Kansas gave us Matt Besler, http://us.soccerway.com/players/matt-besler/73521/ , Michigan gave us Alexi Lalas, Chris Wondolowski and perhaps a number of others, Landon Donovan too I think are from California.
But New Jersey is actually very important presently and in the past for US Soccer, announcers have made a big deal out of this. I can’t remember what year, the nucleus of some of our teams has actually hinged on New Jersey.
More from New Jersey:
Claudio Reyna
Tim Howard
Michael Bradley
Alejandro Bedoya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Bedoya
Tab Ramos.
So it must have been the 1994 team that had a big connection to that state.
Who for the last minute of added time against Portugal may as well have been from Lisbon.
Hoping for better against Belgium.