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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:35 pm Post subject:
Former USMNT World Cup vet Fernando Clavijo has died after a 5-year battle with cancer. Multiple myeloma, to be exact. He also coached in MLS. I remember him from the '94 World Cup team, and, of course, the '94 World Cup was hosted here in the U.S.
I have no memory of Clavijo. I had to go look him up. He was from Uruguay and moved to the US. It looks like he had retired from soccer, moved to the US, then got sucked back in during the dark days of the 1980s. Somehow, he wound up on the USMNT at age 38, when he was mostly coaching and playing futsal. And he started a couple games! Can you believe we were that thin? It looks like he got a red card in the round of 16 against Brazil. Later, he coached in MLS.
I’m sorry I don’t remember you, Fernando. You must have had some stories. RIP.
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