Bruce Arena _ whose resume includes coaching the U.S. in two World Cups, D.C. United to two MLS Cup titles and Virginia to five NCAA championships _ was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2010 on the Builder ballot.

“Bruce Arena’s passion for the game, ability to build exceptionally competitive teams at the collegiate and the professional level, and his outstanding work with the U.S. Men’s National Team are well known and highly regarded by his colleagues and opponents,” Hall of Fame president Jonathan Ullman said in a release.

“His tremendous record of service in soccer and success in the game has earned him election to the Hall of Fame.”

Arguably the most accomplished _ and acerbic _ coach in U.S. history, the native New Yorker was 295-51-31 at UVA, including winning four straight national titles from 1991-94. Then he took over original MLS franchise D.C. United, and led them to an MLS Cup-U.S. Open Cup double, defending their league crown the next season. He led the National Team to its most successful stretch, a U.S.-record 71-30-29 with a trip to the World Cup quarterfinals in 2002.

Of course the Brooklyn-born, Franklin Square-raised Arena also had a homecoming of sorts, coaching the Red Bulls for 1 ½ years before being named GM/coach of the Galaxy, leading David Beckham, Landon Donovan & Co. to this past season’s MLS Cup final.