Matt Clare

Matt Clare
Personal information
Full name Matthew Christopher Clare
Date of birth (1988-05-25) May 25, 1988
Place of birth Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 San Diego Sockers
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 West Virginia Chaos 8 (2)
2009 Bradenton Academics 10 (1)
2011–2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies[1] 27 (4)
2012 Norfolk SharX (indoor) 23 (20)
2012 Syracuse Silver Knights (indoor) 6 (4)
2012–2013 Wichita Wings (indoor) 2 (3)
2013–2015 Wichita B-52s (indoor) 32 (58)
2015– 2016 FC Wichita
2015– San Diego Sockers (indoor) 69 (64)
2016– Albion SC Pros 14 (14)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 9, 2018

Matt Clare (born May 25, 1988 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American soccer player currently playing for Albion SC Pros in National Premier Soccer League.

Career

Youth and Amateur

Clare, who did not play college soccer, played with elite youth team PDA in the USL Super Y-League,[2] before going on to play for both the Charlotte Soccer Club, and later the St. Petersburg Kickers in the USASA-affiliated Florida Suncoast Soccer League.[3]

Clare also played in the USL Premier Development League, with West Virginia Chaos in 2008[4] and Bradenton Academics in 2009.[5]

Professional

Clare signed his first professional contract in 2011 when he signed with FC Tampa Bay of the North American Soccer League, having trialed with the team during pre-season.[6] He made his professional debut on May 11, coming on as a late substitute in a game against FC Edmonton.[7] Tampa Bay announced that the club exercised its 2012 contract option on Clare on October 5, 2011. The new contract also includes a club option for the 2013 season.[8] Clare went on to play for the Wichita Wings in the Major Indoor Soccer League and the Wichita B-52s in the MASL. Clare signed for National Premier Soccer League club FC Wichita on Feb 23, 2015.[9]

Personal

Matt is the son of former professional soccer player John Clare, who played for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the American Professional Soccer League in the 1990s.

References

  1. ↑ Formerly known as FC Tampa Bay through 2011.
  2. ↑ Garden State Rises to the top; New Jersey's Parsippany and PDA the teams to beat Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://www.hotstat.com/72408/teams/17319650/7864657-18065113/7758695.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  5. ↑ http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2009/22301.html#STATS Archived 2009-05-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ FC Tampa Bay Signs Jarun, Ukah, Claire To 2011 Deals With Club Options Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ FC Tampa Bay ties FC Edmonton 1-1
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  9. ↑
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