Chad McCarty (born October 5, 1977 in

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) is a former U.S.

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who spent six seasons in

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. He also earned one

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with the U.S. national team in 1999.

Youth and college

McCarty grew up in

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and attended Clovis High School. After graduating from high school, McCarty attended the

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where he spent three seasons (1995–1997) on the Huskies soccer team. In 1998, he elected to not return for a fourth season and went professional with the

(MLS) Project-40 team.
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MLS

After McCarty signed with Project-40, the league allocated him to the

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. In 1998, he spent most of his time with the Project-40 team which competed in the

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. However, he did have six games with the Mutiny that year. In 1999 and 2000, he became a regular with the Mutiny, starting 30 games and 22 games respectively. McCarty broke his left ankle on April 7, 2001 in a game against the

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. His rehabilitation took four months.
/sup> On January 17, 2002 the

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used the fifth pick in that season's waiver draft to select McCarty. Columbus waived McCarty on March 2, 2004. When no club picked him up, McCarty retired from playing professionally.

National and Olympic teams

He was a member of the U.S. U-20 national team at the 1997 U-20 World Cup. The U.S. made the second round only to fall to eventual tournament runner-up Uruguay. By the end of 1997, he had earned 13 caps with the U-20 team. The following year, he moved up to the U-23 national team. He became a regular on the team before breaking his right ankle on March 25, 1998. McCarty earned his only

with the senior U.S. team in a September 8, 1999 tie with

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.
/sup> In 2000, McCarty was selected for the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics, U.S. Olympic Team which competed at the

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. That team, coached by

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, went to the Bronze Medal match where it fell 2-0 to Chile. McCarty was the team captain for the Olympics.

Managerial career

After retiring from playing, McCarty joined the youth coaching ranks with the California Odyssey of the Super Y-League.
/sup> Since leaving the Odyssey, he is now coaching the High School Boy's Varsity team at

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and the Men's Soccer team at Clovis Community College .

Honors

Club

Columbus Crew SC *

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External links

SoccerTimes.com bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCarty, Chad 1977 births Living people University of Washington alumni Washington Huskies men's soccer players United States men's international soccer players Tampa Bay Mutiny players MLS Pro-40 players Columbus Crew players Olympic soccer players of the United States Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics American soccer players American soccer coaches Sportspeople from Clovis, California Soccer players from California Major League Soccer players A-League (1995–2004) players United States men's under-20 international soccer players United States men's under-23 international soccer players Men's association football midfielders