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name: Ned Grabavoy
position: M height: 5-7 weight:160 Birthdate: July 01, 1983 Hometown: New Lenox, IL last club: San Jose (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Real Salt Lake | 20 | 8 | 765 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 114 | 78 | 6,889 | 5 | 16 | 87 | 33 | 90 | 106 | 8 | 1 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 06/23/07 | Crew @ Galaxy |
 Ned Grabavoy Goal
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| 05/12/07 | Chivas USA @ Crew |
Ned Grabavoy Goal
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| 04/19/07 | Revolution @ Crew |
Ned Grabavoy Goal
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Acquired
RSL: Selected by Real Salt Lake in the 2009 MLS Wavier Draft on 03/03/09CLB: Acquired via trade by The Crew along with Joseph Ngwenya on 5/12/06 in exchange for Kyle Martino and John Wolyniec
LA: Selected in the second round (14th overall) of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on 1/16/04
One of the final pieces in Real Salt Lake's roster puzzle for the 2009 season was midfielder Ned Grabavoy, who RSL plucked from the MLS Waiver Draft in early March. The 25-year-old Grabavoy comes to Real Salt Lake from the San Jose Earthquakes, where he started 21 of his 24 appearances for the expansion side in 2008, which already marked his fifth MLS campaign. Known for his passing and possession, the versatile Grabavoy provides even more options for an already deep midfield and brings in tow a championship pedigree from his days with the L.A. Galaxy and Indiana University.
MLS Career
2008: Started 21 of 24 games for San Jose, recording four assists to tie for second on the team in that category Played 85 minutes in 'Quakes debut on 4/03 @ LA, pairing with Ramiro Corrales in central midfield Notched first assist of year on 4/19 @ COL, setting up Kei Kamara's goal Entered as a sub in U.S. Open Cup play on 4/30 @ RSL, playing 27 minutes in a 0-4 defeat Assisted Ryan Johnson's 89th minute goal on 5/10 v. CLB Started at forward on 5/17 @ NE Recorded assist on Kamara's goal on 5/22 v. HOU Set career-season high of four assists on 5/31 @ RSL Went the full 90 minutes and scored a goal on 7/15 v. Honduras Olympic Team Missed six weeks of action across July and August due to sports hernia surgery, returning to the field on 8/23 @ CHV Registered one assist in three games for the SJ Reserves.2007: Notched career highs in games played (26), starts (24), goals (3) and assists (3) in his only full season with Columbus Started and played 90 minutes in CLB's first three games of the season Scored Crew's first goal of the year on 4/19 v. NE in a 2-2 tie Scored second goal of the season on 5/12 v. CHV in a 1-1 tie Notched two assists in 3-3 tie on 6/16 @ NE, marking his first career multi-assist effort Scored third goal of season against his former team on 6/23 @ LA.
2006: Appeared in 17 games between Los Angeles (7 GP/2 GS, 0G/0A) and Columbus (10 GP/3 GS, 1G/1A) Part of a trade on 5/12 that sent he and Joseph Ngwenya from the Galaxy to The Crew in exchange for Kyle Martino and John Wolyniec Made a memorable Crew debut in front of his new home fans by scoring the GWG on 5/13 v. COL Notched lone assist of the season on 10/07 @ CHI Also made six appearances (all starts) in MLS Reserve Division play between LA and CLB, registering one assist.
2005: Appeared in 12 games for the Galaxy's first team during its MLS Cup-winning campaign, nine of them starts, while registering three assists Was a key contributor during the MLS Cup Playoffs, starting all four postseason affairs for LA and scoring once His 67' goal on 10/29 @ SJ in Game 2 of the Western Conf. Semifinal Series essentially dashed the 'Quakes hopes of advancement, securing a 1-1 draw for the second leg and ending the scoring in a 4-2 overall series result that moved the Galaxy into the Western Conference Final Started and played 66 min. on 11/13 v. NE in MLS Cup 2005, an eventual 1-0 overtime triumph Logged time in six Galaxy Reserves games, scoring one goal and dishing out three assists.
2004: Started 11 of his 15 appearances for the Galaxy during his rookie season, notching a goal and three assists Selected by the Galaxy in the second round (14th overall) of the 2004 MLS SuperDraft in Charlotte on 1/16/04 Started and went the full 90 minutes in his MLS debut on 4/24 v. CLB in a 2-0 win Earned his first career point and assist on 5/22 @ SJ His two other assists were game winners: in stoppage time on 6/12 v. CHI (3-2 W) and on 7/04 v. SJ (2-1 W) Scored his lone goal of the season on a free kick on 7/10 v. COL.
U.S Youth National Teams
Represented U.S. Soccer at virtually every youth national team level 2003: Played in four matches, starting three, for the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship 2002: Appeared in four matches against international competition with the U-20s 2001: Was the leading scorer on the U-18s in 2001 with seven goals 1997: A member of the first class of players in U.S. Soccer's U-14 Boys national team program.
College
Finished his three-year career at Indiana with 18 goals and 21 assists in 54 appearances (42 starts) Co-captained the Hoosiers to the 2003 NCAA College Cup crown at Crew Stadium Twice named an All-American by NSCAA/adidas A two-time All-Big Ten First-Team selection A member of the 2003 College Cup All-Tournament Team as a junior, the same year he was also named a MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist Gave up his final year of eligibility at Indiana to sign with the MLS Project-40 program in 2004.
High School/Club
Named the 2000 Gatorade and NSCAA/adidas National High School Player of the Year during his senior season at Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, IL Led Lincoln-Way Central to two-straight Illinois state championship games Played his club ball for the highly-regarded Chicago Magic youth soccer program based out of Frankfort, IL.
Personal
Married wife Monica in December of 2008 Son of Ned and Lynn Grabavoy Has two sisters, Natalie and Tiffany, and one brother, Nick Enjoys music, sports and hanging out with friends Plays the guitar and hits the golf course in his spare time.
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