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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Daniel Arthur Quimoy Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | January 3, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Petersburg, Virginia, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Houston Dynamo | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2008 | UNLV Rebels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008 | Des Moines Menace | 7 | (3) |
| 2009– | Houston Dynamo | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | United States U-17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | United States U-20 | 16 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Daniel "Danny" Cruz (born January 3, 1990 in Petersburg, Virginia) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer.
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Career
Youth and College
Cruz attended junior high in Rohnert Park, California, and then moved to Glendale, Arizona, where he attended Ironwood High School. He played two years of college soccer at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Cruz joined the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity as an undergraduate. He was the first UNLV player to earn MPSF Newcomer of the Year honors in his freshman year in 2007, and was named to the all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation first team after scoring five goals in 2008.
During his college years he also played with Des Moines Menace in the USL Premier Development League.
Professional
Cruz was drafted in the third round (41st overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by the Houston Dynamo. He made his professional debut on 28 March 2009, coming on as a substitute in Houston's game against the San Jose Earthquakes[1].
International
Cruz represented the United States at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea and the Pan American Games in Brazil in 2007, and appeared in seven international games for the United States U-20 national team in 2008.
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