Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, basketball, and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee into three sports' halls of fame. He was one of the founders of the American Football League (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS), as well as MLS predecessor the North American Soccer League (NASL). He was also the founder and owner of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs, the Kansas City Wizards and at his death owned two MLS teams, Columbus Crew and FC Dallas. The oldest ongoing national soccer tournament in the U.S., the U.S. Open Cup (founded 1914) now bears his name in honor of his pioneering role in that sport stateside. In Kansas City, Hunt also helped establish the Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun theme parks. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1972; into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1982; and into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993. The National Soccer Hall of Fame bestowed upon Hunt their Medal of Honor in 1999, an award given to only 3 recipients in history thus far. He was married for 42 years to his second wife Norma, and had four children, Sharron, Lamar Jr., Daniel, and Clark Hunt.

Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988) is an Olympic Gold and FIFA Women's World Cup Silver medal-winning soccer player for the United States. According to United States Soccer Federation, Heath is "perhaps the USA's most skillful player". Heath usually plays as a flank midfielder or the attacking midfielder. She was the 1st overall pick in Women's Professional Soccer 2010 draft.

Heath graduated from Ridge High School (New Jersey) in 2006, where she was a Parade All-American in soccer. She also played for the PDA Wildcats team that won the 2003 Club National Championship.

Ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the nation in the Class of 2006 by Soccer Buzz magazine. Four-year letter winner in soccer. Named to the Parade Magazine All-America team in 2005. Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year. Newark Star Ledger's First Team All-State squad. Newark Star-Ledger's New Jersey Player of the Year.

She attended the University of North Carolina and was a member of the UNC team that won the 2006, 2008 and 2009 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. Heath's academic major at UNC was Communications. UNC soccer coach Anson Dorrance said himself that Heath preferred to nutmeg opposing players rather than dribble the ball around them. Heath played under #98 at UNC.

Luchi Gonzalez (born July 14, 1980 in Hialeah, Florida) is a former American soccer forward.

Gonzalez played four years of college soccer at Southern Methodist University, emerging in 2001, his senior season, to win the Hermann Trophy as college soccer's best player.

Upon graduating, Gonzalez was drafted 6th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. Gonzalez failed to make a mark with the Earthquakes, however, playing only 47 minutes in his rookie season, and in the offseason, was acquired by the Columbus Crew. Gonzalez failed to make the Crew's roster, and left the United States for Sweden, where he signed with second division club Bodens BK. Gonzalez scored 8 goals and had 4 assists on his first season in Europe; along with Leighton O'Brien, Luchi was one of the most respected players in the squad.

He left Boden in late October 2003 and got back to USA. Gonzalez found a job with the major Peruvian Sporting Cristal, where he was acquired to be a backup striker. Although he has not played a prominent role with the club, Gonzalez has appeared in the prestigious Copa Libertadores tournament. He came back to MLS in 2005, signing with Colorado. Following the 2006 season, Gonzalez was waived by the Rapids, and signed for Miami FC in 2007. He was the Boys Soccer coach at Felix Varela High School. He won the state championship with Varela in 2008.

Andrew Jacobson (born September 24, 1985 in Palo Alto, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.

Jacobson attended Gunn High School, where he was named 2003 Central Coast Section Player of the Year, and played college soccer at UC Berkeley from 2003 to 2006, where he was named to the all Pac-10 team three times.

Jacobson was the 24th overall pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, and the first pick by D.C. United. However, instead of playing in MLS, Jacobson chose to sign a contract with Lorient of France’s Ligue 1. Unfortunately for Jacobson, injuries limited his playing time, and he never actually played a first team game for Les Merlus.

Despite trialling with several clubs in Europe, Jacobson returned to MLS in 2009, and was allocated to the team which originally drafted him, D.C. United. He made his United debut as a substitute in DC's first game of the 2009 MLS season against Los Angeles Galaxy.

Jacobson was selected by Philadelphia Union in the 2009 MLS Expansion Draft on November 25, 2009.

Eduardo Alonso Nájera Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnaxeɾa]) (born July 11, 1976) is a Mexican professional basketball player in the NBA, currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Eduardo Najera is only the second NBA player who is Mexican-born (Horacio Llamas was the first). He is the son of Servando Najera and Rosa Irene Perez.

After graduating from high school in Mexico in 1994, Najera attended Cornerstone Christian Academy in San Antonio, Texas for two years to learn English and attract college coaches.

Currently, he and Jennifer, his wife, have a daughter and two sons.

Najera played college basketball at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma, United States, from 1997–2000, becoming a major star there. He helped the team to four consecutive NCAA tournament appearances during his college career, as well as finishing in the school's all-time top ten in nine statistical categories. Before being drafted into the NBA in 2000, Najera received rave reviews from scouts, who boasted on Najera's quick first step and extraordinary rebounding ability. He is only the second Mexican-born player to join the NBA. He was the first Mexican player to be drafted into the NBA (Horacio Llamas being undrafted).