Craig Waibel

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Craig Waibel
Personal information
Full name	Craig Waibel
Date of birth	21 August 1975
Place of birth	Portland, OR, United States
Height	6'2
Position	defender
Club information
Current club	Houston Dynamo
Number	16
Youth clubs
1997-98	Washington
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1999-2000 2000 2001-02 2003-05 2006-	Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids (call-up) Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo	54 (4) 2 (0) 21 (0) 53 (1) 28 (5)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 14 April 2006.

Craig Waibel (born August 21, 1975 in Portland, Oregon) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.

Waibel played college soccer at University of Washington along with fellow Earthquakes Ian Russell and Wes Hart. Upon graduating, Waibel was not selected in the 1999 MLS College Draft. He was, however, picked by the Seattle Sounders 17th in the 1999 A-League draft.

He played solidly for the Sounders; enough so that he was called up briefly by the Colorado Rapids in the early part of the 2000 season. Waibel was selected by the Earthquakes 31st in the 2001 MLS SuperDraft but then waived a month later. The Los Angeles Galaxy signed him soon after as a discovery player. Waibel was part of the Galaxy's run to win the 2002 MLS Cup, making 12 appearances for the eventual champions.

The following year, Craig was waived by the Galaxy only to be selected again by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2002 Waiver Draft. Good fortune followed Craig, as he won his second straight MLS Cup, this time with the Quakes. For the 2004 season, Craig stayed with the Earthquakes and played his best soccer to date. His 2005 season was cut short by an injury.

Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season, in which he scored a career-high five goals. Waibel notched his first career two-goal game in the October 14 season finale against Colorado. While in Houston, Waibel is serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the Rice University women's soccer team.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Houston Dynamo - Current Squad
1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 5 Cochrane | 6 Gray | 7 Wondolowski | 8 Dalglish | 9 Mullan | 11 Davis | 12 Nash | 13 Clark | 14 De Rosario | 15 Moreno | 16 Waibel | 17 Chabala | 18 Onstad | 19 Ianni | 21 Lanes | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Storey | 30 Hutton | Coach: Kinnear