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Rick Davis
Rick Davis (born November 24, 1958 in Denver, Colorado) is an American soccer midfielder, captain of the US National Team for a large part of the 1980s.
Davis played a year of college soccer at Santa Clara University before going pro with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in 1978. An American on a team of international superstars, he helped the team to three league titles. After the demise of NASL, Davis swithced to indoor soccer, playing in the Major Soccer League for the St. Louis Steamers, New York Arrows , and Tacoma Stars.
Davis made his first appearance for the United States on September 15, 1977 against El Salvador, and scored his first international goal in that game. Overall, he earned 36 caps (a record at the time), scoring seven goals for his country. Davis played for the U.S. in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics and was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 1984, the first year of the award.
Davis was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.
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