Background
Glinton grew up in Livermore, California, attended Livermore High School, played club soccer with the Silicon Valley Ambassadors, and played four years of college soccer at Bradley University.
Glinton grew up in Livermore, California, attended Livermore High School, played club soccer with the Silicon Valley Ambassadors, and played four years of college soccer at Bradley University.
College and amateur He scored 53 career goals at Bradley, including 15 in 1998 and 2000, was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First-team all four seasons (becoming first player in league history to earn first team honours four times), and was named his team"s offensive Most Valuable Player all four years. During his college years he also played with the Chicago Fire Reserves in the USL Premier Development League. Professional Glinton was drafted by Major League Soccer"s in 2002 before transferring to the Dallas Burn in 2003.
His two-year totals include 44 games played with one goal and 4 assists.
In 2004 he took a break from professional football to become assistant coach at his alma mater, Bradley University. In 2006, he joined USL First Division team Charleston Battery for the 2006 season.
After a successful season with the Battery where he led the team with 13 goals and was elected "Offensive Most Valuable Player" by the fans, Glinton was called up by the Galaxy. He proved to be a great clutch player after the 2007 season.
In the 2007 season, he was mostly used as a substitute by Galaxy coach Frank Yallop, where he scored 4 goals.
Gavin followed Yallop to the San Jose Earthquakes when the coach selected him in the 2007 Master of Library Science Expansion Draft. The Earthquakes released him following the 2008 season. Glinton had an unsuccessful trial with League of Ireland side Street Patrick"s Athletic, in which he played against Chelsea Reserves in a 2–2 draw.
In February 2009, he signed with the Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division.
He joined Nam Dinh Football Club of the V-League of Vietnam in March 2010. International Gavin Glinton plays for the Turks and Caicos Islands national team, and is their highest ever goalscorer with four goals.
He has earned eight caps in total, three of them in World Cup qualification games. Gavin"s younger brother, Duane Glinton, formerly of the Ogden Outlaws in the USL Premier Development League, also plays for the national team and holds the all-time national team appearances record.