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name: Mike Chabala
position: D height: 6-0 weight:175 Birthdate: May 24, 1984 Hometown: Fresno, CA last club: Portland (USL) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Houston | 15 | 12 | 1,044 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Career | 15 | 12 | 1,044 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
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Outlook
Fourth-year outside back who earned increased playing time with the first team last year.
MLS Experience
2009: Made breakthrough in his fourth year by winning starting left back job Made 15 appearances and 12 starts, contributing three assists Made first career MLS appearance as substitute in 0-0 tie vs. NY on 4/11 and was ejected for a slide tackle late in the game Made first career MLS start in 1-1 tie at NY on 5/16 Made second career MLS start in 1-0 loss at LA on 6/28 Earned first career assist when he set up Kei Kamara for the game's only goal in 1-0 win at KC on 7/4 Made spectacular goal-line clearance on 7/11 at SEA, but officiating crew awarded the goal in 2-1 loss Assisted on two goals in 4-3 win vs. DC on 8/1, including give-and-go with Brian Ching Playoffs: Played all 210 minutes but picked up two yellow cards in series vs. SEA and was suspended for Western Conference final Played cross that led to game-winning goal in 1-0 win vs. SEA on 11/8 08-09 Champions League: Did not appear in quarterfinal series Open Cup: Played 90 minutes in 2-0 shutout at Austin on 7/1 Helped the back line earn another shutout in 4-0 quarterfinal win at Charleston on 7/7 Came on as substitute in 2-1 overtime semifinal loss at SEA on 7/21 09-10 Champions League: Started games on 8/19 vs. Isidro Metapαn and 8/26 at Αrabe Unido Made substitute appearances on 9/16 at Pachuca and 10/21 at Isidro Metapαn USL1: Played two games on loan with Austin Aztex. 2008: Reserves: Regular at left back for the league champion reserve squad Notched two goals and two assists Open Cup: Played all 120 minutes at Charleston on 7/1 SuperLiga: Made first non-Open Cup appearance vs. Atlante on 7/12, coming on as a sub in 4-0 win Champions League: Appeared in three games, including both Dynamo wins Played all 90 minutes at right back vs. San Francisco on 10/7 Went the distance at left back in 1-1 tie at Firpo on 10/28 and 1-0 win vs. Firpo on 11/26. 2007: Reserves: Regular contributor to the reserve team who started 10 of the team's 12 games Open Cup: Started and played the full 120 minutes in the Dynamo's 1-0 loss at Charleston on 7/10. 2006: Reserves: Started all 12 games, playing the second most on the squad with 1,056 minutes Had a team-high six assists Reserve team finished third in overall standings.
College
Attended University of Washington NSCAA third team All-American, first team All-Far West Region and second team All-Pac 10 in 2004 Honorable mention All-Pac 10 and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention in 2003.
Amateur
Played at Clovis West High School and was league MVP Won the Valley championship his senior season Club: Won state and regional championships in 2005 with Colorado Rush Played for Ballistic United, won Northern Premier League and State Premier League titles (2001-02) Central California Heat (1998-99) and Cyclone Club (1993-97) ODP All-America team (1994).
Youth Club
Fresno Cyclone, coached by David Linenberger; Ballistic United; Austria Memphis, coached by Tom Evans; Colorado Rush, coached by Tim Schultz.
Personal
Began playing soccer when he was 4 years old Traveled on a team trip to Europe as an 8-year-old Lists "Gladiator" as his favorite movie If not playing soccer, he would be living in New York and working on Wall Street Lists snowboarding, golf, and politics among his hobbies Favorite athletes are Tiger Woods and Brazilian midfielder Kakα Favorite music genres are indie rock and techno Majored in economics at Washington and graduated in three and a half years Interned at Pacific Capital as a financial planner in 2005 Went on Armed Forces Entertainment trip to Hawaii, Kwajalein, and Guam in December 2009 with teammate Bobby Boswell and DC United players Marc Burch and Devon McTavish.
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