J. J. Koval

Koval in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Jeffrey Koval, Jr.
Date of birth	(1992-05-19) May 19, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Westlake Village, California, United States
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
2007–2010	Real So Cal
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Stanford Cardinal	74	(6)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Ventura County Fusion	3	(0)
2014–2015	San Jose Earthquakes	37	(0)
2014	→ Sacramento Republic (loan)	2	(1)
2016	Sacramento Republic	27	(1)
Total		69	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 21, 2016

Jeffrey "J. J." Koval Jr. (born May 19, 1992) is a former American soccer player who last played for Sacramento Republic in the United Soccer League.

Koval played youth soccer for Real So Cal in his local area before signing a National Letter of Intent to play for Stanford Cardinal. For Stanford, Koval was a regular starter all four years for the program as a holding midfielder, appearing in all of Stanford's 74 games during that span, starting 73 of them.^[1]

Koval was drafted ninth overall in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes. He subsequently signed a contract. On March 11, 2014, Koval made his professional debut for the Earthquakes in a CONCACAF Champions League match against Toluca, coming on for Jason Hernandez in the 73rd minute.^[2]

Koval was released by San Jose on February 27, 2016.^[3]

After spending the 2016 season with the Sacramento Republic, Koval announced his retirement from professional soccer on December 21, 2016, to pursue a career in dentistry at Creighton University School of Dentistry in Omaha, Nebraska.^[4]

Koval is married to Karli Koval.^[5]

Koval also credits much of his later personal development to a friend whom he met in Omaha, Nebraska during dental school: Austin Gouldsmith. The two met in 2019 and remain close friends. JJ made the most of his Creighton dental education. He helped a local Omaha resident Levi Gipson reduce molar wear by recommending less popcorn kernel gnawing, and he also served in Los Cerezos, Dominican Republic; there he completed two weeks worth of extractions, cleanings, and fillings at a makeshift dental clinic set up in the local school.^[6]

• J. J. Koval at Major League Soccer
• San Jose Earthquakes profile
• Stanford profile Archived May 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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