Marcelo Balboa
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"Marcelo Balboa" is a retired American soccer defender (football)/defender who played in the 1990s for the United States men's national soccer team/U.S. national team, becoming its Captain (association football)/captain. After retiring from playing, he has worked as a commentator for ESPN and ABC Sports/ABC and MLS games on HDNet and Altitude Sports and Entertainment/Altitude, as well as FIFA World Cup games on Univision. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He is currently the head boys soccer coach for Monarch High School (Colorado)/Monarch High School in Louisville, Colo.

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And if anyone on our team said they did, they'd be lying, ... But as our careers went on, we started to hear more about the Hall. As a player, you always want to leave your mark. And with the Hall, people will have a way to remember us.

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Going into that stadium and getting a tie was phenomenal, ... That was the best we have played as a team being a man down. We knew we were doing a good job when we started knocking the ball around and the Mexican crowd was cheering 'Ole, Ole!!' That day, we left with the attitude that we were back in it again.

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In order for us to control our destiny, we have to have our own venues. It's about entertainment off the field and entertainment on the field. We're rewarding the people here in Colorado who have supported us by giving them a home.

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He was like a second father to me.

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As a player I was always labeled as Rambo or the guy who crushed people at the back, ... You never really knew how the media thought of you. The fact that they voted me in on the first time, it's a real honor.

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It'll be the perfect ending to a perfect weekend, ... I'll get to spend the weekend with my family, share a bunch of stories, get emotional during the ceremony and top it off with some soccer.

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Being here and realizing the gentlemen that are over here and the pre-NASL guys, I'm humbled and honored to be in the same group as you guys are in right now.

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