Steve Ralston

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Steve Ralston
Personal information
Full name	Steve Ralston
Date of birth	14 June 1974
Place of birth	St. Louis, MO, United States
Height	5'9"
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	New England Revolution
Number	14
Youth clubs
1992-95	Scott Gallagher FIU
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1996-01 2002-	Tampa Bay Mutiny New England Revolution	187 (35) 139 (24)
National team**
1997-	United States	32 (4)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2006.

Steve Ralston (born June 14, 1974 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer player, who currently plays right midfield and right defense in Major League Soccer for the New England Revolution.

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 to join the New England Revolution. He was Tampa Bay's all-time leader in games played (177) and points (130). 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 ten years in the league, he scored 51 goals and 102 assists in 281 regular season games, and added three goals and five assists in 23 playoff games. Furthermore, Ralston has started in all but two of these matches.

Ralston had a break out year for the United States national team in 2005 earning 15 caps, however he was only listed as an alternate for United States World Cup roster. His first cap came on January 17, 1997 against Peru.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Preceded by Thomas Dooley

MLS Fair Play Award Winner 1999 and 2000

Succeeded by Alex Pineda Chacón

New England Revolution - Current Squad
1 Reis | 2 Dempsey | 3 Hernandez | 4 John | 5 Sims | 6 Heaps | 8 Franchino | 11 Noonan | 12 Warren | 14 Ralston | 15 Parkhurst | 16 Riley | 17 Brown | 18 Smith | 19 Lochhead | 20 Twellman | 21 Joseph | 22 Leonard | 23 Gonzalez | 25 Dorman | 31 Larentowicz | 32 Oka | 34 Tomasso | Coach: Nicol