Bruce Arena, the all-time winningest Major League Soccer (MLS) head coach, is the most decorated coach in league history. Before embarking on his illustrious coaching career, Arena attended Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY. Arena was a two-sport student-athlete, competing on the men's lacrosse and men's soccer teams for the Lions. In 1970, Arena led Nassau to claim a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Men's Soccer Championship. Arena was named to the All-Tournament team and earned NJCAA Men's Soccer Second Team All-America status as a goalie. As a member of Nassau's men's lacrosse team, Arena helped the Lions to claim two national titles during this time with the program in 1970 and 1971. Arena earned All-Tournament team honors in both seasons as a midfielder. 

In 1977, Arena received his first major coaching opportunity at Cornell University as the school's assistant lacrosse coach. Quickly finding his footing, the following year, he took a position at the University of Virginia as the head soccer coach and assistant lacrosse coach.  After seven seasons, Arena became the Cavaliers' dedicated soccer coach and led the team to five national championships including four consecutive titles from 1991-1994. 

Following his time at the University of Virginia, Arena's career continued to soar. He became the coach of D.C. United in 1996 during the team's inaugural season. Arena also served as the coach for the U.S. U-23 national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Finding success with D.C. United, he led the team to its first MLS Cup and took the team to the 1996 U.S. Open Cup Championship. Winning the MLS Cup for the second consecutive year, Arena received MLS Coach of the Year accolades in 1997. The team won the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1998 and Arena received MLS All-Star head coach for both the 1997 and 1998 seasons. In October of 1998, Arena was named the head coach of the U.S. National Team leading the team to two Gold Cup championships in 2002 and 2005. During his time with the national team, Arena had 75 wins from 1998-2006, the most in U.S. history.

Taking a position as the head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2008, Arena led the team from a next-to-last-place finish in the previous season to a second-place finish in the 2009 season. Under Arena's leadership, the Galaxy won a total of three championships, two Supporters' Shield, and became only the third team in league history to reach the 60-point plateau. After his time with the Los Angeles Galaxy, Arena became the head coach of the U.S. National Team for a second time and led the team to the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Since 2019, Arena has served as the head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution.  Arena has led the team to its first MLS Cup Playoff appearance since 2014 and the club's first Supporters' Shield title in 2021.