Matt Clare

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Matt Clare
Personal information
Full name Matthew Christopher Clare
Date of birth (1988-05-25) May 25, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 West Virginia Chaos 8 (12)
2009 Bradenton Academics 10 (17)
2011–2013 Tampa Bay Rowdies [1] 27 (13)
2012 Norfolk SharX (indoor) 23 (20)
2012 Syracuse Silver Knights (indoor) 6 (17)
2012–2013 Wichita Wings (indoor) 5 (12)
2013–2015 Wichita B-52s (indoor) 32 (88)
2015 FC Wichita 15 (12)
2015–2018 San Diego Sockers (indoor) 71 (78)
2016 Albion SC Pros 14 (14)
2017 FC Wichita 9 (7)
2018 RWB Adria
2018–2019 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 10 (5)
2019–2020 Florida Tropics (indoor) 24 (16)
International career
2014-2019 United States Arena Soccer 55 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 January 2021

Matt Clare (born May 25, 1988 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American soccer player who last played for Florida Tropics SC in the Major Arena Soccer League.

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Career

Youth and Amateur

Clare, who did not play college soccer, played with elite youth team Charlotte Soccer, [2] before going on to play for IMG ACADEMY. [3] [4] [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 the San Diego Sockers in 2015 where he won 3 conference championships. Clare signed for National Premier Soccer League club FC Wichita on Feb 23, 2015 leading them to 2 conference championships. Clare has been a dominant force in the indoor game over the course of 7 years. Clare represented the United States Arena team over 4 years winning the World Cup in 2015 . Clare traveled to Tunisia to try his luck again but came up short in the quarter finals to Mexico in a heartbreaking loss. [9]

Clare made his return to Florida on 31 January 2019, signing with Florida Tropics SC. [10] Clare has been a dominant force in the indoor game over the course of 7 years.

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. Matt's brother Andrew currently plays as a centerback for Tropics SC in the United Premier Soccer League.

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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. ↑ "Florida Suncoast Soccer League". www.hotstat.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07.
  4. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  5. ↑ "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". www.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-31.
  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. ↑ "News | FC Tampa Bay". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  9. ↑ "FC Wichita signs Matt Clare – FC WICHITA". www.fcwichita.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Tropics Sign MASL Star Matt Clare From Tacoma Stars". FLTropics.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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