Eddie Gaven
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eddie Gaven | ||
| Date of birth | October 25, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton Township, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2003 | IMG Soccer Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | MetroStars | 69 | (16) |
| 2006–2013 | Columbus Crew | 209 | (35) |
| Total | 278 | (51) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | United States U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | United States U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2008 | United States U23 | 5 | (1) |
| 2004–2010 | United States | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016– | Ave Maria Gyrenes | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 31, 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 31, 2013 |
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Eddie Gaven (born October 25, 1986 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey) is a retired American soccer player who played 11 seasons in Major League Soccer, primarily with the Columbus Crew. In July 2012, Gaven became the youngest player to play in 250 MLS matches at 25 years and 257 days old.
Gaven attended Steinert High School in New Jersey but did not play college soccer. Instead, Gaven became (at the time, since passed by Freddy Adu) the youngest player to sign with MLS when, at the age of 16 years and two months, he joined the league after having spent two years training with other young Americans at the USSF's Bradenton Academy.
Gaven was drafted by the MetroStars with the twelfth overall pick in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. He became the youngest player in team history on his debut on June 14, 2003 against Chicago and became the youngest player in team history to score a goal, which he did in just his second game, against D.C. United on July 5. With the game tied at two, Metro coach Bob Bradley used a loophole in the substitution rule, moving Metro goalie Tim Howard out of the net and putting on Gaven as a fourth "goalkeeper only" sub. After less than a minute in goal, Gaven and Howard switched places and Gaven went on to score the game winner in overtime. In the process, he became the youngest goalkeeper in MLS history (the loophole was eliminated after the season, largely due to outcry following Gaven's goal).
After becoming an automatic starter and coming into his own with the MetroStars in 2004, Gaven became the youngest player ever voted in to start the MLS All-Star Game, and finished the MLS season with seven goals and seven assists and became the youngest player in league history to be named to the MLS Best XI.
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