Ken Garraway is a former Canadian soccer player.

Club career

Garraway played his youth soccer with the Lakehill Soccer Association in Victoria, British Columbia. Garraway played the summer of 1985 with the

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in the Western Soccer Alliance Challenge Cup.

International career

Garraway played 22 'A' internationals for the Canadian national soccer team. A

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, Garraway was a regular in the Canadian line-up from 1983 to 1985. Despite his 22 appearances however, he failed to score any national team goals. Garraway was also a member of the Canadian Olympic team that reached the quarter-finals of the

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, playing in 8 qualifying games. He scored once in qualifying in a 1–2 away loss to Mexico. He appeared in the final qualifier versus

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which clinched qualification for the

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as a substitute for

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, but was not in the squad in Mexico.

Post-retirement

Garraway has been a long-time youth soccer coach in

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. He was head coach of the

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's Provincial Under-15 girls team in 2005–6. Ken is also a coach with BC Soccer, and he has won a gold, and silver at the BMO National Championships. Most recently in 2009, he won silver in the U-14 division. By his players he is mentioned as one of the greatest coaches they have had. He can bring a team together in a special not tangible way.

References

External links

www.lakehillsoccer.com
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www.canadasoccer.com/nationals/olympic
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canada men's international soccer players Canadian men's soccer players Canadian people of Scottish descent Men's association football forwards People from Campbell River, British Columbia Soccer players from Victoria, British Columbia Victoria Riptides players Western Soccer Alliance players Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic soccer players for Canada Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics CONCACAF Championship-winning players {{Canada-footy-bio-stub