| Carlos Bocanegra is the American national soccer | | | | he wears for the US team. |
| team captain. The centre back currently plays for | | | | Bocanegra played as a left back for the 2006 World |
| Rennes, a Ligue 1 French team. Though his name | | | | Cup team, but they did not make it past the elimination |
| stays largely out of the papers, with the American | | | | round. He was the first choice to become captain of |
| success in the first round of the World Cup he's | | | | the team in 2008. Under his leadership the American |
| become a bit of a minor celebrity in the in recent days. | | | | team became a real contender for the 2010 World |
| Bocanegra played as a UCLA Bruin before being | | | | Cup. The US national team was the only team to beat |
| signed into the professional leagues. He was drafted | | | | Spain in the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup games. |
| by Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire in 2000. That | | | | In the 2010 World Cup games the American Team |
| year the Fire won the U.S. Open Cup, and Bocanegra | | | | made it through the elimination round. Bocanegra |
| was awarded the title Rookie of the Year. He played | | | | played as a left back in the England and Slovenia |
| with the Fire until 2004, and won Defender of the year | | | | games, and left-center back against Algeria. America |
| in 2002 and 2003. | | | | was eliminated in their first group stage game against |
| In 2004 he was signed by Fullham Football Club, in one | | | | Ghana, in which Bocanegra was also a left-center |
| of the Burroughs of London. He played with them as a | | | | back. |
| centre back until 2008, when he moved to France to | | | | Bocanegra, 31, will return to Rennes for the regular |
| play for Rennes, where he wears the same #3 jersey | | | | season. |