Brad Friedel and Tiffeny Milbrett easily won election to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, while Carlos Bocanegra and Kate Sobrero Markgraf came close and, inexplicably, Steve Cherundolo fell well short again.
In data obtained by the Insider, Friedel was included on 88.1 percent of the ballots returned and Milbrett made it onto 75.2. The threshold is 66.7.
Bocanegra, the former U.S. World Cup captain in his first year of eligibility, was on 64.5. Markgraf, a standout defender in the elite women’s program, was included on 60.2.
For the second consecutive year, Cherundolo failed to hit 50 percent.