By Nicole Bernard
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Matthew (Matt) John McKeon (born September 24, 1974) is an American retired soccer midfielder who played seven seasons in Major League Soccer. He earned two caps with the United States men’s national soccer team and was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic soccer team.
On March 4, 1996, McKeon was the first pick in the 1996 MLS College Draft, going to the Kansas City Wizards. He was known as a tough defender, and led the league in fouls committed during the 1997 season. The Wizards traded him to the Colorado Rapids for Chris Henderson in November 1998. A year later, the Rapids traded him and Peter Vermes to the Wizards for Scott Vermillion, an allocation, and an exchange of draft picks. McKeon was a “salary cap casualty” in the 02/03 offseason, being cut from the team despite strong play. In seven seasons in MLS, McKeon scored 13 goals and 19 assists in league play.
McKeon earned two caps with the United States national team, both at the 1999 Confederations Cup, his first coming on July 30 against Germany. He also played at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
McKeon currently is the boys youth director of soccer and coaches several teams for Sporting JB Marine Soccer Club in St. Louis.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
To half your wish, add half your fear; And lo, a partner will appear. (Guess the word!)
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Born
- John Marshall (justice) –
- Marcus Alonzo Hanna (politician) –
- George Claude (inventor of neon light) –
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (American writer) –
- Severo Ochoa (biochemist) –
- Konstantin Chernenko (Russian politician) –
- Audra Lindley (actress) –
- Jim McKay (sportscaster) –
- John Young (astronaut) –
- Jim Henson (TV producer, creator of Muppets) –
- Linda McCartney (photographer, singer, activist, & wife of Beatle Paul McCartney) –
- Joe Greene (American football player) –
- Phil Hartman (actor) –
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy (politician) –
- Nia Vardalos (actress) –
- Kristin Talbot (Olympic speed skater) –
- Paul Spoljaric (baseball player) –
- Kevin Millar (baseball player) –
- Matt McKeon (Olympic soccer player) –
Died
- Theodor Geisel (author known as Dr. Seuss) –
- Jeffrey Moss (television writer, created Cookie Monster on Sesame Street) –
- Mike Webster (football player) –
Events
- Black Friday financial crisis–
- Fire breaks out at the U.S. Patent Office, Wash., D.C.–
- James Henry Fleming was the first to band a bird in Canada–
- Ernst A. Couturier patented a trumpet design–
- The world’s first transatlantic telephone cable, from Clarenville, Newfoundland, to Oban, Scotland, began operation–
- The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field–
- The USS Enterprise, the first U.S. atomic-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia–
- First TV newsmagazine, 60 Minutes, debuted–
- Tennis player Vicki Nelson-Dunbar played Jean Hepner in a 29-minute, 643-shot rally in Richmond, Virginia. The rally remains the longest point played in a professional tennis match. Nelson-Dunbar says the two-set match lasted 61/2 hours. It was the longest rally in the history of professional tennis and probably in the history of any kind of competitive tennis.–
- The first female Episcopal assistant bishop was elected–
Weather
- Yellowstone Park recorded a temperature of -9 degrees F–
- The Sun and Moon appeared blue/pink/purple over the northeastern U.S. due to smoke from forest fires in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada–
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