Craig Waibel
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| Craig Waibel | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Craig Waibel | |
| Date of birth | 21 August 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Portland, OR, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Houston Dynamo | |
| Number | 16 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1997-98 | Washington | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-98 1999-2000 2000 2001-02 2003-05 2006- |
Spokane Shadow Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids (call-up) Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo |
54 (4) 2 (0) 21 (0) 53 (1) 28 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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.
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1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 4 Ianni | 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 Hayden | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Ashe | 29 James | — Hatzke | — Ustruck | Coach: Kinnear |
