Ned Grabavoy

Ned Grabavoy
Personal information
Full name	Ned Grabavoy
Date of birth	July 1, 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Joliet, Illinois, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team
2001–2003	Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003	Chicago Fire Premier
2004–2006	Los Angeles Galaxy
2006–2007	Columbus Crew
2008	San Jose Earthquakes
2009–2014	Real Salt Lake
2015	New York City FC
2016	Portland Timbers
Total
International career
2003	United States U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:27, 23 October 2016 (UTC)~

Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He is the general manager for the Portland Timbers.

Career

Youth and College

Grabavoy played his youth soccer with the Chicago Magic Soccer Club under coach Mike Matkovich from U12 through U19. Grabavoy's U16 Chicago Magic team was credited with winning the Chicago Magic Soccer Clubs first National Youth Soccer Club Association Championship in 1999. Grabavoy attended

NCAA First Team All-American

as a junior. Grabavoy led Indiana University to a 2003 Men's NCAA Championship title his third year.

Professional

Grabavoy played for coach Mike Matkovich with the

Los Angeles Galaxy and Coach Sigi Schmid. In his first year with the Galaxy, Grabavoy played 928 minutes, registering a goal and three assists. He added three assists in his second season, while fighting for playing time as LA won the 2005 MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup

. In May 2006, Grabavoy was traded to the Crew in a four-player deal where he was reunited with Coach Sigi Schmidt.

Grabavoy was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes in the

Los Angeles Galaxy

in the final for its first Major League Soccer championship. He scored his first Real Salt Lake goal on May 29, 2010, against the Kansas City Wizards at Rio Tinto Stadium, the fourth goal in a 4-1 RSL victory.

In January 2012, RSL signed Grabavoy to a contract extension through the 2013 season.[2] The following month the contract was extended an additional year through 2014.^[3]

On December 10, 2014, Grabavoy was selected second overall by

2014 MLS Expansion Draft.^[4]

In 2015, Grabavoy played for New York City FC rejoining Coach Jason Kreis whom he had played for at Real Salt Lake from 2009 though 2013.

In 2016, Grabavoy was part of the first Major League Soccer "free agent class." Grabavoy signed with Portland Timbers on January 12, 2016.^[5]

On October 18, 2016, Grabavoy announced his retirement effective at the end of the 2016 season.^[6] He was named as director of scouting and recruitment for the Portland Timbers (Major League Soccer) in December 2016.

International

Grabavoy has also had a significant role with

FIFA World Youth Championship

in the United Arab Emirates and more recently the U-23 team. Grabavoy had offers to live and train in Holland at 13 years of age, Germany (Stuttgart) at 16 and AC Monaco at 19.