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Robbie Findley
Personal information
Full name	Robert Findley
Date of birth	August 4, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Real Salt Lake
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2006	Oregon State Beavers
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November, 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 March, 2009

Robbie Findley (born August 4, 1985 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American soccer player of Trinidadian heritage who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Career

[edit] Youth

Findley attended Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was named First Team All-State in 2002 and 2003 as well as Northeast Valley Player of the Year both seasons, and broke the school record for goals in a season with 27 in his senior year. He led Shadow Mountain to the 5A Arizona state tournament quarterfinals in 2003.

Findley played his youth soccer for the national powerhouse Sereno Golden Eagles. With Sereno, he won eight consecutive Arizona state championships, four Region IV championships, and reached the prestigious Dallas Cup finals. Sereno also competed in the USYSA National Championships in three straight years: 2002, 2003 and 2004. Findley was awarded the Golden Boot at the 2003 National Championships as Sereno took second place. At Sereno Findley was teammates with current MLS players Michael Gavin, Brandon McDonald and Rob Valentino.

[edit] College and Amateur

Findley tallied 28 goals (10 game-winners) and 15 assists for 71 points in his Oregon State career. He earned All Pacific-10 honors in all four seasons and was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2003. He was named an NSCAA All-Far West selection three times, and finished his Oregon State career as the career leader in game-winning goals and also ranking third in goals, third in points, and fourth in assists.

Findley also played for Boulder Rapids Reserve in the USL Premier Development League in the summers of 2005 and 2006 along with former OSU teammate and Chicago Fire and Jamaica midfielder Ryan Johnson. Findley recorded 16 goals in 18 games in the two seasons.

[edit] Professional

Findley was selected by the Galaxy in the 2nd round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft as the 16th pick overall. On April 8th, 2007, Findley made his MLS debut in Galaxy's season opener against the Houston Dynamo. He came on as a substitute for Cobi Jones in the 60th minute. Four days later, Findley scored his first career MLS goal in the 86th minute against FC Dallas after coming on for Jones in the 58th minute.

On June 21, 2007, Findley was traded along with midfielder Nathan Sturgis to Real Salt Lake in exchange for veteran forward Chris Klein. He made an immediate impact in his debut for RSL, scoring two goals and leading the club to its first win of the 2007 season. Despite playing only 16 games for Salt Lake that season, he led the club in scoring with six goals. The following season (2008), he tallied another six goals, finishing just behind Yura Movsisyan for the team lead. He also finished second on the team with five assists. Additionally, he picked up two impressive honors during the season: MLS Player of the Week and Sierra Mist Goal of the Week (both in Week 10 vs. the San Jose Earthquakes). More importantly, he led the club to its first-ever appearance in the MLS Cup playoffs, where RSL advanced to the Western Conference finals.

He joined Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF on trial in January 2009^[1]. However, he failed to secure a contract with the club despite scoring two goals during the practice game they used to assess him. He returned to Salt Lake and produced his best season ever as a pro, scoring a team-high 12 goals. That total was good for third-best in MLS (tied with Juan Pablo Angel, Landon Donovan, Fredy Montero, and Guillermo Barros Schelotto). He had three multi-goal matches during the season, including the first hat trick in franchise history in a 4-1 victory over Columbus Crew on April 2, 2009. On August 8, 2009, he scored his 20th career goal for RSL, passing Jeff Cunningham as the franchise's all-time leader. In the last match of the 2009 regular season, Findley scored two goals to lead RSL to a 3-0 victory over Colorado, securing another playoff bid for the club. For his performance, he was named MLS Player of the Week. In the first leg of the quarterfinal round of the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, his 88th minute goal gave RSL a 1-0 aggregate lead over top-seeded Columbus.

As of November 1, 2009, Findley has scored 25 goals in 73 games for Salt Lake, with nine assists.

[edit] International

Findley has dual citizenship with the United States and Trinidad and Tobago. He qualifies for Trinidad and Tobago through his parents, who emigrated to the United States from the Caribbean nation. Despite impressing throughout high school and college, Findley was not selected to become a part of the United States national team set-up. In 2006, he attended a T&T U23 national team camp. On October 9, 2007 Findley received a call-up to the United States senior national team for its friendly against Switzerland on October 17, and entered the match as a last-minute substitute. On November 28, 2007 Findley received a call-up to the United States Under-23 Men's national team for their December camp and friendlies against the Peoples Republic of China Under-23 Men's team. On August 27, 2009, Findley was awarded a spot on the U.S. Men's National Team 24-man roster that trained for critical FIFA World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador and Trinidad & Tobago. However, he did not enter either match.

[edit] Personal life

Findley is a cousin of NBA point guard Mike Bibby of the Atlanta Hawks and NFL wide receiver Shaun McDonald of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[edit] See also

List of current MLS players

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

MLS player profile

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