Robbie Findley

Football player infobox
playername= Robbie Findley
fullname = Robert Findley


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|8|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Phoenix, AZ
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=5|in=9
currentclub = Real Salt Lake
clubnumber = 10
position = Striker
youthyears = 2003–2006
youthclubs = Oregon State
years = 2005–2006
2007
2007–
clubs = Boulder Rapids Reserve
Los Angeles Galaxy
Real Salt Lake
caps(goals) = 018 0(16)
009 00(2)
042 0(13)
nationalyears = 2007–
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 0(0)
pcupdate = 27 September 2008
ntupdate = 9 October 2007

Robert Findley (born on August 4, 1985) is a footballer with dual Trinidadian and American citizenship who currently plays striker in MLS for Real Salt Lake.

Career

Youth

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.

High School

Played at Shadow Mountain High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Was named First Team All-State in 2002 and 2003 as well as Northeast Valley Player of the Year both seasons. Broke the school record for goals in a season with 27 in his senior year. Led Shadow Mountain to the 5A Arizona state tournament quarterfinals in 2003.

College

Tallied 28 goals (10 game-winners) and 15 assists for 71 points in his Oregon State career. Earned All Pacific-10 honors in all four seasons and was the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2003. Was named an NSCAA All-Far West selection three times. He 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.

PDL

Played for the Boulder Rapids Reserve of 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.

MLS

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 the 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. Findley scored two goals in his RSL debut two days later, bringing the club its first win of the 2007 season.

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 it's 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.

Personal life

A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Findley is a cousin of NBA point guard Mike Bibby of the Atlanta Hawks and NFL wide receiver Shaun McDonald of the Detroit Lions.

ee also

*List of current MLS players

External links

* [http://real.saltlake.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t121&player=findley_r&playerId=fin161067&statType=current Player profile at MLS]