Talk:Claudio Reyna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
UVA
 This article is within the scope of WikiProject University of Virginia, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on people, places and things associated with the University of Virginia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.
Start This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale. (add assessment comments)
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale within the University of Virginia WikiProject.
This article focuses on someone related to the University of Virginia and is being reviewed by the University of Virginia WikiProject.


This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.
Portal:Biography
 Biography Portal
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale. [FAQ]
(If you rated the article, please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)
This article is supported by the Sports and games work group.
WikiProject on Football The article on Claudio Reyna is supported by the WikiProject on Football, which is an attempt to improve the quality and coverage of football (soccer) related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page; if you have any questions about the project or the article ratings below, please consult the FAQ.
Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the quality scale.
Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale.


Contents

[edit] Captain America

I've been reading a wide variety of British newspapers for years, and have never, ever heard Reyna referred to as "Captain America". Injury-prone, yes, Captain America no.

Tom Prankerd 01:21, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I differ

Google: "captain america" "claudio reyna" = 767 hits

Google: "injury prone" "claudio reyna" = 349 hits.

Google: "captain america" "claudio reyna" site:.uk = 22 hits

You will noticed he is refered to as "Captain America" while at Manchester City, Sunderland or Rangers. In fact, the Ranger's own official site refer to him as "Captain America".

--FuzzyBunny 23:16, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

---

My bad, I'd never heard it, but I should have given you credit that you'd done your homework. Sorry.

Tom Prankerd 04:40, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi FuzzyBunny. Since Reyna signed for City I've been to watch them about 50 times and I've read every Guardian match report, but I've never heard that nickname once. Nicknames are usually less syllables than the original name. I've tried your google in UK and none of the links refer to his time at City. This website http://happyaxeman.co.uk/community/index.php?topic=4566.0 has a selection of player profiles by City fans; the 530 word profile of Reyna doesn't mention it once (unlike those of Dunne and Sinclair which give their nicknames). How about "the Rangers website described him as Captain America"? (Chorleypie 14:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC))

[edit] First American in World Cup all-star team?

"He became the first American ever named to the World Cup's all-tournament team."

According to the article England v United States (1950), John Souza from the U.S. team was selected to a World Cup All-Star team in the 1950 tournament. One of these articles probably needs a correction? --Jonik 15:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

He was the first American in the starting line-up of the World Cup all-star team. Or at least that's what a little info box said during a match. Maybe that's the difference. -Iopq 19:20, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Info box?

See Brian McBride, shouldn't Reyna have one of these, too? Here's a start:

Claudio Reyna
Personal information
Full name Claudio Reyna
Date of birth 20 July 1973
Place of birth    Livingston, NJ, United States
Playing position midfielder
Club information
Current club Manchester City F.C.
Youth clubs
University of Virginia
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003- Manchester City  ?? (??)   
National team
1994–2006 United States  ?? (??)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Bobby Convey has an info box, too. Why not Captian America? Dharris 16:36, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Probably should use the standard from the WikiProject Football, Players Formating (which is basically identical to what you have...). It would be nice to clean up all the pages for US national team players too.--Yukata Ninja 22:46, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
I had a similar thought after I posted my above comments. Should we start a project on this and perhaps solicit help from fans at bigsoccer.com? -- Dharris 14:36, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Project begun. Please feel free to help and edit at User:Dharris/player cleanup -- Dharris 15:34, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] POV

"frequently recognized as one of the most skillful ever to play for the United States" 1. This looks POV to me and needs a source 2. As someone who regularly sees Reyna play, I think the US team is in trouble if this is true :p Oldelpaso 18:40, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnicity?

His name is Latinate, but what country are his ancestors from? I'm just curious. -Iopq 14:57, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Argentina and Portugal, as stated in the article. Oldelpaso 15:48, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../c/l/a/Talk%7EClaudio_Reyna_c450.html"