Carlos Bocanegra is the glue that holds the Mens National team’s defense together. From 2000-2003 Carlos played with Chicago’s Fire; In 2000 he won the MLS rookie of the year award and in 2002 and 2003 he won the MLS Defender of the year award.
After MLS, he left for the Premier League and Fulham where he played until 2008. Since then Carlos has been in Ligue 1 with Stade Rennais. Throughout his career he has tallied 264 professional appearances.
This is his second World Cup and at the age of 31 could possibly be his last. He is no stranger to the Captain armband as he led Fulham for the first time in 2007 in a 3-3 draw against Wigan.
Carlos is the only part of our defense that does not worry me at this point. His talent and experience is drastically needed right now and will hopefully rub off on some of the other players.
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