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Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit,
Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and
successful American soccer players.  

Jones is currently the all-time leader of the
United States men's national soccer team|United
States national team in appearances, with 164 as
of end of 2004 (scoring 15 goals), and has played
for the team in the Football World Cup 1994|1994,
Football World Cup 1998|1998, and Football World
Cup 2002|2002 World Cups.  Jones currently plays
for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer,
with whom he has been with since their inaugural
season in 1996.  He was one of a significant group
of American national team stars who returned from
overseas to aid the new American soccer league,
coming home after playing half a season at
Brazilian club Clube de Regatas Vasco da
Gama|Vasco da Gama.  Before joining them, Jones
played one season with Coventry City of the
English Premier League, and had trained with FC
Köln of the Bundesliga (football)|Bundesliga. 
Jones emerged as a talented player in college
soccer|college, making the prestigious UCLA soccer
team as a non-scholarship player, but becoming one
of its most successful soccer-playing graduates.

Jones' best year with the Galaxy came in 1998,
when he was second in the league in points (51 on
19 goals and 13 assists), was named to the MLS
Best XI, and was also named U.S. Soccer Athlete of
the Year. In 2005, he became the last players in
MLS to remain with his original team since 1996.
In nine years in the league, Jones totaled 59
goals and 76 assists for 194 points in the regular
season, plus six goals and eleven assists in the
playoffs. As of the end of the 2004 season, he is
the Galaxy's all-time leader in games (223), goals
and points.

==See also==
* List of current MLS players