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name: Eddie Gaven
position: M-F height: 6-0 weight:165 Birthdate: October 25, 1986 Hometown: Hamilton, NJ last club: New York Red Bulls (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Columbus | 30 | 27 | 2,420 | 6 | 0 | 41 | 21 | 27 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| Career | 180 | 162 | 14,277 | 34 | 25 | 280 | 143 | 165 | 365 | 11 | 0 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 05/27/09 | Quakes @ Crew |
 Gaven nets equalizer
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| 05/09/09 | Wizards @ Crew |
Gaven seals the deal
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| 11/13/08 | Fire @ Crew |
Eddie Gaven pushes Columbus ahead
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MLS Experience
Had appeared in 126 games, 113 of them starts, entering this season... Had 25 goals and 23 assists in that time... Acquired by the Crew from New York on 3/28/06, along with the rights to Chris Leitch, in exchange for forward Edson Buddle... Was selected for MLS All-Star Game and named MLS Best XI after tallying seven goals and seven assists in 2007... Turned pro at the age of 16 and already has five MLS seasons under his belt... Established New York club record for youngest player to appear in a game (16 years, 232 days) and youngest to score a goal (16 years, 253 days)... He also set the New York record for youngest player to earn an assist in a game... When he signed with MLS in 2003, became the youngest ever to do so at that time... Selected by New York in the second round (No. 12 overall) of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft... MLS Playoff Highlights: Had appeared in six postseason matches, including five starts, all with New York, entering this season.2007: Appeared in 27 games, with 21 starts... Had five goals (6/20, 7/7, 9/2, 10/6, 10/13) and seven assists (6/23-2, 9/15-2, 9/22, 10/13, 10/20) on the season... Produced a goal and an assist on 10/13 at N.E. and enjoyed multiple assist games on 6/23 at L.A. and 9/15 at K.C. ... Missed games on 6/30 and 7/4 due to U.S. National Team duty at Copa America... 2007 U.S. Open Cup: Started the Crew's USOC qualifier vs. L.A. on 4/24.
2006: In his first season with the Crew, appeared in team-high 30 games, all of them starts, and notched four goals (7/4, 7/22, 9/2 and 10/7) and four assists... Became the youngest player ever to score for the Crew on 7/4, at 19 years, 252 days... Tallied an assist in his first game as a member of the Crew, in the season opener at K.C. on 4/1... Acquired by the Crew from New York on 3/28, along with the rights to Chris Leitch, in exchange for forward Edson Buddle... 2006 U.S. Open Cup: Started both of the Crew's USOC matches.
2005: Scored eight goals and notched four assists in 28 games (26 starts) for New York... Two of the goals were game-winners and two of the assists were on game-winners... Departed for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with the U.S. U-20 National team after the 5/31 game, and missed games on 6/4, 6/12 and 6/18... 2005 MLS Playoffs: Started both New York playoff games.
2004: Tallied seven goals and seven assists in his breakout season in New York, en route to being named to the MLS Best XI team at just 17 years of age... Scored goals in back-to-back matches twice (6/30-7/3 and 9/11-9/18)... Notched three game-winning assists... Missed the 7/10 contest due to senior National Team duty, during which he earned his first cap on 7/11... Became the youngest player to start an MLS All-Star Game when he did so for the Eastern side in the 2004 MLS All-Star Game in D.C. ... 2004 MLS Playoffs: Started both playoff matches.
2003: Played in 12 games, seven of them starts, in his rookie campaign in New York... Picked up one goal and one assist... Broke club records in his rookie campaign with N.Y. as he became the youngest player in team history and second youngest in league history at 16 years, 232 days when he made his debut on 6/14 vs. Chicago... Became the youngest player in team history and second youngest in MLS history at 16 years, 253 days to score a goal with the game-winner at D.C. on 7/5... Entered as a goalkeeper substitute and was switched to the field in order to remove the injured Mark Lisi and thus holds the team and league record for youngest goalkeeper in a game... 2003 MLS Playoffs: Appeared in two games, starting one.
International
Had appeared five times, including one start, for the senior U.S. National Team as of March 2008... Has also played for the U.S. at the U-23, U-20, U-17, U-16 and U-14 levels, including spots on the U.S. rosters for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 and the FIFA U-17 World Championship in 2003... Graduated from U.S. Soccer's full-time U-17 Residency Program in Bradenton, Florida...Senior: Was named to the U.S. roster for 2007 Copa America, where he earned two caps as a substitute, vs. Argentina on 6/28 and Colombia on 7/5... Made his National Team debut on 7/11/04 in a 1-1 draw vs. Poland in Chicago... His other appearances were 11/2/05 vs. Scotland and 3/9/05 vs. Colombia...
U-23: In February 2004, at 17 years and 89 days, Gaven became the youngest player ever to appear on a U.S. Olympic Qualifying squad, passing fellow N.J. native Claudio Reyna...
U-20: Competed in the 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Cup on the U.S. squad coached by Sigi Schmid...
U-17: Played every minute for the U.S. U-17 squad at the FIFA U-17 World Championship Finland 2003, helping the team to a quarterfinal berth.
Personal
Married his wife, Paula, on 1/18/08... The son of Ed and Janet Gaven... Has an older brother, Jim, and a younger sister, Megan... Graduated with a degree in Business Administration from American Intercontinental University in January 2006.
