Greg Dalby was born on 3 November 1985, in Newport Beach, California,
the youngest of three children.
For eight seasons through his teen years, he played on several San Diego clubs, namely:
San Diego Soccer Club (1996-98), Rancho Bernardo Select (1996-98),
La Jolla Nomads (1999-00), and San Diego Surf (1998-99, 2000-03).
He was named the 2003 MVP of San Diego Surf.
He attended Poway High School near San Diego,
where his skills were recognized at a national level.
In his senior year, he was given the highest U.S. award for any high school player,
the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year.
He was chosen from hundreds of thousands of males for that award,
and given a spot on the under-18 U.S. National Team.
From there he was recruited by the University of Notre Dame,
where he was team captain in the last two seasons.
In 2005, he was also named captain of the U.S. Men's under-20 National Team,
who played that year in the FIFA World Championships.
In both 2005 and 2006, he was named to the NCAA division 1 All-American first team.
Greg's full biography written by San Diego MLS Project Director Ric Schenck for Wikipedia.org
Greg Dalby
shown here...Notre Dame (team captain 2005, 2006)and Gatorade National High School Player of Year (Poway HS).
In the 2007 MLS
Super Draft
on 12 January,
Greg was the high pick from San Diego
(#17 overall),
and was chosen by the
COLORADO RAPIDS
right...Greg Dalby with Marvell Wynne in 2005
(USA u-20s) Dalby was captain of the national
side that went to the FIFA World Championships
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