Jonathan Bornstein

Jonathan Bornstein

Bornstein with Chivas USA in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Rey Bornstein
Date of birth	(1984-11-07) November 7, 1984
Place of birth	Torrance, California, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current team	Querétaro
Number	12
Youth career
1998–2002	Irvine Strikers
2002–2003	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
2004–2005	UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2010	Chivas USA	123	(9)
2011–2015	Tigres UANL	9	(0)
2014	→ Atlante (loan)	3	(0)
2014–2015	→ Querétaro (loan)	13	(1)
2015–	Querétaro	32	(1)
National team
2007–2011	United States	38	(2)
Honours Representing  United States Men's Football 2005 Maccabiah Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 August 2016.

Jonathan Rey Bornstein (born November 7, 1984) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Querétaro of Liga MX.

Club career

Youth and College

Bornstein attended Los Alamitos High School, where he played soccer for all four years, and played club soccer for Irvine Strikers coached by Don Ebert. He started his college soccer career at Cal Poly Pomona^[1] and played there for two years before transferring to UCLA for the 2004 season. Bornstein has been a teammate of Benny Feilhaber at youth, college, and national team level.

Professional

He was taken by Chivas USA in the fourth round at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. A forward in college, he was converted to a left back by Chivas coach Bob Bradley, and was his team's surprising starter at the position when the season opened. Injuries and suspensions forced Bornstein back into an attacking role for Chivas USA's June 3 match against FC Dallas, where the rookie scored his first MLS goal. He continued his fine play in the back and also contributed to the attack during the rest of the season, finishing the year with four assists and six goals, leading all rookies. He was rewarded for his fine form by winning the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year Award.

In 2008, he suffered a knee injury throughout the spring. When he came back, Chivas coach Preki began to employ him in an attacking capacity, which Bornstein trained for in his youth.^[2]

In summer 2008, Israeli club Maccabi Tel-Aviv was reportedly interested in Bornstein.^[3] News stories claimed that the offer involved a transfer fee of $750,000, and would increase the player's salary fivefold, to around $500,000 a season. Bornstein was apparently unenthusiastic, fearing that such a move could cost him his place in the U.S. national team.

In July 2010, it was announced by Chivas USA that Bornstein would be joining Tigres de la UANL in the Primera División de México in 2011, following the conclusion of the 2010 Major League Soccer season.^[4]

Bornstein was selected by Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. In doing so, Portland retained his MLS rights should he ever return to the league.^[5] On February 13, 2013, Portland traded Bornstein's MLS rights back to Chivas USA with allocation money for midfielder Ben Zemanski.^[6]

Bornstein was transfer listed by Tigres on November 19, 2012.^[7]

On May 24, 2015, Bornstein scored the goal that sent Querétaro F.C. to their first ever Liga MX final.

Then, on June 10, 2015, it was announced that Bornstain had signed for Querétaro on a permanent basis.^[8]

International career

Bornstein got his first cap, and first goal on an assist from Justin Mapp, for the U.S. national team on January 20, 2007 against Denmark. As 2007 continued, Bornstein became the first choice left back for Bob Bradley. He played for the U.S.A. in Copa América 2007. He received his first World Cup Qualifying appearance in a start against Guatemala in the semifinal round of World Cup Qualifying.

In 2008, Bornstein lost his starting place to Heath Pearce and also struggled with injuries. He started the group stage matches at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup but was relegated back to the bench when Carlos Bocanegra returned from injury.^[9]

After the Confederations Cup, Bornstein eventually replaced Pearce as first-choice again and remained so for the rest of the qualifiers. He scored the equalising goal in the United States' final World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica in the fifth minute of injury time. The goal meant that Honduras, when combined with their win over El Salvador, qualified automatically for the 2010 World Cup.^[10]

After sitting out the first two group-stage games for the United States in the 2010 World Cup, Bornstein started at left back against Algeria in the final group play game and against Ghana in the round of 16.

Bornstein has not been recalled to the squad by Bradley's successor Jürgen Klinsmann.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	January 20, 2007	Home Depot Center, Carson, USA	Denmark	2 – 1	3 – 1	Friendly
02.	October 14, 2009	RFK Stadium, Washington, USA	Costa Rica	2 – 2	2 – 2	2010 World Cup Qualifier

Career statistics

Club

As of June 5, 2014.

International

As of November 24, 2011.

Personal life

Bornstein is Jewish.^[11] His father's Jewish ancestors came from Romania.^[12] His mother is Mexican and from a Catholic background.^[13] He told ESPN, "Just experiencing both cultures, sometimes I felt like I didn't know where I belonged. It's still a soul-searching kind of thing, trying to figure out exactly where you come from or which heritage you relate to. I still kind of feel lost even to this day, but it's something that I just deal with, and it makes me a stronger person having both of those heritages."^[14] Bornstein played in the 2005 Maccabiah Games, in Israel, representing the U.S., which won silver.

Honors

Club

UANL

• Mexican Primera División: Apertura 2011

Querétaro

• Copa MX: Apertura 2016

International

United States

• CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2007

Individual

• MLS Best XI: 2007
• MLS Rookie of the Year: 2006

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

External links

• Jonathan Bornstein Liga MX stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)
• MLS player profile
• Jonathan Bornstein – FIFA competition record
• Jonathan Bornstein Stats and biography

United States squads
United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Howard 2 Hejduk 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 Mastroeni 5 Feilhaber 6 M. Bradley 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Johnson 10 Donovan 11 Ching 12 DeMerit 13 Bornstein 14 Ralston 15 Simek 16 Parkhurst 17 Spector 18 Keller 19 Clark 20 Twellman 21 Mapp 22 Onyewu 23 Guzan Coach: B. Bradley United States squad – 2007 Copa América 2 Wynne 3 DeMerit 4 Boswell 5 Feilhaber 6 Pearce 7 Califf 8 Gomez 9 Johnson 10 Davies 11 Gaven 12 Conrad 13 Bornstein 14 Olsen 15 Moor 16 Kljestan 17 Beckerman 18 Keller 19 Clark 20 Twellman 21 Mapp 23 Guzan 25 Nguyen Coach: Bradley United States squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Howard 2 Bornstein 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 Casey 5 Onyewu 6 Pearce 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Davies 10 Donovan 11 Wynne 12 M. Bradley 13 Clark 14 Califf 15 DeMerit 16 Kljestan 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Adu 20 Torres 21 Spector 22 Feilhaber 23 Robles Coach: B. Bradley United States squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Gomez 10 Donovan 11 Holden 12 Bornstein 13 Clark 14 Buddle 15 DeMerit 16 Torres 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Edu 20 Findley 21 Goodson 22 Feilhaber 23 Hahnemann Coach: B. Bradley United States squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Edu 8 Dempsey 9 Agudelo 10 Donovan 11 Wondolowski 12 Bornstein 13 Jones 14 Lichaj 15 Ream 16 Kljestan 17 Altidore 18 Rimando 19 Rogers 20 Adu 21 Goodson 22 Bedoya 23 Hahnemann Coach: B. Bradley