Player Bio

2009: Earned Man of the Match honors after scoring all three goals in the 3-2 win against Sweden … Only player to appear in the first five matches of the season before not playing against Honduras on June 6 … 2008: Earned U.S. Soccer’s Young Male Athlete of the Year award… Made eight appearances in 2008, starting five games … All of his career-high five starts came in World Cup qualifying, tied with a host of players for third-most on the team … Tallied a career best two assists, both in the 6-1 qualifying win against Cuba on Oct. 11 at RFK Stadium …His sliderule pass set up DaMarcus Beasley for the team’s first goal and earned Kljestan a “Best of” nomination for Best Assist …Added a second assist on Brian Ching’s goal … 2007: Earned his first cap with the U.S. MNT when he started against China in June of 2007 … Also tallied an assist in that game when he played Benny Feilhaber through for the second goal of a 4-1 victory … Part of the team for the 2007 Copa America in Venezuela, he earned two caps with starts against Paraguay and Colombia … Appeared as a sub in a friendly against South Africa in November …Under-23s: Featured in all three games in Beijing, finishing as the team’s leading scorer with two goals and playing every minute of the competition … Latched on to a Freddy Adu throughball to finish past the goalkeeper and level the game against Netherlands at 1-1 … Tucked away a late penalty against Nigeria, but the U.S. fell 2- 1 and was eliminated from the competition … Appeared in four out of five CONCACAF Olympic qualifying games, earning an Honorable Mention to the All-Tournament Team … Served as vice-captain to Maurice Edu … Scored the third goal of a 3-0 win during the crucial semifinal match against Canada in Nashville when he finished off a full-field passing move …Captained Peter Nowak’s U-23 squad in a December trip to China … Under-20s: Was a part of the U-20 World Cup team that competed in Holland in 2005 … Played in two of three qualifying matches, starting and registering an assist against Costa Rica in 2005 … Played in 12 matches, starting nine … Five appearances for the team were in international matches, with two of them being starts … Registered two international assists over the course of the year, tying him for the most on the team … Scored a goal against Borussia M’gladbach … Came into camp for the first time with any youth national team for the U-20s in July 2004 for the Ballymena International Tournament in Northern Ireland … Got his first U-20 cap coming on as a sub against Denmark on July 17 in 1-1 draw … Started first match against Wales in a 1-1 draw on July 21 … Also invited into the final camp of 2004 at The Home Depot Center … Started against Canada on Dec. 20 … Got first goal against Mexican first division club team Necaxa on Dec. 18 … First Appearance: June 2, 2007, vs. China … First Goal: None.

2009: Resumed his starting role in the center of the park for Chivas… 2008: Featured in 22 games for Chivas USA - starting 21 - while earning MLS Best XI honors for the first time in his career … Scored a career-high five goals during 2008, and added seven assists, good for second-best in the league … Helped Chivas USA overcome significant injury problems to return to the postseason for the third consecutive year … 2007: Started all 25 games in which he appeared for Chivas USA, playing 2,186 minutes … Scored four goals for the team as Chivas captured their first Western Conference title in club history … Was third in Major League Soccer with 13 assists during the regular season… 2006: Appeared in 32 regular-season games for Chivas USA … In 31 starts, he played 2,676 minutes and contributed seven assists, the highest number among MLS rookies … In Chivas first ever trip to the postseason, he played in both games in the conference semifinals, logging 112 minutes, registering 1 assist.

2004: Preseason All-Big East Selection at Seton Hall… Played and started in all 22 games for the Pirates … Finished second in scoring with 21 points (seven goals, seven assists) … Had five game winning goals … Named First Team All-Region … Named First Team All-American … 2003: Made 18 starts in the midfield for Seton Hall … Finished second on the team in points (14), assists (six) and goals (four)… Earned All-Big East Third Team honors, one of only three league freshmen to earn all-conference honors … Garnered back-to-back Big East Rookie of the Week honors in September … Recorded a goal and two assists in 4-2 win over No. 6 St. John’s on Sept. 24 … Awarded College Soccer News All-Freshman Third Team honors… Seton Hall Freshman Male Athlete of the Year … Named to Big East Academic All-Star Team.

Full name is Sacha Bryan Kljestan … Has an older brother, Gordon, who plays United Soccer Leagues … Describes himself as an avid golfer … Music is a big part of his life.