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Cobi Jones
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Catalogued in major library authority records under the name "Jones, Cobi," Cobi N'Gai Jones built a career that spanned playing, coaching, and broadcasting in American soccer.
Born on June 16, 1970, in Detroit, Jones attended Westlake High School and later studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. He went on to work as a professional association football player and, separately, as a football coach, establishing himself across two distinct roles within the sport.
Jones is a United States citizen who has also worked as a sports commentator. His career across these three areas — player, coach, and commentator — is reflected in his presence in major bibliographic authority files, where his name is recorded as "Jones, Cobi."
Quotes by Cobi Jones
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I've seen a lot of highs and a lot of lows with this team, and one thing I've learned is that even though you have lows, you're not going to have them forever, so you've got to keep fighting.
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The league, I think, is doing well. It's growing, it's maturing, and it's becoming a better league.
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I never thought I’d play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually being most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.
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The people I still talk to are some of the old Galaxy players all over the place. That’s a bond that’s pretty special.
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That’s one of my jobs, just trying to do what I can to help this team out as much as possible.
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We didn’t think we were a fourth-place team. For us to beat the first-place team in the West and the first-place team in the East shows the dedication and determination that we had.
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Looking back now at my first World Cup experience, I didn’t know what was going on. I was a newbie and I had no idea what to expect.
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