Name
Michael HolodyHeight
6' 3"Weight
205 lbsDate of Birth
3.30.1987 (37)Birthplace
Clarkston, MI USAPosition
DefenderAcquired: Signed on March 1, 2011.
- Appeared in more games than any other rookie for the Rapids during the 2009 season.
- Finished his collegiate career as Michigan’s all-time leader in minutes played (6,498).
MLS CAREER
2010
- Did not make a regular season appearance for the Rapids.
- Started and played 90 minutes in U.S. Open Cup qualifier at KC (4/13).
- Played 37 minutes in second U.S. Open Cup qualifier at NY (5/26).
- Waived on Sept. 15.
2009
- Played in four games for 80 minutes and scored one goal.
- Scored first career MLS goal at Toronto (9/12) in only 7 minutes of action.
- Made MLS debut playing 16 minutes vs. Toronto FC (9/5).
- Played all 90 minutes at Seattle (5/26) in the second U.S. Open Cup play-in match.
- Selected by the Rapids in the fourth round (59th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Went on loan with Real Maryland (USL-2) from June through August in 2009 and played in nine regular season games.
COLLEGE
- Finished his career (2005-08) as the Maize and Blue's all-time leader in minutes played (6,498) and his 73 starts rank third on the career list.
- He dented the twine nine times, putting him in a tie for ninth on the all-time goals list.
- Holody collected a trio of all-conference honors and was named to the Big Ten All-Championship team on three occasions.
PERSONAL
- Attended Clarkston High School, where he was a National Honor Society member.
- All-state first team (2004), two-time all-state second team (2002-03), All-state honorable mention (2001).
- Captained the Michigan Bucks from 2006-08, winning the PDL championship in ’06.
- Was named PDL Central Conference Best XI in both 2007 and 2008.
- In 2008, was named to the PDL Best XI.
- Graduated from the College of Engineering and majored in industrial and operations engineering at Michigan.