POSITION: Midfielder
BIRTHDATE: 7/14/1998
HOMETOWN: Wethersfield, Conn.
HEIGHT: 5’9″
WEIGHT: 165
PREVIOUS TEAM: Providence College (NCAA)
PRONUNCIATION: DAN-ee GRIF-fin
BIO
Danny Griffin is entering his fifth season overall with Riverhounds SC in 2024, returning to the club last year by way of a transfer from Huntsville City FC of MLS Next Pro.
Griffin has been a mainstay in the Hounds lineup over the past four seasons, ascending all the way to ninth on the club’s appearance list with 116 entering this season. In his first three seasons in Pittsburgh, Griffin established a club record by appearing in 85 consecutive league matches — regular-season and postseason combined — a streak only interrupted by his brief stint with Huntsville.
In 2022, he set a Hounds record with 3,055 regular-season minutes played — five minutes short of the complete 34-game season — which came a season after he logged all but 12 minutes of the 32-game 2021 season. With Pittsburgh, Griffin has seven goals and four assists, including the lone goal in the Hounds’ 1-0 road win over the New England Revolution in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup.
Before arriving in Pittsburgh, the Providence College product was drafted by Columbus Crew SC with the 49th overall selection in the second round of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, but he went unsigned.
The Wethersfield, Conn. native finished his career at Providence with 80 games played — all starts — and 13 goals and six assists.
