John Garvey

Personal information
Full name	John Garvey
Date of birth	March 26, 1969 (1969-03-26) (age 40)
Place of birth	Guilford, Connecticut, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
1987–1990	Maryland Terrapins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1991	Miami Freedom	08 0(0)
1991	Albany Capitals	09 0(4)
1992	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks	06 0(1)
1992-1993	Milwaukee Wave (indoor)	13 0(5)
1994	Carolina Vipers (indoor)
1994-1995	Wichita Wings (indoor)	29 (39)
1995	Myrtle Beach Boyz
1995	Tampa Bay Terror (indoor)	10 0(9)
1995-1996	Baltimore Spirit (indoor)	22 (23)
1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	13 0(1)
National team‡
1992	United States Futsal	01 0(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April, 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 April, 2009

John Garvey (born March 26, 1969 in Guilford, Connecticut) is a retired American soccer player.

[edit] Career

[edit] College

Garvey played college soccer at the University of Maryland from 1987 to 1990.

[edit] Professional

In 1991, following his graduation from Maryland, Garvey had a trial with Coventry City but was not offered a contract. He returned to the United States and signed with the Miami Freedom of the American Professional Soccer League. After eight games, he was traded to the Albany Capitals where he played in the 1991 APSL championship game.^[1] In 1992, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks of the A-League^[2], and on November 7, 1992, he signed with the Milwaukee Wave of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) for the 1992-1993 winter indoor season. ^[3]

In the spring of 1994, he joined the expansion Carolina Vipers of the Continental Indoor Soccer League for the summer indoor season before returning to the NPSL that fall, this time with the Wichita Wings. In the summer of 1995, he played outdoors with the Myrtle Beach Boyz of the USISL. The Boyz folded at the end of the season^[4] and Garvey moved to the Tampa Bay Terror of the NPSL. On January 17, 1996, the Terror traded Garvey to the Baltimore Spirit in exchange for Zak Ibsen.^[5]

On February 6, 1996, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected him in the 4th round (34th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played thirteen games with the Galaxy during their debut 1996 season.^[6], before retiring from professional competition in 1997 at the age of 28.

[edit] International

In 1992 Garvey earned one cap, scoring one goal, with the U.S. National Futsal team.^[7]

[edit] Post-Soccer Career

Since retiring from competition, Garvey has been the head coach of the girl's soccer team at Kennewick High School in Kennewick, Washington.^[8]

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