Ned Grabavoy

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Ned Grabavoy
Personal information
Full name	Ned Grabavoy
Date of birth	July 1, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Joliet, Illinois, USA
Height	5'7
Position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Columbus Crew
Number	11
Youth clubs
2001-03	Indiana
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2003 2004-06 2006–	Chicago Fire Premier Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew	15 (8) 34 (1) 10 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 3 December, 2006.

Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.

Grabavoy attended Lincoln-Way Central High School, a large suburban Chicago school, where he led the Knights to two straight Illinois State Championship Class AA Games. He was also named the 2000-01 Gatorade National High School Player of the Year his senior year. Grabavoy played three years of college soccer at Indiana University. Grabavoy was a unanimous All Big-10 selection as a sophomore, and was voted an NCAA First Team All-American as a junior.

Following his junior season, Grabavoy played for the Chicago Fire Reserves in the Premier Development League, and signed a Project-40 contract with MLS, and was subsequently selected 14th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. 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 MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup double. In May 2006, Grabavoy was traded to the Crew in a four-player deal.

Grabavoy has also had a significant role with United States national youth teams, including the U-20 team, which he played for in the FIFA World Youth Championship, and recently the U-23 team.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Columbus Crew - Current Squad
1 Busch | 2 Hejduk | 4 Pierce | 5 Moss | 6 González | 7 Thomas | 8 Oughton | 9 Garey | 10 Ngwenya | 11 Grabavoy | 12 Gaven | 13 Burch | 14 Marshall | 15 Retiz | 16 Kamara | 17 Szetela | 19 Becerra | 20 Ward | 22 Rozental | 23 Hendrickson | 24 Zayner | 25 Virtuoso | 28 Gruenebaum | 29 Palmer | 31 Gaudette | 33 Leitch | 88 Walker | 99 Coiner | -- Hesmer | -- O'Rourke | Coach: Schmid

Persondata
NAME	Grabavoy, Ned
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Lenox, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH