Morad Fareed

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Morad Fareed is a Palestinian-American entrepreneur and soccer player who was a member of the first Palestinian national soccer team, and is best known for his prominent role in the 2006 documentary Goal Dreams. He currently lives in Manhattan, New York, and is assistant coach of the New York University men's soccer team.

Fareed was born in 1979 in Long Island, New York to Palestinian parents originally from the West Bank. He attended New York University from 1997 to 2001, earning a B.A. in economics, and played on the men's soccer team all four years. He received his team's MVP award during his freshman and senior seasons, and served as team captain for three years.

After graduating, Fareed went into business, establishing first a successful telecommunications firm with his father in Manhattan, and later co-founding a real estate investment firm, Fareed Capital LLC, with his siblings.

In 2004, Fareed took a break from his professional career to join the first Palestinian national soccer team in its quest to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. Although Palestine did not qualify for the World Cup, Fareed earned three "caps", honors awarded by FIFA, for his work on the team. He also appeared prominently in the 2006 film Goal Dreams, a documentary directed by Maya Sanbar and Jeffrey Saunders that follows the Palestinian national team on their quest to qualify for the World Cup.