Dayne St. Clair

Canadian soccer player

Dayne St. Clair
St. Clair with Minnesota United in 2022
Personal information
Full name Dayne Tristan St. Clair[1]
Date of birth (1997-05-09) May 9, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 97
Youth career
North Scarborough SC
Pickering SC
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 87 (0)
2019 → Forward Madison (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → San Antonio FC (loan) 5 (0)
International career‡
2021– Canada 4 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Men's soccer
CONCACAF Nations League
Runner-up 2023
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 21, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 9, 2023

Dayne Tristan St. Clair (born May 9, 1997) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United and the Canada national team.

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.

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.

Early life

Born to a Trinidadian father and Scottish Canadian mother,[3] he began playing soccer at age three with the Epiphany Church Soccer League, before joining North Scarborough SC at age 4.[4] He also played with Pickering SC, Ajax SC, and Vaughan Azzurri.[5][6]

College career

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.[7] St. Clair finished his Maryland career making a total of 43 appearances for the program.

Club career

Early career

St. Clair played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri in 2014 and 2015.[8] During the 2016 and 2017 PDL seasons, St. Clair made fourteen appearances with K-W United FC.[9] During the 2018 PDL season, St. Clair played with the New York Red Bulls under 23 team.

Minnesota United

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.[10] On January 11, 2019, St. Clair was drafted seventh overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United FC.[11][12] 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."[13] In April 2019, St. Clair was loaned out to Minnesota's USL affiliate club, Forward Madison FC.[14] 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.[15]

In February 2020, it was announced that Minnesota had loaned St. Clair out once again, this time to USL Championship side San Antonio FC.[16] On August 15, 2020, San Antonio announced that St. Clair had been recalled by Minnesota,[17] where he played the last 13 games of the regular season and three 2020 MLS Cup Playoff games, conceding just 15 goals and with eight clean sheets.[18] Upon conclusion of the 2021 season, St Clair would sign a 3 year extension with Minnesota United through the end of the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025.[19]

International career

St. Clair was named to the Canada U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020.[20] He accepted an invite for the Canada senior national team camp for January 2021.[21] He made his debut for the senior team on June 5, 2021, playing the whole game in a 7-0 FIFA World Cup qualification victory over Aruba.[22] On July 1 St. Clair was named to the Canada squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[23]

In November 2022 St. Clair was named to Canada's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[24] In June 2023, St. Clair was called-up to the 23-man squad contesting the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.[25] On June 19 he was named to the 23-man squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played April 21, 2024[27][28]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
K–W United 2016 PDL 6 0 0 0 — — — 6 0
2017 7 0 0 0 — — — 7 0
Total 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
New York Red Bulls U-23 2018 PDL 3 0 0 0 — — — 3 0
Minnesota United 2020 MLS 13 0 3 0 — — 0 0 16 0
2021 4 0 1 0 — — — 5 0
2022 32 0 1 0 0 0 — — 33 0
2023 30 0 0 0 0 0 — 5[a] 0 35 0
2024 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
Total 87 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 97 0
Forward Madison (loan) 2019 USL League One 5 0 0 0 0 0 — — 5 0
San Antonio (loan) 2020 USL Championship 5 0 0 0 — — — 5 0
Career total 113 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 123 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of July 9, 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Canada 2021 1 0
2022 1 0
2023 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Canada (CAN)" (PDF). FIFA. November 15, 2022. p. 6. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Dayne St. Clair". Minnesota United FC. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Goalie with Trinidad and Tobago roots in Canada World Cup squad - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday". November 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Dayne St. Clair at the Canadian Soccer Association
  5. ^ "Canada Soccer announces squad for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". Canadian Soccer Association. November 12, 2022.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil (September 29, 2020). "Canadian 'keeper Dayne St. Clair makes most of MLS opportunity with Minnesota". Toronto Star.
  7. ^ "2017 Men's Soccer Cumulative Statistics: Game-by-Game". umterps.com. University of Maryland Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Success Stories Keep Coming for League1 Ontario". Ontario Soccer Association. February 11, 2015.
  9. ^ "Dayne St Clair - Game Log - Goalkeeper". K-W United FC. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  10. ^ Rodriguez, Alicia (January 4, 2019). "MLS announces 2019 Generation adidas class ahead of Combine". Major League Soccer. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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."
  14. ^ "Four Minnesota United players loaned to Madison affiliate". twincities.com. April 4, 2019. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  15. ^ "Chattanooga Red Wolves vs. Forward Madison – 6 April 2019 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  16. ^ "SAN ANTONIO FC ADDS GOALKEEPER DAYNE ST. CLAIR ON LOAN FROM MINNESOTA UNITED". SanAntonioFC.com. February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  17. ^ @SanAntonioFC (August 15, 2020). "Roster Update: SAFC today announced..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Attfield, Paul (May 3, 2021). "Dayne St. Clair standing tall despite Minnesota's early season struggles". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. p. B10. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dayne St. Clair Signs New Contract". Minnesota United FC. November 30, 2021.
  20. ^ "Canada Soccer announces Provisional List for Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying". Canada Soccer. February 26, 2020. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  21. ^ Davidson, Neil (December 23, 2020). "TFC's Ayo Akinola accepts invite to Canadian national team camp". CBC.
  22. ^ "Canada beats Aruba, sets up crucial World Cup qualifier against Suriname - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  23. ^ "CANADA SOCCER ANNOUNCES 2021 CONCACAF GOLD CUP ROSTER". July 1, 2021.
  24. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (November 13, 2022). "Canada announces 26-man squad for 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar". Canadian Premier League.
  25. ^ Tierney, Mitchell (June 7, 2023). "Former CPLers Loturi, Zator called up by Canada for 2023 Concacaf Nations League Finals". Canadian Premier League.
  26. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (June 19, 2023). "CanMNT announces final 23-man squad for Concacaf Gold Cup". Canadian Premier League.
  27. ^ "Dayne St Clair profile". Soccerway.
  28. ^ USL League Two. "Dayne St Clair profile".
  29. ^ 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.

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