Dan Gargan

Personal information
Dan Gargan
Full name	Dan Gargan
Date of birth	December 14, 1982 (age 24)
Place of birth	Philadelphia, PA, United States
Height	5'11
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids
Number	4
Youth clubs
2001-04	Georgetown
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004 2005–	Chesapeake Dragons Colorado Rapids	34 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Dan Gargan (born December 14, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer.

Gargan played college soccer at Georgetown University, where he scored 11 goals and assisted on 18 while appearing in 75 games. He also played for Chesapeake Dragons in the USL Premier Development League.

He was drafted in the third round, 43rd overall, by the Colorado Rapids in the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft.

It is popular among Rapids fans to cheer "Release the Gargan!" evey time Dan comes onto the field.

Gargan helped lead traditional Philadelphia-area power Chestnut Hill Academy to back-to-back Interacademic League championships in 2000 and 2001.

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Colorado Rapids - Current Squad
1 Thornton \| 2 Freeman \| 3 Vanney \| 4 Gargan \| 5 Beckerman \| 6 Prideaux \| 7 Kirovski \| 10 Gomez \| 11 Cooke \| 12 Petke \| 13 Keel \| 15 Peterson \| 16 Wingert \| 18 Ihemelu \| 20 Hernández \| 23 Clark \| 24 Coundoul \| 25 Mastroeni \| 26 Harvey \| 33 Wasson \| — Brown \| — Colaluca \| — Cummings \| — DiRaimondo \| — Hughes \| — Kimura \| — LaBrocca \| — McDonald \| Coach: Clavijo