Take heart Claudio Reyna and Tony Meola, you are two of the 12 first-time eligible players for the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame.
Sure, the facility in Oneonta, NY (truly a wondrous location) closed two years ago but what does that matter?
For real though, it's nice to see one of the greatest midfielders in U.S. men's history-Reyna-and the goalkeeper that was on the 1994 World Cup team get some much deserved praise. Reyna was the first American to really do anything in Europe for a club team while Meola helped some overachieving squads reach heights that they could have never imagined a few years earlier.
The U.S. Soccer Federation said Tuesday other newly eligible players are: Jose Burciaga Jr., Ronald Cerritos, Lorrie Fair, Jen Lalor-Nielsen, Ronnie O'Brien, Ante Razov, David Regis, Thori Staples Bryan, Greg Vanney and Kerry Zavagnin.
Holdovers on the 31-player ballot include Mike Burns, Peter Nowak, Carlos Valderrama and Peter Vermes, all in their final year of regular eligibility.
Players must appear on at least two-third of the regular ballots to gain election. Voters include Hall of Famers, administrators and media.
The veterans ballot includes George Best, Teofilo Cubillas, Shep Messing and Glenn Myernick. The top player on the veterans ballot needs 50 percent for election.
Don't feel bad, if you don't recognize most of those names because for the life of me, I don't know many of them either. Luckily, there's no information when this fake ceremony for the fake Hall of Fame is anyway so I guess we can all just guess when it is on our own and celebrate accordingly.
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