Dayne St. Clair

Dayne St. Clair (born May 9, 1997) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Minnesota United. Prior to playing for Minnesota United, St. Clair was a two-year starter for the Maryland Terrapins men's soccer program. With Maryland, he was the starting goalkeeper for their national championship run, where he earned the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player for the best defensive soccer player in the national tournament.

Dayne St. Clair
Personal information
Full name Dayne St. Clair
Date of birth (1997-05-09) May 9, 1997
Place of birth Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 97
Youth career
0000–2013 Ajax SC
2014 Vaughan Azzurri
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Maryland Terrapins 43 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Vaughan Azzurri
2016–2017 K-W United 13 (0)
2018 New York Red Bulls U23 3 (0)
2019– Minnesota United 13 (0)
2019 → Forward Madison (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → San Antonio FC (loan) 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2020

Prior to playing college soccer for the University of Maryland, St. Clair played youth soccer for Vaughan SC and helped the Azzuri win a League1 Ontario title. St. Clair also played high school soccer for Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School. St. Clair also appeared for the Canada men's national under-18 soccer team.

Career

College

Entering the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, St. Clair was redshirted. During his redshirt freshman year in 2016, St. Clair served as a backup to Cody Niedermeier, making two college appearances for the program. Entering the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, St. Clair became the regular starter for Maryland, making his first college soccer start for Maryland on August 25, 2017 in a 4–2 win against Santa Clara.[1] St. Clair finished his Maryland career making a total of 43 appearances for the program.

Senior

St. Clair played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri in 2014 and 2015.[2] During the 2016 and 2017 PDL seasons, St. Clair made fourteen appearances (seven per season) with K-W United FC.[3] During the 2018 PDL season, St. Clair played with the New York Red Bulls under 23 team.

On January 4, 2019, ahead of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, St. Clair signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer, forgoing his final season of eligibility.[4] On January 11, 2019, St. Clair was drafted seventh overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United FC.[5][6] St. Clair said of getting drafted, "I wanted to make a statement to the person I am, the player I am. This is my statement."[7] In April 2019, St. Clair was loaned out to Minnesota's USL affiliate club, Forward Madison FC.[8] He made his league debut for the club on April 6, 2019, playing all ninety minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Chattanooga Red Wolves.[9]

In February 2020, it was announced that Minnesota had loaned St. Clair out once again, this time to USL Championship side San Antonio FC.[10] On August 15, 2020, San Antonio announced that St. Clair had been recalled by Minnesota.[11]

International

St. Clair was born in Canada to a Trinidadian father and Canadian-Scottish mother.[12] St. Clair was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[13] He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021.[14]

Honours

Career statistics

Club
As of December 7, 2020[16][17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
K–W United PDL 2016 6000000060
2017 7000000070
Total 130000000130
New York Red Bulls U-23 PDL 2018 3000000030
Minnesota United MLS 2020 130300000160
Forward Madison (loan) USL League One 2019 5000000050
San Antonio (loan) USL Championship 2020 5000000050
Career Total 390300000420

References
  1. "2017 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics: Game-by-Game". umterps.com. University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. "Success Stories Keep Coming for League1 Ontario". Ontario Soccer Association. February 11, 2015.
  3. "Dayne St Clair - Game Log - Goalkeeper". K-W United FC. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. Rodriguez, Alicia (January 4, 2019). "MLS announces 2019 Generation adidas class ahead of Combine". Major League Soccer. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  5. Zgoda, Jerry (January 12, 2019). "Minnesota United takes Maryland teammates Dayne St. Clair, Chase Gasper with SuperDraft picks". Star Tribune. Star Tribune Media Company LLC. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. Greder, Andy (January 11, 2019). "Minnesota United picks goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair in MLS SuperDraft". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Digital First Media. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  7. "Minnesota United takes Maryland teammates Dayne St. Clair, Chase Gasper with SuperDraft picks". Star Tribune. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019. I wanted to make a statement to the person I am, the player I am,” the 21-year-old St. Clair said. “This is my statement.”
  8. "Four Minnesota United players loaned to Madison affiliate". twincities.com. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  9. "Chattanooga Red Wolves vs. Forward Madison – 6 April 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  10. "SAN ANTONIO FC ADDS GOALKEEPER DAYNE ST. CLAIR ON LOAN FROM MINNESOTA UNITED". SanAntonioFC.com. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  11. https://twitter.com/SanAntonioFC/status/1294765270565879811
  12. "Minnesota United takes Maryland teammates Dayne St. Clair, Chase Gasper with SuperDraft picks". Star Tribune.
  13. "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  14. Davidson, Neil (December 23, 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
  15. Bryant, Victor (December 10, 2018). "Maryland wins its fourth men's soccer national championship by beating Akron, 1-0, on second-half penalty kick". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  16. Soccerway. "Dayne St Clair profile".
  17. USL League Two. "Dayne St Clair profile".
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