Daniel Rubenstein Earns Gold Medal at Maccabiah Games

2017 Aug 1

Former Wesleyan University men's soccer player Daniel Rubenstein won a gold medal recently at the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel.

The games were hosted at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium and featured roughly 10,000 Jewish and Israeli athletes from over 80 countries. Forty-three sports competed at the "Jewish Olympics." Rubenstein graduated from Wesleyan in June 2017.

Rubenstein, a member of the United States of America men's soccer team, played in all six contests during the tournament and earned the starting nod after the second game. After going 2-1 during the round robin format, USA defeated Uruguay in the quarterfinals (4-2) and Israel in the semifinals (2-1) to advance to the championship game against Great Britain, who handed USA its only loss. However, USA responded with a 3-0 shutout in the finals to earn the gold. Rubenstein is the second Wesleyan men's soccer player to win a gold medal at the Maccabiah Games, joining Jared Ashe '07 who won in Argentina in 2007. The team was coached by Wesleyan alum, Amos Magee '93.