Gerry Gray (soccer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gerry Gray

| image = Gerry Gray, MISL 1984-85 media guide page 014.tif

| caption = Gray circa 1984

| full_name = Gerard Gray

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|1|20}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Midfielder

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| years1 = 1980–1982

| years2 = 1979–1982

| years3 = 1982–1983

| years4 = 1983

| years5 = 1983–1984

| years6 = 1984

| years7 = 1984

| years8 = 1984–1986

| years9 = 1986–1987

| years10 = 1987–1988

| years11 = 1988

| years12 = 1988–1990

| years13 = 1989

| years14 = 1989–1990

| years15 = 1990

| years16 = 1991

| years17 = 1991

| clubs1 = Vancouver Whitecaps

| clubs2 = Vancouver Whitecaps (indoor)

| clubs3 = Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor)

| clubs4 = Montreal Manic

| clubs5 = New York Cosmos (indoor)

| clubs6 = New York Cosmos

| clubs7 = Chicago Sting

| clubs8 = Chicago Sting (indoor)

| clubs9 = Tacoma Stars (indoor)

| clubs10 = St. Louis Steamers (indoor)

| clubs11 = Ottawa Intrepid

| clubs12 = Tacoma Stars (indoor)

| clubs13 = Hamilton Steelers

| clubs14 = Kansas City Comets (indoor)

| clubs15 = Toronto Blizzard

| clubs16 = Hamilton Steelers

| clubs17 = Toronto Blizzard

| caps1 = 82

| caps2 = 32

| caps3 = 36

| caps4 = 25

| caps5 = 28

| caps6 = 13

| caps7 = 6

| caps8 = 49

| caps9 = 50

| caps10 = 49

| caps11 = 23

| caps12 = 73

| caps13 = 23

| caps14 = 12

| caps15 = 19

| caps16 = 13

| caps17 = 13

| goals1 = 13

| goals2 = 29

| goals3 = 11

| goals4 = 3

| goals5 = 14

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 37

| goals9 = 15

| goals10 = 20

| goals11 = 3

| goals12 = 19

| goals13 = 3

| goals14 = 3

| goals15 = 0

| goals16 = 0

| goals17 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 1980–1991

| nationalteam1 = Canada

| nationalcaps1 = 35

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| manageryears1 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs1 = Tacoma F.C.

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|CAN}}}}

}}

Gerard "Gerry" Gray (born 20 January 1961) is a former soccer player. Born in Scotland, he represented and coached the Canadian national soccer team.

Club career

Born and raised in Scotland, Gray moved to Toronto, Ontario{{cite web| url = https://www.canadasoccer.com/?pid=1360&t=profile&| title = Home - Canada Soccer| date = 21 November 2019}} with his family at the age of 12 and played for several teams in Canada and the United States in the NASL. In 1982 Gray was named to the NASL's first North American All-Star team.

Gray also played indoor soccer in the original MISL for the Chicago Sting as well as the Tacoma Stars.

Gray played outdoors again in the Canadian Soccer League with the Ottawa Intrepid in 1988, Hamilton Steelers in 1989, Toronto Blizzard in 1990, the Steelers again in 1991, and then the Blizzard again in the same year.{{cite web| url = https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-grayger001| title = Gerry Gray soccer statistics on StatsCrew.com}}

In April 2001, Gray was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.

International career

Gray was a member of the national youth team that played in the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan. He made his senior debut on 15 September 1980 for Canada in a 4–0 victory against New Zealand in a friendly match in Vancouver. Gray earned a total of 35 caps, scoring 2 goals, one of which came via a stunning free kick versus Mexico in a 1982 World Cup qualifier in Mexico City.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhCrO6bBCSY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/AhCrO6bBCSY |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=UNUSED 19/11/80 SOCCER :MEXICO V CANADA 1-1 DRAW|work=Youtube.com|date=24 July 2015 |access-date=April 8, 2020}}{{cbignore}}

He represented Canada in 11 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[https://web.archive.org/web/20080228062420/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=50213/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA and played in two of Canada's games at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, the country's first appearance at a World Cup finals. He also played for Canada at the 1984 Olympics.

His final appearance came in a 0–2 defeat in a March 1991 North American Nations Cup match against the United States in Torrance, California.{{Cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/index.php?pid=1360&t=profile&|title=Gerry Gray|website=www.canadasoccer.com|date=21 November 2019 |access-date=May 9, 2020}}

He was named Mississauga's Professional Athlete of the Year in 1980, and he was inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sportsmississauga.org/famehall/gray.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812023617/http://www.sportsmississauga.org/famehall/gray.htm |archive-date=12 August 2017 |url-status=dead }}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.

class="wikitable"

! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

16 November 1980

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico

1–1

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

10 May 1986

Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada

2–0

Friendly match

Managerial career

On 8 April 2010, Gray was appointed the head coach for the Tacoma F.C. of the USL Premier Development League.{{cite web |url=http://www.tacomafc.com/home/417153.html|title=Tacoma Tide FC Hire Hall of Famer as New Coach|access-date=20 May 2010|work=tacomafc.com }}

Honours

Canada

North American Nations Cup: 1990{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ90.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1990 (Canada)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}}; 3rd place, 1991{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/north-am-champ91.html#sqd|title=North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)-Squads|access-date=April 20, 2025}}