Where can I find out the number of Youth appearances for Ned? I read that he appeard for the U-20 team, but he's not on the current roster. . . While we're at it, what do you think Ned's chances are of cracking one of the youth teams in the next year or two?
Grabavoy, who was born in 1983, was on the U20 team for the last cycle which was for players born in 83-84. He played on the team that competed in the World Youth Championship in December in the UAE. That was the last event for that U20 cycle. The current U20 team is for kids born 85-86 (with a couple young ones playing up) and Grabavoy, as an 83, is obviously too old for that team. In 2002, Grabavoy played in 20 games with the U20 team, starting 15 with 4 goals and 4 assists. Nine of those games were against other U20 teams and he started six of those with a goal and an assist. Last year, Grabavoy played in eight U20 international games with three starts and scored two goals and three assists. I don't have the stats for the non-international (against club, reserve and college teams, etc...) that he played in last year. So, he finished with 17 U20 caps, 9 starts, 3 goals, 4 assists. In 2002 Grabavoy also got a call-up to the U23 team for their tour of England. He played in four of those games with three starts and scored one goal. However, those games were all against English reserve teams and don't count as U23 caps. In 2000 and 2001, Grabavoy was captain of the U18 national team which, at the time, was for kids born in 1983. He played in 36 overall games with the U18 team, with 24 starts, scoring 9 goals and 3 assists. In U18 internationals, he played in 6 games with 5 starts and scored a goal and an assist. Grabavoy wasn't part of the U17 pool in 1998-99 for players born in 82-83.
Derrr. I gotta check my math skills. . . But WAIT! The MLS started in 1996, so isn't this . . . ohhh never mind Big Mahalo, Sandon