Jordan Graye

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Jordan Graye
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Personal information
Full name Jordan Cameron Graye
Date of birth (1987-06-15) June 15, 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Washington, D.C., United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2001–2004 D.C. United
2003 IMG Soccer Academy
2005–2009 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Cary RailHawks U23's 9 (0)
2010 D.C. United 24 (0)
2011 Houston Dynamo 0 (0)
2012–2014 Carolina RailHawks 39 (1)
2015 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 15 (0)
International career
2003 United States U17 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 24, 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 15, 2012

Jordan Cameron Graye (born June 15, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player.

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Career

College

Born in Washington, D.C.,[ citation needed ] Graye attended DeMatha Catholic High School, [1] played club soccer for Reston FC, and played for the D.C. United Academy's U-14, U-15, U-16 and U-20 teams, and helped the U-14 squad win the Super Y-League National Title in 2001, qualifying for the national championships on three total occasions.[ citation needed ] He subsequently played five years of college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, redshirting his second year in 2006.[ citation needed ]

During his college years Graye also played for the Cary RailHawks U23's in the USL Premier Development League. [2]

Professional

Graye was drafted in the fourth round (55th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United. [3] He made his professional debut on April 28, 2010 in a US Open Cup game against FC Dallas, [4] and made his MLS debut a couple of days later on May 1 in a game against the New York Red Bulls. [5]

On November 24, 2010, Graye was selected by expansion side Portland Timbers in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft. [6] Portland subsequently traded Graye to Houston Dynamo on December 13, 2010

On June 29, 2011, the Dynamo announced that Graye had been waived.

On March 4, 2012, Graye appeared as a trialist for Carolina RailHawks, seeing action in the second half of a preseason friendly against Vancouver Whitecaps.

On September 14, 2012 it was announced that Graye had signed with the Carolina RailHawks for the remainder of the NASL season and playoffs. [7] Graye appeared in two regular season and one playoff game for the Railhawks.

International

Graye has also been with the U.S. National Team at the U-16 and U-17 levels. He spent 2003 at the U.S. U-17 National Team Residency Program and was a member of the U-16 side in 2002.

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References

  1. "Jordan Graye, Andrew Quinn go from DeMatha to D.C. United". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  2. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. D.C. United Signs Defender Jordan Graye
  4. "United get the better of Dallas". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  5. Ibrahim, Angel power Red Bulls past United Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "2010 Expansion Draft: pick by pick | Major League Soccer". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29.
  7. "Kalungi, Graye, and Luzunaris join team". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-12-03.