Manuel Hernandez (soccer) the top collegiate player of the year. Following college, Hernandez spent several years with San Francisco semi-pro teams. In 1974, the North American Soccer League (NASL) established a franchise in San Jose, naming it the San Jose Earthquakes. The Earthquakes signed Hernandez. He spent three season with the ‘Quakes, 1974-1976. In 1979, he signed with the Detroit Lightning of the Major Indoor Soccer League. After one season, he moved to the San Francisco Fog. In 1970, Hernandez represented the united States Olympic Team at the Pan-American games, Hernandez scored two goals against Bermuda which allow them to go into the
History of the United States women's national soccer team Football Tournament of Brazil The Pan American Games are held in the same year as the FIFA Women's World Cup, consequently the senior United States women's national soccer team never participated in the Pan American Games. However two youth teams: an under-18 team participated and won the inaugural women's soccer tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games, and an under-20 team lost in the final to a full Brazil team in the 2007 Pan American Games. Some of the players who participated in those Pan American Games, such as Hope Solo, Tobin Heath, Lauren Cheney (now Holiday), Cat Reddick (now