Greg Dalby is a former American soccer player who is now an assistant coach at Davidson College.
Education
Foreign eight seasons through his teen years, he played on several San Diego clubs, including San Diego Soccer Club (1996-1998), Rancho Bernardo Select (1996-1998), Louisiana Jolla Nomads (1999-1900), San Diego Surf (1998-1999, 2000-2003). He was named the 2003 Most Valuable Player of the 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 United States. 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 United States. National Team.
From there he was recruited by the University of Notre Dame, where he was team captain in the last two seasons. He was named first team All-American in 2005 and 2006.
Career
Youth and College Professional On January 12, 2007, Dalby was chosen by Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer as the number 17 overall pick in the 2007 Master of Library Science SuperDraft. Instead of signing with the Rapids he chose to go to Europe to play. Dalby had interest from Siena, Celtic and Preston North End but work permit issues led him to sign with Charleroi of the Belgian Jupiler League on August 5, 2007.
He made no appearances for Charleroi and at end of the season was let go by the club
At that time he returned to the States and signed with Colorado. Dalby was waived by Colorado on March 19, 2010, and subsequently signed for Charlotte Eagles in the USL Second Division.
International In 2005, he was also named captain of the United States. Men"s under-20 National Team, who played that year in the Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship.
