diego gutierrez

Diego Gutierrez (born November 3, 1972 in Bogota, Colombia), is a Colombian-American soccer player, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer. Born in Colombia, Gutierrez was part of that country's youth teams, playing in the World Under-16 Championship in Scotland in 1989. He came to the United States to attend Rockhurst College, and was drafted by the then-Kansas City Wiz in the second round of the 1996 MLS College Draft. Gutierrez spent two seasons in Kansas City, but missed all of 1997 with an ACL injury. Gutierrez's career took off after he was taken by the Chicago Fire in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft. He helped the expansion club to the 1998 MLS Cup and US Open Cup double, scoring his first goal as a professional in the 2-0 MLS Cup win over D.C. United. Usually a left back, but equally adept at both defense and midfield, he spent four seasons in Chicago, winning a second Open Cup in 2000. Prior to the 2002 season, Gutierrez was re-acquired by Kansas City, and has been there ever since, winning his third Open Cup in 2004. In his MLS career, he has scored ten regular season goals and 37 assists, adding that MLS Cup goal and two assists in the playoffs. Gutierrez became a United States citizen in 2000, and received one cap with the US national team, coming on December 9, 2001 against South Korea.

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