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Joshua Gros
Personal information
Date of birth	June 25, 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1996–2000	Cumberland Valley High School
College career
Years	Team
2000–2003	Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2007	D.C. United
International career
2007	United States
Managerial career
2009	Northern Virginia Royals (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Joshua Gros (born June 25, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Gros is the team coordinator for the Philadelphia Union, a Major League Soccer team. He was hired on June 11, 2009, under head coach Piotr Nowak. Nowak coached Gros on the 2004 MLS Cup-champion D.C. United.^[1] Nowak had previously hired him as an assistant when he led the USA Olympic team to Beijing in 2008.^[2]

Career[edit]

College[edit]

Gros was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He played college soccer at Rutgers University from 2000 to 2003. As a freshman, Gros started 15 matches and led the team with seven assists. Although he moved into a consistent starting role as a sophomore, he only registered three points, all on assists. Upon moving to the offensive midfield as a junior, Gros's production increased sharply and he finished the year with six goals and one assist. Gros far bettered this as a senior, finishing the year with 16 goals and five assists, and was named the Big East offensive player of the year. He was also chosen to National Player of the Week on September 22, 2003, by College Soccer News. During his professional career, however, Gros gradually took on a more defensive role.

Professional[edit]

Gros was selected 34th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United, and immediately impressed during preseason, earning himself a spot on the regular season lineup. Gros intended to join the Marine Corps had he not made the team. However, he did make the team, and soon his work rate earned him a surprise spot in the D.C. starting lineup. Gros seized this opportunity. His excellent, determined play made him a starter for much of the year, playing midfield on either wing or left back. He finished the year with 21 starts and 2087 minutes, in which he scored a goal and notched four assists. Gros continued to start for United throughout the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In 2006, he was named an MLS All-Star and played the entire All-Star Game against Chelsea.

In the 2007 MLS season, Gros started and played in 21 games for United, despite having suffered numerous head traumas. Following the season, he announced his retirement as a result of his accumulated head injuries.

International[edit]

Gros earned his only cap with the U.S. national team in a 2–0 victory over Mexico on February 7, 2007.

Personal life[edit]

His nickname amongst D.C. United players was “The Sarge”.^[3]

After retirement from playing due to head trauma he initially trained and worked as a civil engineer. He worked on designing projects for the U.S. Navy and Air Force.^[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1]
Club	Season	League			Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DC United	2004	MLS	29	1
	2005		30	4
	2006		29	3
	2007		22	1
Career total			110	9

Honors[edit]

D.C. United

Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield: 2006, 2007

References[edit]

^ "Philadelphia Union : PR". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
^ "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.
^ "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.
^ "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.

[1] "Philadelphia Union : PR". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

[2] "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.

[3] "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.

[4] "Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation". 20 July 2009.

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+'''Joshua Gros''' (born June 25, 1982) is an American former professional [[soccer]] player who played as a [[midfielder]]. Gros is the team coordinator for the Philadelphia Union, a Major League Soccer team. He was hired on June 11, 2009, under head coach [[Piotr Nowak]]. Nowak coached Gros on the 2004 [[MLS Cup]]-champion [[D.C. United]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philadelphiaunion.com/Content1.aspx?cid%3D2.2 |title=Philadelphia Union : PR |access-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514133757/http://philadelphiaunion.com/Content1.aspx?cid=2.2 |archive-date=2009-05-14 }}</ref> Nowak had previously hired him as an assistant when he led the USA Olympic team to Beijing in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dcunited.com/post/2009/07/20/josh-gros-reflection-and-anticipation |title = Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation|date = 20 July 2009}}</ref>
-'''Joshua Gros''' (born June 25, 1982 in [[Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]]) is a retired [[United States|American]] [[soccer]] player.
-Gros is currently the team coordinator for the Philadelphia Union, a Major League Soccer team. He was hired on June 11, 2009 under head coach [[Piotr Nowak]]. Nowak coached Gros on the 2004 [[MLS Cup]]-Champion [[D.C. United]] team.<ref>[http://philadelphiaunion.com/Content1.aspx?cid=2.2]</ref>
 ==Career==
 ===College===
-Gros played [[college soccer]] at [[Rutgers University]] from 2000 to 2003.  As a freshman, Gros started 15 matches and led the team with seven assists.  Although he moved into a consistent starting role as a sophomore, he only registered three points, all on assists.  Upon moving to the offensive midfield as a junior, Gros's production increased sharply and he finished the year with six goals and one assist.  Gros far bettered this as a senior, finishing the year with 16 goals and five assists, and was named the Big East offensive player of the year.  He was also chosen to National Player of the Week on September 22, 2003, by College Soccer News.  During his professional career, however, Gros gradually took on a more defensive role.
+Gros was born in [[Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]]. He played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at [[Rutgers University]] from 2000 to 2003.  As a freshman, Gros started 15 matches and led the team with seven assists.  Although he moved into a consistent starting role as a sophomore, he only registered three points, all on assists.  Upon moving to the offensive midfield as a junior, Gros's production increased sharply and he finished the year with six goals and one assist.  Gros far bettered this as a senior, finishing the year with 16 goals and five assists, and was named the Big East offensive player of the year.  He was also chosen to National Player of the Week on September 22, 2003, by College Soccer News.  During his professional career, however, Gros gradually took on a more defensive role.
 ===Professional===
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 ===International===
 Gros earned his only [[Cap (sports)|cap]] with the [[United States men's national soccer team|U.S. national team]] in a 2–0 victory over Mexico on February 7, 2007.
+==Personal life==
+His nickname amongst D.C. United players was “The Sarge”.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dcunited.com/post/2009/07/20/josh-gros-reflection-and-anticipation |title = Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation|date = 20 July 2009}}</ref>
+After retirement from playing due to head trauma he initially trained and worked as a civil engineer. He worked on designing projects for the U.S. Navy and Air Force.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dcunited.com/post/2009/07/20/josh-gros-reflection-and-anticipation |title = Josh Gros: Reflection and Anticipation|date = 20 July 2009}}</ref>
 ==Career statistics==
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+|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221230546/http://web.mlsnet.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_g]
 |-
-! colspan=3 | Club performance
+!rowspan="2"|Club
+!rowspan="2"|Season
-! colspan=2 | League
-! colspan=2 | Cup
+!colspan="3"|League
-! colspan=2 | League Cup
+!colspan="2"|[[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|Open Cup]]
-! colspan=2 | Continental
+!colspan="2"|League Cup
-! colspan=2 | Total
+!colspan="2"|[[CONCACAF|North America]]
+!colspan="2"|Total
 |-
+!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
-! Season !! Club !! League
-! Apps !! Goals
-! Apps !! Goals
-! Apps !! Goals
-! Apps !! Goals
-! Apps !! Goals
 |-
+|rowspan="4"|[[D.C. United|DC United]]
+|[[2004 Major League Soccer season|2004]]
+|rowspan="4"|[[Major League Soccer|MLS]]
+|29||1||||||||||||||||
 |-
+|[[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]
-! colspan=3 | USA
+|30||4||||||||||||||||
-! colspan=2 | League
-! colspan=2 | [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|Open Cup]]
-! colspan=2 | League Cup
-! colspan=2 | [[CONCACAF|North America]]
-! colspan=2 | Total
 |-
-|[[2004 Major League Soccer season|2004]]||rowspan="4"|[[D.C. United|DC United]]||rowspan="4"|[[Major League Soccer]]||29||1||||||||||||||||
+|[[2006 Major League Soccer season|2006]]
+|29||3||||||||||||||||
 |-
-|[[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]]||30||4||||||||||||||||
+|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]
+|22||1||||||||||||||||
 |-
+!colspan="3"|Career total
-|[[2006 Major League Soccer season|2006]]||29||3||||||||||||||||
+!110!!9!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-|-
-|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]||22||1||||||||||||||||
-|-
-! rowspan=1 | Total
-! colspan=2 | USA
-!110||9||||||||||||||||
-|-
-! colspan=3 | Career total
-!110||9||||||||||||||||
 |}
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 ==References==
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+{{Big East Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year navbox}}
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 [[Category:1982 births]]
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-[[Category:American soccer players]]
+[[Category:American men's soccer players]]
 [[Category:United States men's international soccer players]]
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 [[Category:Soccer players from Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:D.C. United draft picks]]
-[[Category:People from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania]]
+[[Category:Sportspeople from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania]]
 [[Category:Philadelphia Union non-playing staff]]
-[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
+[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]

v t e Big East Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
Offensive Player of the Year (1985– )	1985: Pantason / Doorley 1986: Garratt / Matischak 1987: Donigan / Gartner / Nazario 1988: Donigan / O'Kelly 1989: Morris / O'Kelly 1990: Morris 1991: Echeverry 1992: Ferguson 1993: Ferguson 1994: Barbieri / Keegan 1995: Magarinos 1996: Kulego 1997: Kvello / M. Rocha 1998: M. Rocha 1999: Scavo 2000: Schmidt 2001: Ludwig 2002: Ralph 2003: Gros 2004: Schramm 2005: Kljestan 2006: Lapira 2007: White 2008: White 2009: Dike 2010: Cascio 2011: Dwyer 2012: Finley 2013: Neumann 2014: Herbers 2015: Herbers 2016: Goldsmith / Gressel 2017: Guhl / Lopez-Espin 2018: Koenig 2019: Oluwasey 2020: Gutierrez 2021: Gutierrez 2022: McGuire 2023: Shokalook
Defensive Player of the Year (1990– )	1990: Nazario 1991: Urbom 1992: Walsh 1993: Edwards 1994: Wellington 1995: Nevins 1996: Lieb 1997: Daly 1998: Parkin 1999: Gbandi 2000: Gbandi 2001: Gbandi 2002: Wingert 2003: Wingert 2004: Stewart 2005: James 2006: James 2007: James 2008: Gustafsson 2009: Attinella 2010: Berry 2011: Jean-Baptiste 2012: Farrell 2013: Hagglund 2014: Yaro 2015: Yaro 2016: Brown 2017: Enstrom 2018: Nealis 2019: Nealis 2020: Hope-Gund 2021: Zawadzki 2022: Wu 2023: Nielsen
Goalkeeper of the Year (1998– )	1998: Conway 1999: Conway 2000: Hamblin 2001: Hancock 2002: Singer 2003: Sawyer 2004: Sawyer 2005: Landers 2006: Noble 2007: Visser 2008: Johnson 2009: Attinella 2010: Ford 2011: Blake 2012: Blake 2013: Gomez / Lyon 2014: Osswald 2015: Jaye / Sparrow 2016: Kapp / Miller 2017: Dick 2018: Barraza 2019: Nikopolidis / Hoffelner 2020: Nikopolidis 2021: Gavran 2022: Jensen 2023: Schewe
Midfielder of the Year (2000– )	2000: Rahim 2001: Matteo 2002: Curtis 2003: Damiani 2004: Melamed 2005: Moloi 2006: Dalby 2007: Wright 2008: Becerra 2009: Ståhl 2010: Christianson 2011: Mallace / Punyed 2012: Alvarez 2013: Dillon / Ciesiulka 2014: Pitter 2015: Pitter 2016: Pérez 2017: Cooksley 2018: Rydstrand 2019: Montes 2020: Polvara 2021: Polvara 2022: A. Rocha 2023: Probo / Tabora