Kljestan was raised in Huntington Beach , California and played for the Region IV Olympic Development Program team . He played three years of college soccer at Seton Hall University in New Jersey under former United States national team coach Manfred Schellscheidt . He was named NCAA Division I First-Team All-America in 2004 and earned third team honors in 2005 . Kljestan was named Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 2005 and earned first-team All-Big East in 2004 and 2005 . He holds the single-season assists record at Seton Hall with 15 in 2005 and ranks fifth all-time at the school with 28 over a three-year career . Kljestan finished his college career with 20 goals and helped Seton Hall University to three NCAA Tournament appearances
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Sacha Kljestan