Jonathan Bornstein

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Jonathan Bornstein
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Bornstein with Chivas USA in 2010
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Rey Bornstein
Date of birth (1984-11-07) November 7, 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Torrance, California, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1998–2002 Irvine Strikers
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos 36 (17)
2004–2005 UCLA Bruins 40 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Chivas USA 123 (9)
2011–2015 Tigres UANL 9 (0)
2014 → Atlante (loan) 3 (0)
2014–2015 → Querétaro (loan) 13 (1)
2015–2018 Querétaro 81 (2)
2018–2019 Maccabi Netanya 25 (1)
2019–2022 Chicago Fire 83 (2)
2023-2024 Vida 31 (0)
2024 Tallahassee SC 1 (0)
International career‡
2007–2011 United States 38 (2)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2009 South Africa Team
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner CONCACAF Gold Cup 2007
Runner-up CONCACAF Gold Cup 2011
Men's Soccer
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023

Jonathan Rey Bornstein (born November 7, 1984) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left-back. He has captained and made 38 appearances for the United States national team. In addition to also playing for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer (with whom he was the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year, an MLS Best XI, and a two-time MLS All-Star), he has played in Liga MX and in the Israeli Premier League. He won a silver medal with Team USA at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel.

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Youth and college

Bornstein attended Los Alamitos High School, where he played soccer for all four years. [2] He was MVP of the Sunset League, first-team all-county, and All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), and led the soccer team to a CIF Championship. [3] He also played club soccer for Long Beach United, Beach Soccer Club, and the Irvine Strikers club team coached by Don Ebert. He won the Golden Boot Award as he led the Strikers to the US Youth Soccer 2002 Under-17 National Championship. [3] [2] [4]

He started his college soccer career at Cal Poly Pomona [5] and played there for the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos for two years. In 2002, Bornstein was California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Freshman of the Year, first-team All-CCAA, and second-team All-Far West Region, as he led the team in scoring. [3] In 2003, he was again first-team All-CCAA and second-team All-Far West Region, and was selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America College Division District VIII team with a 3.30 GPA in Business Administration, as he led Cal Poly in all scoring categories. [3] He finished his career at Cal Poly Pomona ranked second in career assists (19), third in career points (53), and fifth in career goals (19). [3]

He then transferred to UCLA for the 2004 season as a sociology major. [3] In 2004, Bornstein played in all of the UCLA's 20 games, with nine starts. [3] In 2005, he started all 20 games and was named second-team All-Pac-10. [3]

Bornstein was a teammate of Benny Feilhaber at the youth (with the Irvine Strikers), college (at UCLA, where they were roommates), and national-team level, and at the Maccabiah Games in Israel. [2] Feilhaber said he and Bornstein "definitely had a special connection" because of their religion from the beginning of their friendship. [2]

Club career

Chivas USA

Bornstein was selected by Chivas USA in the fourth round (37th overall) of the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. [6] A forward in college, he was converted to a left back by Chivas coach Bob Bradley, and was his team's surprising starter at the position when the season opened. [7] Injuries and suspensions forced Bornstein back into an attacking role for Chivas USA's June 3 match against FC Dallas, where the rookie scored his first MLS goal. He continued his fine play in the back and also contributed to the attack during the rest of the season, finishing the year with four assists and six goals, leading all rookies. He started every game in the season, and his total of 2,878 minutes played was third-highest in the league. [8] He was rewarded for his fine form by winning the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year Award. [6]

In 2007, he was an MLS All-Star, and named to the MLS Best XI as one of the best 11 players in Major League Soccer. [6] In 2008, Bornstein suffered a knee injury that affected him throughout the spring. When he came back, Chivas coach Preki began to employ him in an attacking capacity, which Bornstein trained for in his youth. [9] He repeated as an MLS All-Star in 2008. [6]

In summer 2008, Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv was reportedly interested in Bornstein. [10] News stories claimed that the offer involved a transfer fee of $750,000 and would increase the player's salary five-fold to around $500,000 a season. Bornstein was apparently unenthusiastic, fearing that such a move could cost him his place in the U.S. national team.

In 2009, he was the Chivas USA Defender of the Year (2009) and captain. [6] [11] In five seasons with Chivas USA (2006–10), Bornstein made 123 regular season appearances (117 starts). [6]

Swiss Second Division

Bornstein Recently Joined AC Bellinzona He Will Play Against FC Vaduz For Debut He Is Swiss-American-Israeli-Mexican He Is Excited To Play In Switzerland

Liga MX

Bornstein spent the next eight seasons in Mexico's first division, Liga MX. [6] He first played for Tigres de la UANL (2010–14). [6] In July 2010, it was announced by Chivas USA that Bornstein would join Tigres de la UANL in January 2011, following the conclusion of the 2010 Major League Soccer season. [12] [13]

Bornstein was selected by Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. In doing so, Portland retained his MLS rights should he ever return to the league. [14] On February 13, 2013, Portland traded Bornstein's MLS rights back to Chivas USA with allocation money for midfielder Ben Zemanski. [15]

Bornstein was transfer listed by Tigres on November 19, 2012. [16]

He played for Atlante F.C. (2013–14) and Querétaro F.C. (2014–18). [6] On May 24, 2015, Bornstein scored the goal that sent Querétaro F.C. to their first-ever Liga MX final. Then, on June 10, 2015, it was announced that Bornstain had signed for Querétaro on a permanent basis. [17]

While playing in Mexico, he made 128 appearances and won the 2011–12 Liga MX championship, as well as the 2016–17 Copa MX and 2017 Supercopa MX titles. [6]

Maccabi Netanya

In 2018, Bornstein signed with Maccabi Netanya of the Israeli Premier League ahead of the 2018–19 League campaign. [6] Playing for Maccabi Netanya in Netanya, Israel in 2018–19, he became an Israeli citizen due to his Jewish lineage. [18] During his time with the club, Bornstein made 36 appearances with 35 starts, totaling 3,163 minutes across all competitions. [6]

Chicago Fire

The Chicago Fire of MLS acquired him from Maccabi Netanya on July 22, 2019. [6] The team signed Bornstein to a contract through 2020, with a 2021 club option that the team exercised in July 2020. [19] [20] In 2019, he played in 11 starts in his first season with the Fire. [6] Bornstein left Chicago at the end of the 2022 season. [21]

International career

Bornstein has made 38 appearances for the United States national soccer team. [22] He got his first cap, and scored his first goal on an assist from Justin Mapp, for the U.S. national team on January 20, 2007, against Denmark. [6] As 2007 continued, Bornstein became the first choice left back for Bob Bradley. He played for the U.S. in Copa América 2007. [6] He received his first World Cup Qualifying appearance in a start against Guatemala in the semifinal round of World Cup Qualifying. In 2007, he helped the USMNT win the CONCACAF Gold Cup, making five starts during the tournament. [6] He featured in the Concacaf Gold Cup (2007, 2011). [6]

In 2008, Bornstein lost his starting place to Heath Pearce and also struggled with injuries. He started the group stage matches at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, but was relegated back to the bench when Carlos Bocanegra returned from injury. [23]

After the Confederations Cup, Bornstein eventually replaced Pearce as first-choice again and remained so for the rest of the qualifiers. He scored the equalizing goal in the United States' final World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica in the fifth minute of injury time. The goal meant that Honduras, when combined with their win over El Salvador, a game in which Bornstein captained the US side, qualified automatically for the 2010 World Cup. [24] [25] That goal resulted in Bornstein having a level of celebrity in Honduras; he was invited to Honduras by the President of the country and he received letters of thanks for years afterwards. [26] [27]

After sitting out the first two group-stage games for the United States in the 2010 World Cup, Bornstein started at left back against Algeria in the final group game and against Ghana in the round of 16.

Bornstein was never recalled to the squad by Bradley's successor, Jürgen Klinsmann, by Klinsmann's successor, Bruce Arena, or by Arena's successor, interim manager Dave Sarachan.

Maccabiah Games

Bornstein played in the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel, representing the U.S. along with Benny Feilhaber, Kevin Friedland, Matt Reiswerg, and Leo Krupnik, winning a silver medal. [28] [29] He scored two goals in the team's quarterfinal win over South Africa. [3] Because of his Jewish lineage, he had an opportunity to play in Israel and not count as a foreign player. [30]

Personal life

Bornstein was born in Torrance, California, and later lived in Los Alamitos, California. [31] His father is Jeff Bornstein, who is Jewish and was born in Torrance into an Orthodox family, and worked for Hostess until his death in 2014. [3] [32] [2] His mother is from Mexico, and is not Jewish. [7] Bornstein's parents divorced when he was three years old, and he lived with his father. [27] His step-mother, Rochelle Bornstein, works as a deli supervisor and cashier at a grocery store in Long Beach, California. [2] [33] [32] [34] [35] [36] [29] [37] His father's family were Romanian Jews. [24] Bornstein grew up observing Rosh Hashanah and Passover with relatives, and said of his experience representing the U.S. in the 2005 Maccabiah Games reinforcing his Jewish identity: "I was able to explore my Jewish identity in the Old City, at Masada, at the Dead Sea." [7] [2] In 2006 he said: "in the past couple years, I’ve felt more Jewish than ever." [7] He found faith in Christianity when he met his wife, and was baptized, while in Mexico. [18] He told ESPN, "Just experiencing both cultures, sometimes I felt like I didn't know where I belonged. It's still a soul-searching kind of thing, trying to figure out exactly where you come from or which heritage you relate to. I still kind of feel lost even to this day, but it's something that I just deal with, and it makes me a stronger person having both of those heritages." [38]

His brother Andrew played soccer at Cal Poly Pomona, and is now a marketing director. [3] [32] He has a third brother, Taylor. [32] His wife, Juliana, is from Brazil, and he has two daughters. [39]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played October 1, 2022 [40]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chivas USA 2006 Major League Soccer 326——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0346
2007 231——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0251
2008 212—2 [lower-alpha 2] 02 [lower-alpha 1] 0252
2009 260——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0280
2010 210102 [lower-alpha 3] 0—240
Total12391040801369
Tigres UANL 2010–11 Liga MX 70———70
2011–12 00———00
2012–13 20—4 [lower-alpha 4] 0—60
2013–14 0070——70
Total907040—200
Atlante (loan) 2013–14 Liga MX 3030——60
Querétaro (loan) 2014–15 13150——181
Querétaro 2015–16 270—5 [lower-alpha 2] 0—320
2016–17 27170——341
2017–18 14080——220
Total81220050—1062
Maccabi Netanya 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 25160—5 [lower-alpha 5] 0361
Chicago Fire 2019 Major League Soccer 110———110
2020 201———201
2021 300———300
2022 221———221
Total832000000832
Career total3241437013013038714
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in North American SuperLiga
  4. ↑ Two appearances in CONCACAF Champions League and two appearances in Copa Libertadores
  5. ↑ Appearances in Toto Cup

International

As of 24 November 2011
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States
2007121
200810
2009131
2010100
201120
Total382

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
01.January 20, 2007 Home Depot Center, Carson, United StatesFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2 – 13–1 Friendly
02.October 14, 2009 RFK Stadium, Washington, United StatesFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2 – 22–2 2010 World Cup qualifier

Honors

UANL

Querétaro

United States

Individual

See also

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