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{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}
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|fullname       = Todd Dunivant
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1980|12|26}}
|birth_place    = [[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]], United States
|height         = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
|position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
|currentclub    = [[Sacramento Republic FC|Sacramento Republic]] (general manager)
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| clubs1 = [[Boulder Rapids Reserve]]
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| clubs2 = [[San Jose Earthquakes]]
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| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2005–2006
| clubs3 = [[LA Galaxy]]
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| years4 = 2006–2007
| clubs4 = [[New York Red Bulls]]
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| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2007–2008
| clubs5 = [[Toronto FC]]
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| years6 = 2009–2015
| clubs6 = [[LA Galaxy]]
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| nationalteam1 = [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]]
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| pcupdate = August 24, 2015
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'''Todd Dunivant''' (born December 26, 1980) is an American former [[association football|soccer]] player who played 13 years in Major League Soccer winning 5 MLS Cup trophies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mls/2015/08/26/la-galaxy-veteran-todd-dunivant-to-retire-after-season/32424265/|title=LA Galaxy veteran Todd Dunivant to retire after season|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> After retirement he spearheaded the San Francisco Deltas professional soccer team<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfdeltas.com/|title=SFDELTAS|website=SFDELTAS|access-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref> as the Director of Soccer Operations and Business Development —winning the NASL Championship in its expansion season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/soccer/2017/11/13/nasl-championship-final-deltas-cosmos-san-francisco-new-york|title=Deltas beat NY Cosmos to clinch NASL title|work=SI.com|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> He currently serves as the general manager of [[Sacramento Republic FC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sacrepublicfc.com/news_article/show/882016?referrer_id=2982832-latest-news|title=Sacramento Republic FC Hire Todd Dunivant as General Manager|last=Staff|first=Republic FC|date=2018-01-31|work=Sacramento Republic FC - USL|access-date=2018-02-06|language=en-us}}</ref>

==Career==

===College and amateur===
In high school, Dunivant won two Colorado state championships in 1997 and 1998 at [[Dakota Ridge High School]]. Dunivant was also an exemplary 
student, being Valedictorian for his class of 1999.
Dunivant played [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] at [[Stanford University]] from 1999 to 2002. Dunivant appeared in 81 Games at Stanford and was the only player in the nation to be both First Team All-American and First Team Academic All-American in 2002. He led the Cardinal to back to back Final Fours in 2001 and 2002. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 3.33 years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2015/08/26/defender-todd-dunivant-retire-following-2015-mls-season|title=Defender Todd Dunivant to retire following 2015 MLS season|date=2015-08-26|work=LA Galaxy|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref>

=== Playing career ===
Dunivant was the first college senior taken in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft and was selected sixth overall by the [[San Jose Earthquakes]]. Dunivant started all thirty of the team's games that year, while scoring one goal and six assists, as the Quakes won its second [[MLS Cup]]. He was traded to Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005 in a four-player deal and played every minute for the Galaxy, as they won the [[MLS Cup]] and [[U.S. Open Cup]] double.<sup>[1]</sup> Dunivant was eventually traded to the [[New York Red Bulls]], where he made twenty-two appearances during the 2006–07 seasons.

Dunivant was acquired by expansion side [[Toronto FC]] on June 27, 2007, in a trade for [[Kevin Goldthwaite]]. Dunivant played 18 games for Toronto in his first season, all of them starts. Dunivant was traded back to the Los Angeles Galaxy on February 3, 2009, in exchange for allocation money. He spent seven more seasons with the Galaxy, collecting 3 more MLS Cups (2011, 2012, 2014), 2 supporter shields (2010, 2011).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/post/2015/08/26/defender-todd-dunivant-retire-following-2015-mls-season|title=Defender Todd Dunivant to retire following 2015 MLS season|date=2015-08-26|work=LA Galaxy|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref>

Dunivant retired from soccer at the end of the 2015 MLS season with 25 MLS Playoff appearances, 5 MLS Cup Championships (second most all-time), a 2011 Best XI Selection and a 4x Humanitarian of the Year Recipient.<sup>[2]</sup> Those accomplishments suggest that Dunivant "was arguably the best left fullback in the league during his career - certainly one of the most consistent players in MLS."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Molinaro |first1=John |title=Big Read: The oral history of Toronto FC |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/big-read-oral-history-toronto-fc/ |website=Sportsnet |publisher=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>

Dunivant got his first cap for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]] on January 29, 2006, against [[Norway national football team|Norway]] where he recorded 2 assists. He then started in a 3–2 victory over Japan on February 11, 2006.

==Honors==
===Club===
;LA Galaxy
* [[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup: [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]], [[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]], [[2012 Major League Soccer season|2012]], [[2014 Major League Soccer season|2014]]
* [[Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup]]: [[2005 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup|2005]]
* [[Major League Soccer]] Supporter's Shield: [[2010 Major League Soccer season|2010]], [[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]]
* [[Major League Soccer]] Western Conference Championship: [[2005 Major League Soccer season|2005]], [[2009 Major League Soccer season|2009]], [[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]]

;San Jose Earthquakes
* [[Major League Soccer]] MLS Cup: [[2003 Major League Soccer season|2003]]

===Individual===
* [[Major League Soccer]] [[MLS Best XI]]: [[2011 Major League Soccer season|2011]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{MLS player|todd-dunivant}}

{{Sacramento Republic FC}}
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{{2011 MLS Best XI}}

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