Photo: Jarrett Campbell from Cary, North Carolina, USA / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Tony Meola is American soccer history whether the wider public remembers it or not. He kept goal for the United States at three World Cups, 1990, 1994 and 2002, bridging the era when the sport was barely on television here to the start of Major League Soccer, where he won real silverware. The detail I love is that he was good enough to flirt with the NFL as a placekicker. A Belleville, New Jersey kid out of the University of Virginia, now talking the game on SiriusXM, he feels like a foundational figure for American soccer's slow climb to credibility.
Overview
Antonio Michael Meola (; Italian: [ˈmɛːola]; born February 21, 1969) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He represented the United States national team at the 1990, 1994, and 2002 World Cups. From 1996 to 2006, he played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer division, where he obtained multiple honors. Meola is currently a radio host on SiriusXM FC.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tony Meola
- Name (Japanese)
- トニー・メオラ
- Reading
- とにー・めおら
- Born
- February 21, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Belleville, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach / sports commentator / actor / American football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Kearny High School
- University
- University of Virginia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.