Ned Grabavoy (born July 1, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Grabavoy scored the winning penalty kick on November 14, 2009, at Chicago Fire to give Real Salt Lake their first conference championship and first trip to the MLS Cup final.
[1] In 2009, Real Salt Lake beat Los Angeles Galaxy in the final for its first Major League Soccer championship.
[6] He was named as director of scouting and recruitment for the Portland Timbers (Major League Soccer) in December 2016.
Grabavoy had offers to live and train in Holland at 13 years of age, Germany (Stuttgart) at 16 and AC Monaco at 19.
On October 5, 2022, upon the firing of Gavin Wilkinson from the team as a result of the fallout from the 2021 NWSL abuse scandal,[7] Grabavoy was tabbed to direct soccer operations.