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==Early life== Reyna's father Miguel moved to the United States in 1968 from Argentina, where he had gone through the youth system of [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] and played professionally with [[Club Atlético Los Andes|Los Andes]].<ref>http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?ART_ID=562138757 {{dead link|date=April 2013}}</ref> He settled in [[Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey|Springfield Township, New Jersey]] in the 1970s.<ref>Whiteside, Kelly. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/football /worldcup/2006-05-31-reyna-focus_x.htm "USA's Reyna personifies perseverance"], ''[[USA Today]]'', June 2, 2006. Accessed October 9, 2015. "Reyna's father, Miguel, is from Argentina, where he played professionally. His parents immigrated to New Jersey in the late 1950s, then settled a decade later in Springfield, N.J., where Reyna was raised."</ref> Reyna was born in [[Livingston, New Jersey]], where he learned the game from his father.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101696128.html?dids=101696128:101696128&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+16%2C+1994&author=By+Jerry+Trecker.+SPECIAL+TO+NEWSDAY&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=WORLD+CUP+%2794+Making+A+Quick+Point+Newcomers%2C+one+local%2C+help+USA+over+Norway&pqatl=google | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130131150001/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101696128.html?dids=101696128:101696128&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+16,+1994&author=By+Jerry+Trecker.+SPECIAL+TO+NEWSDAY&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=WORLD+CUP+'94+Making+A+Quick+Point+Newcomers,+one+local,+help+USA+over+Norway&pqatl=google | url-status = dead | archive-date = January 31, 2013 | title = WORLD CUP '94 Making A Quick Point Newcomers, one local, help USA over Norway | publisher = [[Newsday]] | date = January 16, 1994 | access-date = April 28, 2013 | first = Jerry | last = Trecker | quote = Chasing down a long throw from former Blau-Weiss Gottschee star Dario Brose, [Claudio Reyna], the 1993 College Player of the Year from the University of Virginia and Livingston, N.J., slammed a hard shot at Norway goalkeeper Frode Grodas to create a game-winning rebound chance for Cobi Jones as the United States defeated Norway, 2–1, in Sun Devil Stadium yesterday to begin its 1994 World Cup preparation with an upset triumph.}}</ref>
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