Timothy Dobrowolski (born September 7, 1993) is an American

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player. He played for

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for three years as a goalkeeper.

Early life

Personal

Dobrowolski was born in

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and attended

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; winning the

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state championship in 2010.

College and youth

Dobrowolski played

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Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Chicago (Loyola or LUC) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1870 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola is one of the largest Catholic Church, ...

between 2012 and 2015. He served as the team's backup goalkeeper his

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year and was named the starting goalkeeper at the beginning of his

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year. He was named

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goalkeeper of the year and to the All-Conference First-Team for his play in both his

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and

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years. During his senior year he recorded eleven clean sheets to become Loyola's all-time career leader and posted a 0.40 goals against average which ranked second nationally.

Club career

Louisville City FC

2016 season

Dobrowolski signed with

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side Louisville City on June 15, 2016. He served as the backup to first choice goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh following the retirement of Scotty Goodwin. He made his professional debut on September 3, 2016, in a 1–0 victory over

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. He was named to the match squad for all three of Louisville's USL Cup matches but was not selected as a starter. During the Eastern Conference Finals match against

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Dobrowolski entered as a substitute in the 51st minute to replace the injured Ranjitsingh. New York would later win the match in a

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2017 season

Dobrowolski would remain at Louisville City in 2017 as the backup goalkeeper. He would make his season debut on March 25 against

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when he came on as a substitute for the injured Ranjitsingh just before halftime. He would go on to play in 11 of Louisville's 32 regular season matches recording 3 clean sheets as well as playing in one of Louisville's US Open Cup matches. He was named to the match squad for all four of Louisville's USL Cup matches but was not selected as a starter. Louisville would go on to win the USL Cup Final.

2018 season

Dobrowolski continued as Louisville's backup goalkeeper into 2018 and made his season debut on May 16 in the

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against the

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where he earned a

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. He went on to appear in all five of Louisville's

matches with 2 clean sheets as Louisville reached the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time in its history. This included a 3–2 victory over the

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; Louisville's first victory over an MLS side. He made his first appearance in USL competition on September 22 against

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when he came on to replace the injured Ranjitsingh and went on to appear in three of Louisville's league matches. Although he did not make an appearance in the

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playoffs he was named to the match squad for all four of Louisville's matches as Dobrowolski and Louisville won the USL Cup Final.

2019 season

Trials

Dobrowolski left Louisville following the 2019 season. In February 2020, he participated in

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pre-season training as a trialist, but was not ultimately signed by the team.

Honors

Club

(2): 2017, 2018

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobrowolski, Tim 1993 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football goalkeepers Loyola Ramblers men's soccer players Louisville City FC players Soccer players from Rockford, Illinois USL Championship players 21st-century American sportsmen