Steve Ralston

Steve Ralston

Personal information
Full name	Steve Ralston
Date of birth	June 14, 1974 (1974-06-14) (age 35)
Place of birth	Oakville, Missouri, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	New England Revolution
Number	14
Youth career
1991–1995	FIU Golden Panthers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	187	(35)
2002–	New England Revolution	201	(42)
National team‡
1997–2007	United States	35	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 April, 2009

Steve Ralston (born June 14, 1974 in Oakville, Missouri) is an American soccer player who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer.

Career

Professional

Ralston was drafted 18th overall in the 1996 MLS College Draft by the Tampa Bay Mutiny out of Florida International University, and proceeded to become the first MLS player to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Ralston played for the Mutiny for six years, leaving only after the team was contracted in 2002. He was Tampa Bay's all-time leader in games played (177) and points (130). he then joined the New England Revolution. In his first year with the Revolution, Ralston led the league in assists with 19. He is currently the all-time MLS leader in games and minutes played. In twelve years in the league, he scored 61 goals and has 121 assists in 337 regular season games, and added three goals and five assists in 30 playoff games. Furthermore, Ralston has started in all but two of these matches.

International

Ralston had a break out year for the United States national team in 2005 by earning 15 caps. However, he was only listed as an alternate for United States at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His first cap came on January 17, 1997 against Peru. He was last chosen for the national team and was also capped on the squad that won the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Despite being capped 35 times over an 11 year span he was never selected to a World Cup roster.

Family

Married to Rachel and the couple has two daughters, Anna (7) and Clara (1), and one son, Liam (3)^[1]

Career statistics

[1]

Honors

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (2): 2005, 2007

New England Revolution

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2007
• North American SuperLiga (1): 2008

Individual

• MLS Rookie of the Year: 1996

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• Steve Ralston biography at RevolutionSoccer.net
• Steve Ralston biography at USSoccer.com

v • d • e United States squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place 2 Hejduk • 3 Vanney • 4 Bocanegra • 6 Gibbs • 7 Lewis • 8 Stewart • 10 Reyna • 11 Mathis • 12 Califf • 13 Mulrooney • 15 Convey • 17 Beasley • 18 Keller • 19 Ralston • 20 McBride • 21 Donovan • 24 Brown • 25 Mastroeni • Coach: Arena

v • d • e United States squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (3rd title) 1 Hahnemann · 2 Hejduk · 3 Vanney · 4 Onyewu · 5 O'Brien · 6 Cherundolo · 7 Beasley · 8 Dempsey · 9 Quaranta · 10 Donovan · 11 Casey · 12 Conrad · 13 Noonan · 14 Armas · 15 Olsen · 16 Wolff · 18 Keller · 19 Ralston · 21 Davis · 22 Sanneh · 23 Pope · 24 Reis · 25 Mastroeni · Coach: Arena

v • d • e United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Howard • 2 Hejduk • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Mastroeni • 5 Feilhaber • 6 M. Bradley • 7 Beasley • 8 Dempsey • 9 Johnson • 10 Donovan • 11 Ching • 12 DeMerit • 13 Bornstein • 14 Ralston • 15 Simek • 16 Parkhurst • 17 Spector • 18 Keller • 19 Clark • 20 Twellman • 21 Mapp • 22 Onyewu • 23 Guzan • Coach: B. Bradley