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You could say Preston Judd<\/a> was meant to lead the line for Bruce Arena\u2019s San Jose Earthquakes<\/a>, that the die was cast way back during his childhood in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n When Judd was nine or 10, Arena swung through Sin City and held a coaching clinic at a local hotel. This would\u2019ve been early in his trophy-laden tenure in charge of the LA Galaxy<\/a>, and, as is often the case with a session of that sort, a local youth team was recruited to serve as his demo group, walking through the drills and exercises the coach was describing.<\/p>\n Judd\u2019s team got the call to work under\u00a0the living legend, which made Arena\u2019s arrival in San Jose last year a reunion of sorts, as Judd made sure to let him know.<\/p>\n \u201cSo he coached me then, and I reminded him about it, too,\u201d the striker relayed to MLSsoccer.com on Thursday with a grin. \u201cAnd he’s like, ‘Well, were you as big a pain in the\u00a0ass\u00a0then as you are now?’<\/p>\n \u201cI was like, yeah, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \n