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{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{For|the American football player|Kobe Jones}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cobi Jones
| image = Cobi Jones (cropped).jpg
| upright = 1.2
| caption = Jones with [[LA Galaxy]] in 2007
| fullname = Cobi N'Gai Jones
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|16}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit]], Michigan, U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5 |in=7}}
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1985–1988
| youthclubs1 = [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake Warriors]]
| collegeyears1 = 1988–1991
| college1 = [[UCLA Bruins men's soccer|UCLA Bruins]]
| years1 = 1994–1995
| clubs1 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| caps1 = 24
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1995–1996
| clubs2 = [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| caps2 = 4
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 1996–2007
| clubs3 = [[LA Galaxy]]
| caps3 = 306
| goals3 = 70
| totalcaps = 334
| totalgoals = 73
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1 = 164
| nationalgoals1 = 15
| manageryears1 = 2008
| managerclubs1 = [[LA Galaxy]] (interim)
| manageryears2 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs2 = LA Galaxy (assistant)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|soccer]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1993 United States–Mexico]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996 United States]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1992 King Fahd Cup|1992 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999 Mexico]]|}}
}}
'''Cobi N'Gai Jones''' (born June 16, 1970) is an American former professional [[Association football|soccer]] player and commentator. He is an analyst for [[MLS Season Pass]] on [[Apple TV app|Apple TV]]. He has also been seen on [[Time Warner Cable SportsNet]], [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]], [[BeIN Sports]], the [[Pac-12 Network]], and as the host of the Totally Football Show: American Edition. In addition, during the 1990s, he hosted the health show ''Mega-Dose'' on [[MTV]].

As a player, Jones was a [[midfielder]] from 1994 until 2007, starting his career in England with [[Premier League]] club [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]], before playing for Brazilian side [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]. He is one of a significant group of United States national team stars who returned from overseas to aid the then new Major League Soccer in 1996, beginning an 11-year spell with the [[LA Galaxy]]. Jones is the all-time leader in [[cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] and a member of the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]].

Following retirement, Jones served as an assistant coach with the LA Galaxy for two seasons.

==Youth==
Jones grew up in [[Southern California]]. He played soccer with [[AYSO]] starting at age 5 in Westlake Village, California.<ref name="CobiAYSO">{{cite web |title= AYSO Alum Cobi Jones Elected to National Soccer Hall of Fame |url= http://www.ayso.org/news/11-03-29/AYSO_Alum_Cobi_Jones_Elected_to_National_Soccer_Hall_of_Fame.aspx |publisher= American Youth Soccer Organization |access-date= September 17, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110403225340/http://www.ayso.org/news/11-03-29/AYSO_Alum_Cobi_Jones_Elected_to_National_Soccer_Hall_of_Fame.aspx |archive-date= April 3, 2011 |url-status= dead}}</ref>
After graduating from [[Westlake High School (California)|Westlake High School]], Jones emerged as a talented player in [[College soccer in the United States|college]], making the [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] soccer team as a non-scholarship player, ultimately becoming one of its most successful soccer-playing graduates. While attending UCLA, Jones was a member of [[Lambda Chi Alpha]], an international fraternity.<ref name="CobiLambdaChi">{{cite web |title = Re-colonization at UCLA |url = http://www.lambdachi.org/about.aspx?id=1486 |publisher = Lambda Chi Alpha |access-date = September 3, 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031658/http://www.lambdachi.org/about.aspx?id=1486
 |archive-date = July 16, 2011 }}</ref>

==Club career==
After playing in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994 World Cup]] held in the United States, Jones signed with English team [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] of the [[Premier League]], where he spent one season. Jones trained with a German club [[1. FC Köln]] of the [[Bundesliga]] before joining Brazilian club [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]] after impressive performances with the United States national team in the [[1995 Copa America]].<ref name=" Americano veio ao
o e aprendeu palavrõess">{{cite web |last1=Araújo |first1=Alexandre |last2=Braz |first2=Bruno |title=Americano veio ao Vasco 'à la Honda', jogou pouco e aprendeu palavrões |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/futebol/ultimas-noticias/2020/04/16/americano-veio-ao-vasco-a-la-honda-jogou-pouco-e-aprendeu-palavroes.htm |website=UOL |access-date=7 May 2020 |language=pt}}</ref> After only a few months in Brazil, Jones signed with the new [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] franchise for Major League Soccer's inaugural season.

Jones's best year with the Galaxy came in 1998, when he was second in MLS with 51 points (19 goals and 13 assists), was named to the [[MLS Best XI]], and was also named [[U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year]]. In 2005, he became the last player in MLS to remain with his original team since 1996.  Jones announced on March 19, 2007, that he would retire following the season.

==International career==
Jones is currently the all-time leader of the United States in appearances, with 164 [[Cap (football)|cap]]s as of the end of 2004 (scoring 15 goals). He played for the team in the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], and [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]s. He was named to the best XI at the [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] and won with the national team at the [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]. He also represented his country at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]]. After playing in the [[1995 Copa America]], he also became a popular player in [[Latin America]] because the nickname used by an Argentine commentator to call him: "Escobillón" ("[[Cotton swab|swab]]"), due to his bleached [[Dreadlocks|dreadlock]] hairstyle and the similar pronunciation of his name, Is Cobi Jones, and the word "escobillón".

==Coaching career==
On November 9, 2007, Jones was announced as an assistant coach with the Galaxy under [[Ruud Gullit]]. After Gullit's resignation on August 11, 2008, Jones served as the interim head coach until the Galaxy hired Jones's former [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] head coach [[Bruce Arena]].

In January 2011, Jones left the Galaxy to serve as associate director of soccer with the [[New York Cosmos (2010)|New York Cosmos]] and was with the club through 2012.

==Personal life==
On September 12, 2009, Jones married Kim Reese. Reese, a music consultant and former music executive at [[New Line Cinema]], met Jones in 2003 and began dating him in 2004. The couple was married at the [[Four Seasons Resort Aviara]] in [[Carlsbad, California]].<ref name="people">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090925024948/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20306035,00.html L.A. Galaxy Soccer Star Cobi Jones Weds] by Mark Dagostino at people.com, URL accessed October 3, 2009. March 10, 2009.</ref> They have two sons, Cayden and Cai.

On March 11, 2011, Jones was selected for induction into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] in his first year of eligibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Federation-Services/2011/03/Cobi-Jones-Eddie-Pope-and-Earnie-Stewart-Elected-to-National-Soccer-Hall-of-Fame-Class-of-2011.aspx |title=Cobi Jones, Eddie Pope, and Earnie Stewart Elected to National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2011 |publisher=Ussoccer.com |access-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227095518/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Federation-Services/2011/03/Cobi-Jones-Eddie-Pope-and-Earnie-Stewart-Elected-to-National-Soccer-Hall-of-Fame-Class-of-2011.aspx |archive-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref>

Jones is a part of the ownership group of [[Angel City FC]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cobi Jones |url=https://www.angelcity.com/club/ownership/cobi-jones |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Angel City FC}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mlsnet.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_j |title=Major League Soccer: History: All-Time MLS Player Register |website=web.mlsnet.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203085726/http://web.mlsnet.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_j |archive-date=3 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.concacaf.com/archive.aspx |title=Concacaf |website=concacaf.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006101534/http://www.concacaf.com/archive.aspx |archive-date=6 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Coventry City FC|Coventry City]]
|1994–95
|[[Premier League]]
|20
|2
|
|
|1
|
|
|
|21
|2
|-
|[[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|1995
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Série A]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[Los Angeles Galaxy]]||[[1996 Major League Soccer season|1996]]||rowspan="12"|[[Major League Soccer]]||28||7||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1997 Major League Soccer season|1997]]||26||7||||||||||4||1||||
|-
|[[1998 Major League Soccer season|1998]]||24||19||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[1999 Major League Soccer season|1999]]||28||8||||||||||1||||||
|-
|[[2000 Major League Soccer season|2000]]||25||7||||||||||3||1||||
|-
|[[2001 Major League Soccer season|2001]]||22||6||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]]||19||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2003 Major League Soccer season|2003]]||28||2||||||||||4||||||
|-
|[[2004 Major League Soccer season|2004]]||23||0||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]||31||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2006 Major League Soccer season|2006]]||27||4|||||||||||2|||||||
|-
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]||25||4||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!306!!70!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!306!!70!!!!!!!!!!14!!2!!!!
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ussoccer.app.box.com/s/s6zjk14my2i4bzx0os5j |title=Cobi JOnes – U.S. Soccer Media Guide |work=2013 USMNT Media Guide |access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|[[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
|1992||3||1
|-
|1993||30||2
|-
|1994||23||2
|-
|1995||12||1
|-
|1996||14||2
|-
|1997||14||0
|-
|1998||15||0
|-
|1999||8||0
|-
|2000||16||6
|-
|2001||10||0
|-
|2002||14||0
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||4||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!164!!15
|}

:''Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jones goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Cobi Jones
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || October 19, 1992 || [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|CIV}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|5–1 || [[1992 King Fahd Cup#Third place play-off|1992 King Fahd Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || March 23, 1993 || [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || October 13, 1993 || [[Washington, D.C.]], United States || {{fb|MEX}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|4 || January 15, 1994 || [[Tempe, Arizona]], United States || {{fb|NOR}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|5 || February 18, 1994 || [[Miami]], Florida, United States || {{fb|BOL}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|6 || June 11, 1995 || [[Foxborough, Massachusetts]], United States || {{fb|NGA}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|3–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7 || May 26, 1996 || [[New Britain, Connecticut]], United States || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|8 || December 1, 1996 || [[San José, Costa Rica]] || {{fb|CRC}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9 || January 29, 2000 || [[Coquimbo]], Chile || {{fb|CHI}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 || February 12, 2000 || Miami, Florida, United States || {{fb|HAI}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2000 Gold Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|11 || February 16, 2000 || Miami, Florida, United States || {{fb|PER}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 2000 Gold Cup
|-
| align="center"|12 || rowspan="2"|June 3, 2000 || rowspan="2"|Washington, D.C., United States || rowspan="2"|{{fb|RSA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|2000 Nike U.S. Cup
|-
| align="center"|13 || align="center"|2–0
|-
| align="center"|14 || November 15, 2000 || Waterford, Barbados || {{fb|BRB}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)#Group 3 2|2002 World Cup qualifying]]
|-
| align="center"|15 || September 8, 2004 || [[Panama City]], Panama || {{fb|PAN}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)#Group 1|2006 World Cup qualifying]]
|}

==Honors==
'''UCLA Bruins'''
* [[NCAA Division I]]: 1990
* NCAA College Cup: 1990

'''Los Angeles Galaxy'''
* [[CONCACAF Champions League|CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000|2000]]
* [[MLS Cup]]: [[MLS Cup 2002|2002]], [[MLS Cup 2005|2005]]
* [[Supporters' Shield]]: [[1998 Major League Soccer season|1998]], [[2002 Major League Soccer season|2002]]
* [[U.S. Open Cup]]: [[2001 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2001]], [[2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2005]]
* [[Western Conference (MLS)|Western Conference]] (playoffs): 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005

'''United States'''
* [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2002]]

'''Individual'''
* [[MLS All-Star Game|MLS All-Star]]: [[1996 MLS All-Star Game|1996]],<ref>[http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/news/article/2011/07/12/all-star-game-flashback-1996-east-wins-inaugural-event All-Star Game flashback, 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228152403/http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star/news/article/2011/07/12/all-star-game-flashback-1996-east-wins-inaugural-event |date=December 28, 2014 }} at MLSsoccer.com
</ref> [[1997 MLS All-Star Game|1997]],<ref>[https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/all-star-game-flashback-1997-valderrama-named-mvp-again All-Star Game flashback, 1997] at MLSsoccer.com</ref> [[1998 MLS All-Star Game|1998]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/1998-mls-all-star-game-373141|title=1998 MLS All-Star Game|work=MLSsoccer.com|date=August 2, 1998| access-date= July 27, 2023}}</ref> [[1999 Major League Soccer All-Star Game|1999]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 1999 |title=1999 MLS All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/1999-mls-all-star-game-373142 |work=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> [[2000 MLS All-Star Game|2000]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 29, 2000 |title=2000 MLS All-Star Game |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/2000-mls-all-star-game-373143 |work=MLSsoccer.com |access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
* [[MLS Best XI]]: [[1998 Major League Soccer season|1998]]
* [[MLS 25 Greatest]]
* MLS 50/50 Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/columbus-crew-scs-federico-higuain-joins-mls-50-50-club|title=Columbus Crew SC's Federico Higuain joins MLS 50-50 club &#124; MLSSoccer.com|work=MLSsoccer.com}}</ref>
* [[U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year]]: 1998<ref>{{cite web|title=Athlete of the Year Award |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/about/history/awards/athlete-of-the-year.aspx |publisher=US Soccer |access-date=November 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110234628/http://www.ussoccer.com/about/history/awards/athlete-of-the-year.aspx |archive-date=November 10, 2014 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070622095225/http://la.galaxy.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t106&player=jones_c&playerId=jon165981&statType=current Cobi Jones Biography] at Los Angeles Galaxy official site {{in lang|en}} (archived)
* [https://www.sofoot.com/cobi-jones-gagner-est-tout-aussi-important-que-bien-jouer-483003.html Cobi Jones Interview]

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