team roster 2008 season stats GP Goals Assists - - - name: Alex Yi position: D height: 6-3 weight:200 Birthdate: February 27, 1982 Hometown: Grasonville, MD last club: Royal Antwerp (Belgium)

Regular Season Stats

full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights

year	team	gp	gs	min	g	a	sht	sog	fc	fs	c	ej
2008	FC Dallas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		27	21	1,911	0	0	8	3	37	13	6	0

Acquired

By FC Dallas in an MLS weighted lottery (as a returning U.S. youth international) on January 12, 2005.

Professional Experience

2007: Injured his left calf in 1-0 loss at vs. NY on 4/26 and missed the 1-0 loss to NE on 4/29. Sustained a left hamstring injury in 1-0 win at COL on 6/23. leaving at halftime and missing the next seven games… On 9/8 vs. TFC, appeared in first regular season game since suffering a pulled hamstring vs. Tigres (friendly) on 7/11… Started USOC semifinal at Seattle on 9/4 and played 56 minutes before leaving with a right hamstring injury… Played full 90 in 9/23 game at LA, his first start since June 23 at Colorado when he left the game at halftime due to a hamstring injury… In U.S. Open Cup Final on 10/3, replaced Ricchetti at the start of the second half and was forced to leave the game himself in the 63rd minute due to a concussion suffered from a ball to the face… Missed 10/6 game at CLB due to concussion suffered in US Open Cup Final on 10/3… Missed 10/11 game vs. CHV with back spasms.

2006: Made 11 appearances, including six starts as a center back. Both figures were career-highs…made his first start of the year on 4/29 @ DC, playing 77 minutes…played all 90 minutes for the first time in his MLS career on 5/6 @ HOU…appeared in and started eight Reserve Division games, playing 588 minutes, collecting an assist and three yellow cards, including two in the 2-0 loss @ HOU on 8/13, earning him his first red card of the year…started and played the full 120 minutes in 4th Round Open Cup win over Charleston Battery on 8/2…also played in both legs of the Rio Grande Plate friendlies versus Tigres in July.

2005: Made his MLS and FC Dallas debut, starting in a 1-1 tie at San Jose on 9/24.

2003-04: Appeared in 13 matches, making 11 starts for Antwerp…Was voted Man of the Match for his match against Mons-Bergen.

2002-03: Signed with Royal Antwerp of the Belgium League after his sophomore year at UCLA…Appeared in four matches and accumulated three cautions…Made his first team debut against Club Brugge.

International

Has six career caps with the U-23 team and 12 career caps with the U-20 team…played in all three games during the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championships held in Argentina…Also started five games in the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championships (U-17) where the U.S. finished fourth in New Zealand…Played every minute of every game at the 1999 FC Qualifying tournament… compiled 39 career caps with the U-17's, scoring two goals.

College

2001: Finished his sophomore year at UCLA…Was a nominee for both the Hermann Trophy and MAC Player of the Year Award…Was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection and a third-team All-American by the NSCAA…Assisted on the game-tying goal with 43 seconds to play to send the game to overtime against LMU in the NCAA first round…Helped UCLA defense shut out nine opponents…Was a preseason Second Team All-American by CollegeSoccer.com.

2000: Was honored as the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year …Also earned Second Team All-Pac-10 honors…Was selected to Soccer America's All-Freshman Team…Was one of three Bruins to start all 19 matches.

Personal

Went to McDonogh High School in Maryland and was a two-time NSCAA All-American…played club soccer with FC Potomac, also in Maryland, and was teammates with current Colorado midfielder Kyle Beckerman and U.S. International Oguchi Onyewu, winning two state titles... Was member of the inaugural U.S. Residency class in Bradenton, Florida in 1998-1999, along with Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley, Bobby Convery, Onyewu, Beckerman, and others …biggest soccer influence was his father Kyom, who played for the Korean Youth National Team… In 2004, was with the U.S. U-23's for a camp in England playing the Manchester United Reserve…following the game, a scout from United offered Yi a contract with Royal Antwerp in Belgium, which was a feeder club to United…he flew to Belgium the next day and signed, while the rest of the team flew back to the U.S…lists his favorite television show as "Entourage"...listens to reggae music on game days, with his favorite artist being "Steel Pulse"…enjoys fishing….speaks Korean…Full name is Alexander Hyun Yi…both parents are real estate investors in DC…has older sister, Amy and younger brother, Brian…