Venezuelan legend Juan Arango looks good in green. At the end of the the NASL Spring Season, he leads the team in both goals and assists.

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Juan Arango was named the NASL Player of the Week following his first regular season game. He scored two goals on April 3 in a Cosmos win against the Ottawa Fury FC, showing fans and foes that he is a force to be reckoned with on the soccer pitch.

“Juan had a very good game, and he was smart in finding spaces and being able to get those balls in the right area in order to score,” said New York Cosmos Head Coach Gio Savarese. “He had two other chances on top of the goals, and they happened because he was very smart in the way he moved.”

In the first 10 games of the year, he leads all Cosmos midfielders in offensive production. He has tallied four goals and three assists in 824 minutes played.

JUAN ARANGO'S BACKGROUND

Juan Arango began playing professional soccer at the age of 16 in his native Venezuela. He then moved to Mexico where he played for Monterrey, Pachuca and Puebla. From 2004 to 2009, he joined Spain’s Mallorca. Until 2014, he played in Germany’s top flight with Borussia Mönchengladbach. For the last two years, he returned to Mexico with Club Tijuana.

An iconic player for the Venezuelan national team, Arango captained the Vinotinto for years, scoring 23 international goals in 128 appearances.

“Juan is a player who has demonstrated great quality throughout his career,” said Savarese. “He brings a tremendous amount of skill and experience with him and his leadership, on and off the pitch, will be very important for us this year.”

Savarese shares a Venezuelan heritage with Arango. This connection helped bring the star midfielder to New York. Fellow Venezuelan national team midfielder Yohandry Orozco also signed with the Cosmos in 2016.

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