Kelly Gray

Football player infobox| playername= Kelly Gray
fullname = Kelly Lawrence Kirmil Gray
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|4|7
cityofbirth = Palo Alto, CA
countryofbirth = United States
height = height|ft=6|in=2
currentclub = San Jose Earthquakes
clubnumber = 22
position = Defender, Striker
youthyears = 1999-2001
youthclubs = Portland
years = 2002-05 2005 2006-07
2007
2008
2008-
clubs = Chicago Fire San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo
Los Angeles Galaxy
Colorado Rapids
San Jose Earthquakes
caps(goals) = 88 0(6) 22 0(1) 28 0(0)
06 0(0)
02 0(0)
11 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 28 March 2008
ntupdate = 4 November 2007

Kelly Lawrence Kirmil Gray (born April 7, 1981 in Palo Alto, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes 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 moved to Los Angeles Galaxy in June 2007 as part of the move that took Nate Jaqua in the opposite direction. He made his debut in Galaxy's 2-0 victory over Chicago on 4th July 2007.

Due to Galaxy's increased salary cap restrictions, Gray was waived at the end of the 2007 season. He was picked up by the Colorado Rapids at the start of the 2008 season.

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. [http://www.adessoclothingco.com]

ee also

*List of current MLS players