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Abraham Lincoln, who shaved his beard into a goatee at various points during his presidency.

Goatee refers to a style of facial hair incorporating hair on a man’s chin. The exact nature of the style has varied according to time and culture.

Goatee refers solely to a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin—like on the chin of a goat, hence the term 'goatee'.^[1] Since the late 1990s, the term has been misused to refer to the style of facial hair called the Vandyke, a combination of a goatee and a mustache. This does not typically include the tuft just under the lip, more commonly referred to as the soul patch.

The style dates back to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where the god Pan was traditionally depicted with one. When Christianity became the dominant religion and began coopting imagery from pagan myth, Satan was given the likeness of Pan, leading to Satan traditionally being depicted with a goatee in medieval and renaissance art, an image which persists into the modern era.^[2]

A Moai Kavakava from Easter Island. Many statues from Easter Island have goatee beards.

The goatee became popular again in the late 19th century, becoming one of the characterizing physical traits of the bohemians in Paris. In America, Abraham Lincoln wore a goatee at various points in his presidency.

The goatee would not become popular again until the 1940s, when it became a defining trait of the beatniks in post-World War II America. The style remained popular amongst the counter culture until the 1960s and then fell out of popularity again.

See also[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Goatee

Look up goatee in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Beard
• Moustache
• Sideburns
• Soul patch
• Vandyke beard

References[link]

Alexi Lalas

Personal information
Full name	Panayotis Alexander Lalas
Date of birth	(1970-06-01) June 1, 1970 (age 42)
Place of birth	Birmingham, Michigan, United States
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1988–1991	Rutgers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1995	Padova	33	(3)
1995–1996	→ Padova (loan from MLS)	11	(0)
1996–1997	New England Revolution	57	(3)
1997	→ Emelec (loan)
1998	MetroStars	25	(2)
1999	Kansas City Wizards	30	(4)
2001–2003	Los Angeles Galaxy	69	(7)
National team
1991–1998	United States	96	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Panayotis Alexander ("Alexi") Lalas (born June 1, 1970) is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He became the first modern-era American soccer player to play in the Italian Serie A.^[1]

Following his playing career, Lalas served as President and General Manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, New York Red Bulls and Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. He was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.

He currently works as an analyst with ESPN and ABC Sports.

Personal life[link]

Lalas was born in Birmingham, Michigan, United States, to a Greek father and an American mother. His father was a professor who later became the director of Greece's national observatory, while his mother is a writer and poet. His brother, Greg Lalas, played in MLS with the Tampa Bay Mutiny and is currently the editor-in-chief of MLSsoccer.com. Lalas is fluent in Spanish.^[2]

Playing career[link]

High school[link]

Lalas attended Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. While he did not begin playing soccer until he was eleven, he had honed his skills enough to be named the 1987 Michigan High School Player of the Year his senior year. In addition to playing soccer, he was a member and a captain of his state's high school state championship hockey team. Lalas was rated for the Ontario Hockey League Midget draft in 1987, however, was not selected.^[3]

College[link]

Lalas attended Rutgers University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1988 to 1991. During his four seasons at Rutgers, he led the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA Final Four in 1989 and the National Championship Game in 1990.^[4] Lalas was named a third team All-American in 1989 and 1990. In 1991, he gained first team All American recognition and was selected for both the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year award. As in high school, Lalas also played hockey in college, leading the team in scoring in 1989.^[5]

Arsenal[link]

After college and the 1992 Olympics, Lalas trained with former Arsenal player Bob McNab in California. This led to a trial with Arsenal during the winter of 1992. It was determined that Lalas did not have the quality for a first team spot, but did train with and played for the Reserve team before being cut shortly after his arrival in North London. ^[6]

Padova[link]

Following the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Lalas signed with Italian Serie A club Padova. While Lalas anchored the team’s defense and scored three goals off set pieces (including against AC Milan & Internazionale), Padova finished the 1994-1995 season at the bottom of the standings. Only after winning a relegation play off on June 10, 1995, did the team ensure its survival in the top ranks for the next season. On June 25, 1995, Major League Soccer (MLS) signed Lalas to play for one of the new league’s teams. While MLS had intended to begin playing in 1995, it had run into difficulties and so delayed the first season until 1996. In order to allow Lalas to maintain his match fitness, MLS loaned him back to Padova for the 1995-1996 season. Lalas last played for Padova in a home game against Lazio on February 25, 1996.

MLS[link]

Prior to the inaugural Major League Soccer (MLS) draft in February 1996, the league allocated high profile players throughout the league’s ten teams. As part of this process, MLS placed Lalas with the New England Revolution. Lalas was a regular on the Revs backline during the 1996 and 1997 seasons. In November 1997, the Revolution loaned Lalas to Ecuadorian First Division Club Emelec for a month. He returned to New England at the end of December only to find himself traded to the MetroStars on February 4, 1998. He spent the 1998 season with the MetroStars before being traded, along with Tony Meola, to the Kansas City Wizards for Mark Chung and Mike Ammann on January 28, 1999. Lalas spent one season with the Wizards before announcing his retirement on October 10, 1999. Just over a year later, he returned to playing when he signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy as a discovery player on January 14, 2001. Nearly three years later, he retired again, this time permanently, on January 12, 2004.^[7]

National team[link]

Lalas earned 96 caps, scoring nine goals, with the U.S. National Team between 1991 and 1998. His first cap came in a 2-2 tie with Mexico on March 12, 1991 in the 1991 NAFC Championship.^[8] He gained his second cap four days later in a 2-0 win over Canada. While he started both games, he did not gain another cap until he came on for Fernando Clavijo in a 2-2 tie with Denmark on January 30, 1993. His next game, a start, came on March 23, 1993 in a 2-2 tie with El Salvador. While he became a fixture on the team through the rest of 1993, he did not cement his position as a starter in the U.S. central defense until the beginning of 1994. He went on to start and play all ninety minutes in the four U.S. games of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and was named an honorable mention All-Star. On June 11, 1995, Lalas flew directly from a relegation playoff game with his club team, Padova, in order to appear in the second half of a 1995 U.S. Cup victory over Nigeria.^[9] His contributions to the national team led to his selection as the 1995 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year. While Lalas was on the roster for the U.S. at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, he never entered a game.^[10] His last cap had come in the final U.S. tuneup for the finals, a May 30, 1998 scoreless tie with Scotland where he was a second half substitute for Earnie Stewart.

Alexi Lalas international goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	May 8, 1993	Miami, United States	Colombia	1–2	Loss	Friendly
2.	June 9, 1993	Foxboro, United States	England	2–0	Win	US Cup
3.	July 17, 1993	Dallas, United States	Honduras	1–0	Win	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4.	November 7, 1993	Fullerton, United States	Jamaica	1–0	Win	Friendly
5.	January 29, 1994	Seattle, United States	Russia	1–1	Draw	Friendly
6.	July 14, 1995	Paysandú, Uruguay	Argentina	3–0	Win	1995 Copa América
7.	October 8, 1995	Washington, United States	Saudi Arabia	4–3	Win	Friendly
8.	February 1, 1997	Guangzhou, PR China	China PR	1–1	Draw	Friendly
9.	June 17, 1997	Jacksonville, United States	Israel	2–1	Win	Friendly

Amateur[link]

Lalas is currently a part-time player for Hollywood United F.C., an American soccer club based in Southern California, primarily made up of celebrities and former pro players.

Lalas was selected as one of three overage players on the U.S. Olympic teams at both the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.

Non-soccer playing careers[link]

Broadcaster[link]

During his sabbatical from soccer in 2000, he was a commentator for soccer matches on NBC during the 2000 Summer Olympics and co-hosted ESPN2's MLS Extratime. He also performed in-studio analysis for ESPN and ABC Sports coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In addition, he provided color commentary for San Jose Earthquakes television broadcasts.

Major League Soccer General manager[link]

After his retirement from playing soccer in 2003, Lalas took a job as the general manager of the San Jose Earthquakes, franchise owned at the time by Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). In 2005, he got transferred within the AEG organization as a reward for trading the rights to Landon Donovan's contract, becoming the president and GM of the MetroStars. Lalas oversaw the club's transition to Red Bull New York, as AEG sold the club to the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH.

In April 2006, he resigned from that position to take over the Galaxy, also owned by AEG. During his Galaxy GM tenure, Lalas was one of the individuals who was given credit for bringing soccer superstar David Beckham to the Galaxy's roster. On August 11, 2008 Lalas was fired as Galaxy GM.

Musical career[link]

Lalas was a lead member (guitars, vocals) for the rock band Gypsies, releasing two albums Woodland and Jet Lag. "Woodland" featured the single "Kicking Balls"--which was used in the soundtrack for the movie "The Big Green". The Gypsies were the opening act for eight performances of Hootie & the Blowfish during their 1998 European tour. Also in 1998, Lalas released his solo album Ginger and his single Goodnight Moon on the CMC International records label. Since the release of Ginger, Lalas has released three solo albums—the most recent, a downloadable only album called So It Goes in September 2010.

"The Sitter with Alexi Lalas"[link]

Debuting in the 2009 season, Lalas has a weekly video segment in which he gives color commentary on the happenings around MLS. The segments are brief (2–3 minutes) and discuss all matter of content from league officiating to Lalas' musings of "if he ruled the game". All episodes are streamed directly from the league's website, MLSnet.com, and can be found in the "Exclusives" section. Episodes include:

• Episode 1: "Seattle"
• Episode 2: "Rapid-fire first impressions"
• Episode 3: "Lacking quality in defenders"
• Episode 4: "The lure of playing abroad"
• Episode 5: "Where have all the cowboys gone?"
• Episode 6: "Diving"
• Episode 7: "Coach's challenge"
• Episode 8: "If I ruled the game"
• Episode 9: "Go wide, young men"

Honors[link]

Los Angeles Galaxy[link]

• CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 2000
• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 2001
• MLS Cup: 2002
• MLS Supporters' Shield: 2002

Rutgers[link]

• Hermann Trophy: 1991
• Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year: 1991

Individual[link]

• Honda Player of the Year: 1995
• U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year: 1995
• MLS Best XI: 2002

Career statistics[link]

^[11]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile on UsSoccerPlayers.com
• Soccer times profile
• Alexi Lalas Myspace
• Rutgers soccer history
• Padova stats
• MLS stats
• Alexi Lalas at Allmusic
• Alexi Lalas ESPN Bio

United States squads v t e United States squad – 1992 Summer Olympics 1 Friedel 2 Rast 3 Lalas 4 Burns 5 Imler 6 Brose 7 Washington 8 Lapper 9 Snow 10 Reyna 11 Allnutt 12 Dayak 13 Moore 14 Jones 15 Ibsen 16 Lagos 17 Huwiler 18 Feuer 19 Henderson 20 Onalfo Coach: Osiander v t e United States squad – 1993 Copa América 1 Meola 2 Lapper 3 Doyle 4 Murray 5 Kooiman 6 – 7 Woodring 8 Kinnear 9 Ramos 10 Vermes 11 Harbor 12 Agoos 13 Jones 14 Moore 15 Armstrong 16 Sorber 17 Chung 18 Friedel 19 Henderson 20 Caligiuri 21 Clavijo 22 Lalas Coach: Milutinović v t e United States squad – 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Meola 3 Doyle 4 Kooiman 5 Dooley 6 Harkes 7 Moore 8 Kinnear 9 Ramos 10 Vermes 11 Wynalda 13 Jones 15 Armstrong 17 Wegerle 18 Friedel 19 Henderson 21 Clavijo 22 Lalas Coach: Milutinović v t e United States squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Meola (c) 2 Lapper 3 Burns 4 Kooiman 5 Dooley 6 Harkes 7 Pérez 8 Stewart 9 Ramos 10 Wegerle 11 Wynalda 12 Sommer 13 Jones 14 Klopas 15 Moore 16 Sorber 17 Balboa 18 Friedel 19 Reyna 20 Caligiuri 21 Clavijo 22 Lalas Coach: Milutinović v t e United States squad – 1995 Copa América Fourth Place 1 Friedel 2 Lapper 3 Berhalter 4 Burns 5 Dooley 6 Harkes 7 Moore 8 Stewart 9 Ramos 10 Sorber 11 Wynalda 12 Sommer 13 Jones 14 Klopas 15 Bliss 16 Kirovski 17 Balboa 18 Keller 19 Kerr 20 Caligiuri 21 Reyna 22 Lalas Coach: Sampson v t e United States squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 Keller 2 McKeon 3 Walsh 4 Pope 5 Peay 6 Lalas 7 Baba 8 Kirovski 9 Wood 10 Reyna 11 Joseph 12 Pollard 13 Hejduk 14 Maisonneuve 15 Vargas 16 Smith 17 Silvera 18 Snitko Coach: Arena v t e United States squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel 2 Hejduk 3 Pope 4 Burns 5 Dooley 6 Regis 7 Wegerle 8 Stewart 9 Moore 10 Ramos 11 Wynalda 12 Agoos 13 Jones 14 Preki 15 Deering 16 Sommer 17 Balboa 18 Keller 19 Maisonneuve 20 McBride 21 Reyna 22 Lalas Coach: Sampson

Nick Eason

Nick Eason in 2007
No. 98     Arizona Cardinals
Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1980-05-29) May 29, 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth: Lyons, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 285 lb (129 kg)
Career information
College: Clemson
NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 114
Debuted in 2003 for the Denver Broncos
Career history
Denver Broncos (2003) Cleveland Browns (2004–2006) Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–2010) Arizona Cardinals (2011–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-ACC (2002) Super Bowl Champion (XLIII)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011
Tackles 120 Sacks 6.0 Forced fumbles 1 Stats at NFL.com

Nicholas Eason (born May 29, 1980) is an American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson.

Eason has also played for the Scottish Claymores, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers.

College career[link]

Eason played college football at Clemson. He played in 47 games starting in 35 and finished his career with 153 tackles and 15 sacks. He graduated from Clemson in August 2001 with a degree in sociology and is currently working on his master's degree in Human Resource Development.

Professional career[link]

Denver Broncos[link]

Eason was originally drafted in the 4th round (114th overall) of the 2003 draft by the Denver Broncos. His first season was ended by an Achilles injury. In 2004, he was allocated to NFL Europe and played for the Scottish Claymores. On returning, he spent some time on the practice squad before being waived on September 24, 2004.

Cleveland Browns[link]

Eason was signed by the Cleveland Browns on 11 November 2004 and played in one game recording two tackles. The 2005 season was his first full season with the Browns and he played in 16 games recording 19 tackles and a career high two sacks. In 2006, Eason recorded 23 tackles from 13 games.^[1]

Pittsburgh Steelers[link]

Eason signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an unrestricted free agent on April 16, 2007. In his first season with the team, he played in all 16 games and recorded 14 tackles. In 2008, the Steelers resigned Eason to a 2-year contract.^[2]

Eason was released on October 3, 2009 after the Steelers signed Isaac Redman from their practice squad, then re-signed when Redman was waived on October 5.^[3] Eason was promoted to the main roster and started in place of the injured defensive end Brett Keisel. In week 17, the final game of the regular season, he had 4 tackles (including a critical tackle for a 3 yard loss on Ricky Williams) against the Dolphins. Perhaps because of Eason's tackle, the next play was a pass from 4th string quarterback Tyler Thigpen that was intercepted, which allowed the Steelers to run out the clock and win a very close game that they needed in order to finish the disappointing season with a winning record.

Arizona Cardinals[link]

Eason was signed by the Arizona Cardinals on on July 29, 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Clemson Tigers bio
• Denver Broncos bio
• Pittsburgh Steelers bio