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Brighter Horizons Academy.
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has played more with 23 seasons. He is seventh on the all-time list with games played (633). He is also second in points (1585), second in shots (4396) and second in game-winning goals (77). He is the leader in power play goals with 113. Tatu is one of 3 players to have won all 4 championships with
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Rowdies when they won the
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because he is considered to be one of the best players to have played the indoor game in the U.S. His community involvement includes running many soccer camps in the Dallas area. When the
Olympic Torch came through Dallas for the
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Sidekicks. Tatu is the only person to win the player of the year and the coach of the year in the same season (1998). As a head coach, he went 63–53 in the regular season and 7–3 in the playoffs.
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in 1999. In 2002, Dallas entered the newly reconstituted
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Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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409:. The PSA became the
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685:D Magazine
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64:1962-02-01
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784:"Tatu #9"
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553:10 August
362:hat trick
350:São Paulo
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324:, in the
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