Grayson Patrick Doody (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays for

Orange County SC Orange County Soccer Club is an American soccer team based in the Orange County, California city of Irvine. Founded in 2010 as the Los Angeles Blues, the team currently plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier ...

in the

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Early life

Doody began playing youth soccer with Sand and Surf SC, before later joining the

LA Galaxy The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The Gal ...

Academy. He departed the Galaxy Academy when he was in his freshman year of high school, as he wanted to experience playing high school soccer at Loyola High School, which he was not allowed to do as part of the academy, and helped them reach the Southern Section Division 1 semi-finals in the 2019-20 season. He also joined Beach FC at club level, helping them win the U.S. Club Soccer ENPL National Championship at U17 level in 2019.

College career

In 2020, Doody began attending

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

, where he played for the men's soccer team. On February 8, 2021, he made his collegiate debut in a match against the

San Francisco Dons The San Francisco Dons is the nickname of the athletic teams at the University of San Francisco (USF). The Dons compete in NCAA Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC), of ...

. He scored his first collegiate goal on February 27 against the

Oregon State Beavers The Oregon State Beavers are the sport, athletic teams that represent Oregon State University, located in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I (NCAA Division I ...

. On April 17, 2021, he scored a brace in a 4-3 victory over the

California Golden Bears The California Golden Bears are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Berkeley. Referred to in athletic competition as ''California'' or ''Cal'', the university fields 30 varsity athletic programs and various club te ...

. Over his four years at UCLA, he was named to the UCLA Director’s Honor Roll six times.

Club career

In 2021, Doody played with

Fort Wayne FC Fort Wayne Football Club is a professional soccer club based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Indiana, United States, founded in 2019. The club currently competes in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Fort Wayne FC has gain ...

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. In 2022, he played with

Capital FC Capital FC is an American soccer team based in Salem, Oregon, United States. Although founded in 2008 as part of the development system for the Portland Timbers USSF D2 organization, beginning in 2011 they were part of the development system for ...

. Doody was drafted by

CF Montréal Club de Foot Montréal () is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club based in Montreal. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Mo ...

in the first round (10th overall) in the

2024 MLS SuperDraft The 2024 MLS SuperDraft was the 25th edition of the MLS SuperDraft, a sports draft to select amateur, usually collegiate, soccer players that are not affiliate with an MLS club, or college soccer players that had their Homegrown player rights r ...

. In March 2024, he signed a one-year contract with the club, with options from 2025 through 2027. In July 2024, he was loaned to the

Las Vegas Lights Las Vegas Lights FC is an American professional soccer team based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that plays in the USL Championship. The team made its debut in 2018 and plays its home games at Cashman Field. The team employs neon imagery in its crest a ...

of the

for the remainder of the 2024 season. After the 2024 season, Doody's option was not picked up by CF Montreal, making him a free agent. On January 20, 2025, he signed with Orange County SC.

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