Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
Grabavoy attended Lincoln-Way Central High School, a large suburban Chicago school, where he played under coach Brian Papa. He led the Knights to two straight Illinois State Class AA Championship games, and as a senior, was named the 2000-01 Gatorade National High School Player of the Year. Grabavoy play...
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Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983 in Joliet, Illinois) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.
Grabavoy attended Lincoln-Way Central High School, a large suburban Chicago school, where he played under coach Brian Papa. He led the Knights to two straight Illinois State Class AA Championship games, and as a senior, was named the 2000-01 Gatorade National High School Player of the 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...
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