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'''Ben Dragavon''' (born December 31, 1983 in [[Monroe, Washington]]) is a former American [[association football|soccer]] player who is currently an assistant coach for [[Seattle Reign FC]] in the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://medium.com/@ReignFC/reign-fc-announce-2017-preseason-roster-d1625c6df3eb#.fra88nti1| title = Reign FC Announce 2017 Preseason Roster {{!}} by Reign FC {{!}} Medium| newspaper = Medium| date = 13 March 2017| last1 = Fc| first1 = Reign}}</ref>

Dragavon graduated from [[Monroe High School (Washington)|Monroe High School]] in 2002. In 2001, he backstopped the Bearcats to the Washington State 3A High School Championship.<ref>[httphttps://communityarchive.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010527&slug=/romero27/class-3a-boys-soccer-bearcats-leave-class-3a-with-state-championship Class 3A boys soccer: Bearcats leave Class 3A with state championship]</ref> He then attended [[Western Washington University]], playing on the men's soccer team from 2002 to 2005. He finished his career at WWU with the team's all -time record in shutouts. He is also third on the school's list with a 1.38 [[goals against average|GAA]].

On July 20, 2006, the [[Seattle Sounders (1994–2008)|Seattle Sounders]] signed him as a back-up to [[Chris Eylander]] when the Seattle's backup goalkeeper [[James Ward (soccer)|James Ward]] was injured.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015074211/http://www.seattlesounders.net/pressrelease.php?ID=494 Sounders Add Former WWU GK Ben Dragavon To Roster Posted 7/20/2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015074211/http://www.seattlesounders.net/pressrelease.php?ID=494 |date=October 15, 2007 }}</ref> He played no games that season, but saw time in four games in 2007. On July 16, 2007, the [[Milwaukee Wave]] of [[Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008)|Major Indoor Soccer League]] picked Dragavon in the seventh round of the 2007 MISL Supplemental Draft. However, he did not sign with the Wave. During the winter of 2007–2008, he played indoor soccer with the [[Seattle Wolves FC]] of the [[Premier Arena Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arenaleague.com/teams/7876632/7876636-7876634/TEAM.html |title=2007–2008 Seattle Wolves |access-date=2008-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003133213/http://www.arenaleague.com/teams/7876632/7876636-7876634/TEAM.html |archive-date=2008-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dragavon signed a contract in early 2009 to become part of the [[Major League Soccer]] [[Major League Soccer#MLS Pool Goalkeeper|League-Wide Reserve Goalkeeper Pool]]. During the early part of 2009 he was called up by [[Seattle Sounders FC]] to provide cover for [[Kasey Keller]] while regular reserve keeper [[Chris Eylander]] was out injured. He made his MLS debut for Seattle on April 11, 2009, in a game against the [[Kansas City Wizards]], when Keller was sent off for handling outside the penalty area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=04112009_KCSEA |title=ArchivedMajor League Soccer: Match Tracker: copyMain |accessdate=2009-04-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415055016/http://web.mlsnet.com/scoreboard/game.jsp?match=04112009_KCSEA |archivedate=2009-04-15 }}</ref> He was on the bench for [[Toronto FC]] during their 5–0 loss to [[New York Red Bulls]] on October 25, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=262061&cc=5901 |title=Report: New York Red Bulls v Toronto FC - Major League Soccer - ESPN Soccernet |access-date=2009-12-09 |archive-date=2011-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604145723/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=262061&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In early March 2010, Dragavon pre-signed a two -year contract with the Aztex, against whom he made his USL debut in 2009, but he was released before the season started after failing his medical.<ref>[http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/412335.html Aztex sign Maxwell Griffin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311135219/http://usl1.uslsoccer.com/home/412335.html |date=2012-03-11 }}</ref>

In 2012, Dragavon became the [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] coach for the [[USL Premier Development League|USL PDL]] club [[Seattle Sounders FC U-23]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundersfcblog/2017805369_arlos_back_wednesday_links.html|title = The Seattle Times &#124; Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.soundersu23.com/roster/coaching/index_E.html | title=Coaching Staff }}</ref>

He made an appearance as goalkeeper for the Sounders U-23 team versus [[Washington Crossfire]] on May 31, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sounders U-23 Grab Dramatic Victory|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/724796.html|archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20130630131847/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/724796.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2013|work=USLsoccer.com|publisher=United Soccer Leagues|accessdate=1 June 2013|date=31 May 2013}}</ref>

In 2013, he became the goalkeeper coach for [[Seattle Reign FC]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reign FC practice technique|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/picturethis/2021465950_reignfcpractice.html|publisher=Seattle Times|accessdate=26 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019064610/http://seattletimes.com/html/picturethis/2021465950_reignfcpractice.html|archivedate=19 October 2013}}</ref> He became a full-time assistant coach in 2017.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://medium.com/@ReignFC/reign-fc-announce-2017-preseason-roster-d1625c6df3eb#.fra88nti1| title = Reign FC Announce 2017 Preseason Roster {{!}} by Reign FC {{!}} Medium| newspaper = Medium| date = 13 March 2017| last1 = Fc| first1 = Reign}}</ref>

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