S. Soccer Star Plaza at the Home Depot
Center. He is scheduled to be inducted into the National Soccer Hall of
Fame in Oneonta, New York, on August 29, 2005.