Kelly Gray
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| Kelly Gray | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kelly Lawrence Kirmil Gray | |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1981 (age 26) | |
| Place of birth | Palo Alto, CA, United States | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position | Defender, Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Houston Dynamo | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1999-2001 | Portland | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002-05 2005 2006- |
Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo |
84 (6) 20 (1) 18 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kelly Lawrence Kirmil Gray (born April 7, 1981 in Palo Alto, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.
Gray played forward and midfielder at the University of Portland from 1999 to 2001. He scored a total of 32 goals and 12 assists in his three years for the Pilots and was voted a second-team All-American and first-team All-WCC as a junior.
After his junior season, Gray signed a Project-40 contract with MLS, and was selected fifth overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Chicago Fire. Gray made an immediate impact with the Fire, starting twenty games as a rookie while scoring two goals and five assists. He appeared in 28 games in 2003, again starting twenty, while scoring two goals and one assist. While playing more defensively in 2004, he started 23 games for the Fire, scoring one goal. Gray's versatility may have been a hindrance to his development, however, as even three years into his career with the Fire, it is unclear what his position should be; although a consistent starter, he was longing to play in his hometown. Gray was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes for a second-round draft pick in June 2005. Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season. Gray scored the winning goal in the second leg of Houston's Champions' Cup tie with Puntarenas.
Gray has played extensively with the Youth United States national teams, including at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Argentina, and has most recently been with the Under-23 team, which he captained in January 2003.
Kelly Gray is the owner and creator of Adesso Clothing Co. [1]
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| Houston Dynamo - Current Squad |
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1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 4 Ianni | 5 Cochrane | 6 Gray | 7 Wondolowski | 8 Dalglish | 9 Mullan | 11 Davis | 13 Clark | 14 De Rosario | 15 Moreno | 16 Waibel | 17 Chabala | 18 Onstad | 19 Hayden | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Ashe | 29 James | — Hatzke | — Sambursky | — Ustruck | Coach: Kinnear |
