Cobi Jones Biography
Cobi Jones (Born Cobi N’Gai Jones) is an American former soccer player and analyst for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Time Warner Cable SportsNet. He can also be seen on Fox Sports, BeIN Sports, the Pac-12 Network and as the host of the Totally Football Show: American Edition.
As a player, he was a midfielder from 1994 until 2007, starting his career in England with Premier League club Coventry City, before playing for Brazilian side Vasco da Gama. He is one of a significant group of American national team stars who returned from overseas to aid the then-new Major League Soccer in 1996, beginning an 11-year spell with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Jones is the all-time leader in caps for the United States national team and a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Following retirement, he served as an assistant coach with the LA Galaxy for two seasons. Cobi joined City Of Angels FC as Director Of Football in 2007.
10 Quick Facts About Cobi Jones
- Name: Cobi Jones
- Age: 51 years
- Birthday: June 16
- Zodiac Sign: Gemini
- Height: Average
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Former Soccer
- Marital Status: Married
- Salary: $95,000
- Net worth: $3 Million
Cobi Jones Age
Jones was born on June 16, 1970, in Detroit, Michigan, United States. He is 51 years old as of 2022.
Cobi Jones Net Worth
Jones has an estimated net worth of $3 Million and earns a salary of $95,000.
Cobi Jones Wife
On September 12, 2009, he married his girlfriend, Kim Reese after having a long affair with her. Her wife is a music consultant and former music executive at New Line Cinema. The couple celebrated their marriage at the Four Seasons Resort Aviara in Carlsbad, California. Since getting married to Kim, he is extremely happy in his married life. There is no news of divorce or separation. They are blessed with two sons named, Cayden and Cai.
Cobi Jones Galaxy
Former LA Galaxy forward Cobi Jones said Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s superb play since joining the MLS side could be due to some divine intervention. “Any time that you have a player like Ibrahimovic, who seems to have been kissed by the gods right now, as far as timing of everything goes, anything can happen,” Jones said on The Totally Football Show.
Ibrahimovic has taken MLS by storm since joining the Galaxy in March. Former Sweden international has 22 goals in 26 games, is a strong contender for MVP, and even has the top-selling jersey in MLS. The team, currently in 7th place in the Western Conference, must win their final regular-season game on Sunday against visiting Houston to leapfrog Real Salt Lake for the final playoff spot.
Ibrahimovic scored the opening goal in LA’s 3-1 victory last week at Minnesota in a must-win game that kept the four-time MLS champion’s postseason hopes alive. “When I watched that game I thought, okay, I knew he could score goals, I knew he could battle, but his ability with the ball at his feet was pretty good as he was bringing those players through,” said Jones, who played his entire MLS career with the Galaxy and is the U.S. leader in international caps.
Cobi Jones Coach
Jones was announced as an assistant coach with the Galaxy under Ruud Gullit on November 9, 2007. After Gullit’s resignation on August 11, 2008, Jones served as the interim head coach until the Galaxy hired Jones’s former U.S. national team head coach Bruce Arena. In January 2011, Jones left the Galaxy to serve as associate director of soccer with the New York Cosmos and was with the club through 2012.
Cobi Jones Quotes
- There’s no need to overwhelm yourself with thoughts because you know that you’re just as good or better than some of the players you’re going up against.
- 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.
- I like the guys on the team and the coaching here. Especially like the management. The Galaxy have been really good to me.
- I never thought I’d play soccer past high school, so to go from that team to actually be most-capped and three World Cups is pretty special.
- I am both honored and blessed to have had such a wonderful career with the LA Galaxy and I am thankful for everything the club, the fans, and the community has done for me and my family.
- This has been my most satisfying, my most gratifying, my most content year, and to culminate this way is perfection.
(on the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 2005 season) - After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention.
- I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion, and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them.
- You are going to have hostile crowds and the fans are going to find out where you are staying and keep you awake at night. They are going to use everything possible.
Cobi Jones Club Career
After Cobi playing in the 1994 World Cup held in the United States, he signed with English team the Coventry City of the Premier League, where he spent one season. He trained with German club FC Köln of the Bundesliga before joining Brazilian club Vasco da Gama after impressive performances with the U.S. national team in the 1995 Copa America. After only a few months in Brazil, Jones signed with the new Los Angeles Galaxy franchise for Major League Soccer’s inaugural season.
Jones’s best year with the Galaxy came in 1998, where he was second in MLS with 32 points (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 player in MLS to remain with his original team since 1996. He announced on March 19, 2007, that he would retire following the season. He played his last game with the Galaxy on October 21, 2007. The club retired his number 13 making it the first number retired in MLS history. The number was later assigned to Jermaine Jones. Jones finished his Galaxy career with 306 appearances and 70 goals.
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