name: Gavin Glinton position: F height: 5-11 weight:175 Birthdate: March 01, 1979 Hometown: Brentwood, CA

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	San Jose	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		67	20	2,486	6	5	61	36	35	67	4	0

Most Recent Video Highlights

date	clubs	video description
09/27/07	Galaxy @ Wizards	Gavin Glinton Goal
09/19/07	Galaxy @ Real Salt Lake	Gavin Glinton Goal
06/23/07	Crew @ Galaxy	Gavin Glinton Goal

Outlook

Coming off a career year in 2007, Glinton looks to continue the momentum in Northern California. Since his return from a two-year retirement in 2006, Glinton has shown flashes of brilliance both at forward and in the midfield. Blessed with excellent speed, Glinton has proven to be a strong finisher and scored a career-high four goals last season. His versatility could prove important to head coach Frank Yallop's attack.

Professional Experience

2007: Set a career high with four goals after appearing in 19 games for the Galaxy … Made three starts … Was named in the 18-man roster for the first time after recovering from a groin injury, but did not play in the 1-0 win at CLB in the U.S. Open Cup Play-In game on 4/24 ... Scored twice and added an assist in the Galaxy's 3-1 exhibition win over the Southern California Seahorses (PDL) on 5/2 ... Underwent surgery to repair a sports hernia in Germany on 5/23 but returned to training in early June ... Made his 2007 debut, coming off the bench to replace Nate Jaqua in the 79th minute of the 3-2 win vs. Real Salt Lake on 6/17 and tied a team-high with two shots on goal in just 11 minutes of action ... Scored his first goal in more than four years, striking in the 66th minute of the Galaxy's 3-2 loss vs. CLB on 6/23, goal was Glinton's first in MLS since 5/17/03 at DAL ... Made his first start of the year in the 3-0 loss at COL on 8/26 ... Played in the 50th game of his MLS career, playing the final two minutes of the 2-1 loss vs. RSL on 9/1 ... Scored his second goal of the year, giving LA a 2-1 lead late in the 2-2 draw at RSL on 9/19 ... Reserves: Scored twice for the Galaxy Reserves on 7/8 vs. KC in a 3-2 loss ... Scored twice for the Galaxy Reserves in the 4-2 win vs. RSL on 9/2, giving him a team-high four goals and making him the Galaxy's all-time leader in Reserve Division goals

2006 MLS/USL: Emerged from a two-year retirement as one of the USL First Division's top scorers … Tallied 13 goals in 25 games with the Charleston Battery, helping the club reach the semifinals ... Was signed by the Galaxy after the conclusion of the USL season and played in one game for the Galaxy, playing the final 26 minutes of the 2-1 loss at Dallas on 10/7.

2004-2005: Spent two seasons as an assistant coach with his alma mater Bradley University.

2003: In his second season in MLS, Glinton split the season between the Galaxy and the Dallas Burn playing in a total of 19 games on the year … Played in nine games with the Galaxy, making four starts, tallying a goal and an assist before being traded to Dallas along with Ezra Hendrickson and a first round pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Ryan Suarez, Paul Broome and Antonio Martinez … Would go on to appear in 10 games with Dallas, making three starts.

2002: Selected by the Galaxy in the second round (25th overall) of the MLS SuperDraft … Part of the Galaxy's first MLS Cup winning team … Played in 22 games as a rookie, making six starts ... Scored his first career goal, the game-winner in a 2-1 win over Kansas City just two minutes after entering the match on 5/4 … Picked up his first of a career-high four assists just under a month later on 6/1 at Colorado on a Carlos Ruiz goal .... Registered his first career multi-assist game on 6/22 against Dallas, setting up goals for both Alexi Lalas and Brian Mullan in a 3-0 win.

International

A member of the Turks and Caicos National Team, Glinton has scored four goals all-time for his national team … In April 2006, scored one of his three goals to help lead Turks and Caicos to its first ever international victory, defeating the Cayman Islands in a Digicel Caribbean Cup game in Cuba.

College

Played four seasons at Bradley University from 1998-2001, scoring 53 career goals, including 15 in 1998 and 2000 … First-team All-Missouri Valley Conference all four seasons becoming first player in league history to earn first team honors four times.

Personal

Played for Livermore Soccer Club growing up … Has family around the world, including in New York, Guyana and Bahamas … Speaks Spanish … Enjoys going to the beach … Used to play the violin.