13 - Cobi Jones Forward, Los Angeles Height: 5-7 Weight: 145 Born: June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan College: UCLA Last Club: Vasco de Gama (Brazil) How Acquired: Allocated to the Galaxy on March 6, 1996. Profile A fixture on the Galaxy since 1996, Jones' speed and hard work in attack are a constant threat to opposing defenses … He captained the Galaxy to the 2000 Football Confederation Champions' Cup … Jones led Los Angeles in scoring in 2000 for the third consecutive year (7g, 6a) … The five-time MLS All-Star is one of only five players in league history to surpass the 50-point scoring threshold in one season, having done so in 1998 … Jones is the all-time appearances leader in U.S. National Team history, surpassing Marcelo Balboa's mark of 128 caps last year. MLS Career Highlights 1999: Finished the season for the second-straight year as the Galaxy's Budweiser Scoring Champion, registering eight goals and eight assists for 24 points...nominated for Honda's 1999 U.S. Player of the Year, with Kasey Keller and Claudia Reyna...selected as member of the MLS West All-Star squad...tallied three game-winning goals and two game-winning assists on the season...broke the 100 barrier in three different categories, including GP (106), GS (104) and Points (116)...registered his 100th MLS game played on 9/4/99 at Miami, in a 2-1 victory...scored the Galaxy's first goal to help propel the club to a 3-2 shootout win over the Burn on 3/28...recorded the game-winning assist on Clint Mathis' goal ('64) on 6/6 vs. Kansas City...registered a goal and an assist in a 5-2 win on 7/11 at New England...scored in the 85th minute with assists from Ezra Hendrickson and Danny Pena...combined with Mauricio Cienfuegos on Ezra Hendrickson's goal ('63)...on 8/7 at San Jose, scored the game-winning goal with assists from Cienfuegos and Danny Pena, propelling L.A. to a 4-1 win...registered two assists on 8/21 vs. the MetroStars, assisting on goals by Zach Ibsen ('1 7) and Carlos Hermosillo ('59)...registered the game-winning goal to defeat Miami, 2-1, on 9/4 with assists from Mauricio Cienfuegos and Simon Elliott...notched the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Chicago on 9/11...scored two goals for the first time on the season against Colorado on 9/29, registering his 40th and 41st career goals. 1998: Finished the regular season with a team-high 51 points on 19 goals and 13 assists in 24 starts… joined Stern John (1998) and Roy Lassiter (1996) as one of three players to surpass the 50-point scoring threshold in the league's history…1998 Honda Player of the Year candidate...among the league leaders ranking 2nd in goals (19), 7th in assists (13), and T-1st in hat-tricks (3)…has tallied a point in 20 of his last 28 games with the Galaxy , dating back to a one goal performance versus Colorado on 9/10/97…scored at least one goal in 12 of his 24 appearances this season…boasts only the third eight-point game in MLS history, recording his fourth career hat-trick with goals in the 11th, 79th and 85th minutes and two assists on Hermosillo's 56th and 72nd minute goals in a 5-1 win over New England…posted his fourth career hat-trick on 8/22 at New England to take over as the all-time career leader in the category…scored his 30th career MLS goal with an 85th minute strike against New England on 8/22…recorded his 20th career assist to become the fourth player in league history to post 20 goals and 20 assists…joined the 20-20 club with an assist on a Welton goal at Tampa Bay on 7/15…added two assists to join the MLS's elite single-season 10-10 club in the 3-1 victory on 7/15 at Tampa Bay…only five players had posted 10 goals and 10 assists in a single-season in MLS's three-year history entering the 1998 campaign…led all MLS USA All-Star vote-getters with 21,971(2nd overall) to garner a starting position at midfield in the Third Annual MLS All-Star Game on August 2…had a nine-game point streak from 3/21to 7/4 snapped by D.C. United…in his first nine games in 1998, Jones' points totals surpassed his previous single-season totals in 1996 and 1997 with nine goals and seven assists for 25 points…Missed eight Galaxy matches while with the World Cup team in France…finished the season with three game-winning goals and four game-winning assists 1997: Scored seven goals and nine assists for a total of 23 points in 26 appearances, 25 starts… assisted on Eduardo Hurtado game-winning goal in the Galaxy's 1-0 victory versus New England on 8/8…had a game-winning assist on 7/21 versus the MetroStars, assisting on a 22nd minute Greg Vanney goal…selected as member of the MLS West All-Star squad 1996: Finished the season with 18 points on seven goals and four assists in 28 appearances, 27 starts…suffered the second most fouls (77) in MLS in 1996…recorded first hat-trick of his career in a 4-3 loss at Tampa Bay on 7/27…scored the Galaxy's first MLS goal in the 37th minute of the opening day victory over the NY/NJ MetroStars on 4/13/96 National Team Highlights One of only two players on the 1998 World Cup squad to have played every game in both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups…youngest men's player in the world to reach 100 international appearances on February 10, 1998 against Brazil in the CONCACAF Gold Cup at the age of 27 years old…in 1992, made his first National Team appearance on 9/3 versus Canada…scored first National team goal on 10/9 against the Ivory Coast in 1992 1998: Named recipient of the 1998 Chevrolet/U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year award…finished the year having played 15 games, 14 starts… played every minute of the 1998 World Cup in France 1997: Started 10 of 14 matches, recording 850 minutes on the pitch 1996: Played in 14 matches, 12 starts, recording two goals…scored the game-winning goal in the USA's 2-1 win over Scotland on May 26 1995: Appeared in 12 games, recording one goal and four assists for six points…scored the game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Nigeria in the U.S. Cup 1994: Started 19 of 23 matches, scoring two goals for four points 1993: Registered 30 games, 16 starts, tallying two goals and five assists 1992: Played in three games with one start and recorded a goal and two assists 1991: Was a member of the gold medal winning U.S. Team at the 1991 Pan American Games College Highlights Attended the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and played from 1988 to 1991…selected NSCAA All-American in 1991…finished his career with 37 assists for second place all-time among bruins in 1991