Paul Bravo
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Paul Bravo (b. June 19, 1968, Campbell, California) is a former American soccer midfielder and forward.
Bravo played two years of college soccer at Santa Clara University and helped his team to the NCAA co-championship in 1989. He then played with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the APSL, the San Francisco Greek-Americans, winning the U.S. Open Cup in 1994, and the Monterey Bay Jaguars. The San Jose Clash drafted Bravo with the eighth overall pick of the MLS Inaugural Player Draft.
Bravo spent just a season with San Jose, and, despite the presence of Eric Wynalda, led the team in goals with 13. After the season, he was shipped to the Colorado Rapids for Dominic Kinnear. Bravo spent the next five years with Colorado, and would retire with a club record 39 league goals (he added five in the playoffs). In his six-year MLS career, Bravo scored 52 goals and added 27 assists.
Bravo earned four caps for the United States national team, his first coming December 11, 1994 against Honduras. He played in the 1999 Confederations Cup and scored in the third-place match victory against Saudi Arabia.
After retiring as a player, Bravo went into coaching, assisting with the Rapids and at UCLA.
Paul Bravo now plays for Hollywood United Football Club in Los Angeles, California.
