A.J. Soares

• Defenseman for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer (MLS)
• Wears #5
• Voted team's best defenseman in 2011
• Drafted by the Revolution in first round of the 2011 MLS draft (6^th pick overall)
• Likes to play guitar
• Likes to surf
• Does yoga in his spare time
• Is conversational in Spanish
• Has 5 brothers and sisters (he's the youngest)
• Grew up in Solana Beach, California
• Father was a commercial tuna fisherman
• Attended University of California Berkeley, where he was an All-American and graduated with a degree in sociology