Brooks was visiting his brother Adrian in the United States when Negoesco spotted him.
[1] Brooks would play for the Dons from 1976 to 1979, winning the 1976 and 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship with them.
[2] Brooks turned professional in the fall of 1979 when he signed with the Cleveland Force of Major Indoor Soccer League.
[3] He later coached the Dominican University of California soccer team for fourteen seasons.
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