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29 PRONUNCIATION: DUNN-uh-vint POSITION: Defender HEIGHT: 6' WEIGHT: 175 lbs. JERSEY NUMBER: 2 BIRTH DATE: 12-26-1980 BIRTHPLACE: Wheat Ridge, CO CITIZENSHIP: United States LAST CLUB: Toronto FC HOW ACQUIRED: Traded to the Galaxy from Toronto FC in exchange for allocation money on February 3, 2009. STATUS: Senior Roster Spot MLS HIGHLIGHTS 2014: Dunivant battled injuries throughout the year, limiting him to just seven appearances, tying a career low. After playing in two matches in the Galaxy's opening games, the veteran defender missed over four months before his next appearances after suffering an abdomen strain. 2013: Dunivant remained as the team's go-to left back. He appeared in 25 MLS games and collected two assists in the process. On the defensive end, he helped LA earned nine shutouts with him in the starting lineup. Dunivant also ser ved as the club's captain in five league matches as well as the team's Guinness International Champions Cup match against Real Madrid in August. In November, Dunivant signing a new multi-year contract with the Galaxy. 2012: Starting in all of his 29 MLS appearances, Dunivant tallied two assists and two goals. He scored the only goal in the Galaxy's 1-0 victory against Portland Timbers (Jun. 17) when he buried David Beckham's corner on the 61st minute. The veteran left back added one more goal in the book against FC Dallas (Aug. 26) to tie his career-high goal per season. Playing full game in all six of the playoffs match, Dunivant's consistent performance was one of the keys to LA Galaxy's MLS Cup success. 2011: Named to the MLS Best XI for the first time in his career, Dunivant tied career-highs with 32 games played and started while playing a total of 2,880 minutes. He was a pivotal piece of the Galaxy's defensive success throughout the season, helping them tie the MLS record for shutouts in a season and allowing eight goals less than any other team. Dunivant also had four assists on the year, finishing third on the team. The four assists were his most in a single season since his rookie year in 2003 when he had six. He set up Juninho for the Galaxy's first goal of the season in the 1-0 win at Seattle on 3/15 while adding assists in the 2-2 draw with Toronto FC on 6/11, the 3-1 win at Colorado on 6/18 when he ser ved as the club's captain for the first time ever, and in the 4-0 win at Vancouver on 7/30. He played his 200th regular season game in MLS on 6/18 at Colorado and his 100th game with the Galaxy on 3/26 at Real Salt Lake. He played in 43 of the 46 games that the Galaxy played in all competitions, playing in all four postseason games en route to winning his third MLS Cup as well as all six of the club's Champions League matches, recording an assist on Mike Magee's goal in the 2-1 home win over Morelia on 9/28. 2010: Was a near constant fixture on the left side of the Galaxy defense, appearing in 27 of the club's 30 regular season games. He scored his first goal of the season in the 4-0 win at Seattle on 5/8, heading home a Landon Donovan freekick for LA's third goal of the game. He also had one assist on the season, setting up Edson Buddle for his goal in the 2-2 draw with San Jose on 7/22. He started all 27 of the games that he played in, playing the full 90 minutes in 25 of those for a total of 2,409 minutes played, which were the third most on the team behind just Donovan Ricketts and Omar Gonzalez. He was in the lineup for 11 of the Galaxy's 12 regular season shutouts and the team was just 1-2-0 in the three games that he did not play in. Dunivant also scored the Galaxy's first goal in the friendly defeat against Real Madrid at the Rose Bowl, giving LA a 1-0 lead late in the first half. 2009: Returned to the Galaxy in February and went on to appear in 25 games for the club, scoring one goal and adding two assists while also being named the club's U.S. Soccer Foundation/MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year. He missed all of the club's preseason and the first month of the regular season while recovering from ankle surgery. He made his season debut as a second half substitute at San Jose on 4/18 and then made his first start a week later, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Colorado on 4/25. That game started a string of 22 starts in 23 games for Dunivant. During that run, he scored his first goal since 2006, tallying the only goal in LA's 1-0 win vs. Houston on 6/28. He added his first assist of the year a week later, setting up Alecko Eskandarian's goal in the 1-0 win vs. New England on 7/4. That was also his first assist since the 2006 campaign. He added a second one in the 1-0 win vs. Chivas USA on 8/29, setting up David Beckham for the game's only goal. In the playoffs, he played every minute of both games against Chivas USA, but missed the Western Conference Championship through injury. However, he returned in time to play all 120 minutes of MLS Cup at left back. 2008: Made just nine appearances, five of those as a starter. His 412 minutes played were a career-low as a broken ankle in mid-June TODD DUNIVANT