Greg Dalby has been named to three first-team All-American lists following his solid junior campaign.

Greg Dalby Helps U.S. U-20 Team Dismantle Trinidad & Tabago

Jan. 13, 2005

University of Notre Dame sophomore midfielder Greg Dalby helped the U.S. Under-20 National Team win its first match at the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament on Wednesday (Jan. 12) evening, starting and playing all 90 minutes in a 6-1 victory over Trinidad and Tabago.

Dalby, the captain of the Under-18 national team before his first two seasons at Notre Dame, played a key role in the victory as the U.S. defense held its opponent to nine shots and just four shots on goal.

A native of Poway, Calif., Dalby was named the 2002 Gatorade and Parade Magazine High School Player of the Year in 2002 and was a three-time prep All-American. With the Irish over the last two seasons, Dalby has played both central defender (in ’03) and central midfielder (’03-’04) while helping Notre Dame to two of its top defensive seasons in school history. He is fulfilling the same role on the U.S. team, as an injury pushed him back from his defensive midfielder role into the back defensive line.

Dalby earned all-BIG EAST second-team honors in 2004 while starting all 19 matches (seeing 1574 minutes of action). He ended the year with one assist as the Irish compiled a 13-3-3 record, shutting out 11 opponents and nabbing the program’s first BIG EAST Conference regular-season title.

Dalby was a member of the U-20 team last summer, but an injury kept him from competing with the squad.

The 2005 U.S. Under-20 National Team hopes to earn a spot in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship with a victory in its next match against Panama on Friday, Jan. 14 at 8 p.m. EST. The U.S. sits atop Group A with three points, while Panama and Costa Rica battled to a 1-1 tie on Wednesday.

Eddie Gaven scored a hat trick in the U.S. team’s Wednesday night match, with Freddy Adu and Will John scoring the other two goals (the sixth goal for the U.S. was an own goal by the Trinidadians).