Oguchi Onyewu made one thing clear when discussing his Major League Soccer debut this season for the Union - the veteran center back who was part of the U.S. World Cup teams in 2006 and 2010 is not coming in just to be a mentor for the younger players.
Even though he last played in an actual game in February of 2015 for Charlton Athletic of England's League One, Onyewu, who turns 35 in May, said he doesn't feel his age or recent inactivity would slow him down. And he hasn't lowered his goals either.
"My goal is to compete and I have never not been a 90-minute player," said Onyewu in a conference call on Wednesday.