DaMarcus Beasley, who represented the US at four World Cup finals, announced his retirement from international soccer on his Instagram account on Monday.
The 32-year-old called time on one of the longest and most prolific careers of any US player.
He is the only American to play at four World Cup finals and his 121 caps are the fifth-most of any US player.
His 17 international goals put him ninth on the US scoring list.
Beasley made his international debut in 2001, spending most of his international career as a winger, before converting to leftback ahead of this year’s World Cup finals.
He started all four of the US’ games in Brazil, playing every minute of the side’s run to the round-of-16.
He made his World Cup debut in 2002, and also played in the 2006 and 2010 editions.
“Where do I start? Honestly, I never thought this day would come, representing my country has been the greatest thing I’ve done in my career,” Beasley wrote on Monday.
“Every time I’ve pulled on our colors I tried to represent myself, my family and my country with the utmost respect (and obviously tried to win),” he wrote.
“I’ve been blessed to be apart of the United States Soccer Federation family for 17 yrs,” he added.
The move was something of a surprise. In July he told reporters he was no planning on retiring “anytime soon.”
Last month, he played in the US’ 2-1 friendly loss to Colombia at Craven Cottage in London.
Beasley gave no indication he planned to retire from club soccer and is expected to play for Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo again next season.
Beasley spent time with Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, Scotland’s Rangers, Hannover 96 in Germany, Mexican side Puebla and Chicago Fire, before returning to Major League Soccer with Houston this year.
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