Clint Peay (born September 16, 1973 in

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) is an American

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coach and former player. He was a regular on the U.S. junior national teams and U.S. Olympic team in the mid-1990s. He also spent several years with

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Youth

Peay grew up in

and attended

Oakland Mills High School Oakland Mills High School was established in 1973 as one of the first high schools to serve the planned developed new U.S. town of Columbia, Maryland area, established by James Rouse and his Rouse Company in 1967 in Howard County, midway between ...

where he played on the boys' soccer team. After graduating from high school, he attended the

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where he was a defender on the men’s soccer team from 1991 to 1995. During Peay’s four seasons, the Cavaliers won the

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four consecutive years. Of note, Oakland Mills won the Maryland State Championship and was ranked #1 in the state at the end of Peay's senior year. In Peay's four years at the University of Virginia, his teams also won their respective championships, each time ending the year ranked #1. For his first two years with the DC United, his team won the MLS Championship. Finally in or about 2000, Peay's decade long run of season ending championships came to an end when the DC United did not successfully defend their MLS Championship. He did.

Junior National and Olympic Teams

In 1993, Peay was the captain of the U.S. U-20 national team that competed at the

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. The U.S. went 1-1-1 in the first round, qualifying for the second round where the team fell to Brazil 3-0. 1995, Peay was a member of the U.S. team at the

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. The U.S. went 0-3 and did not make the second round. That year Peay also was on the U.S. team at the

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. In 1996,

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, who coached Peay at the University of Virginia, selected Peay for the U.S. soccer team at the

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. The U.S. went 1-1-1, but failed to qualify for the second round. Peay played all three games as a central defender.

Club career

Arena continued to turn to Peay when

(MLS) drafted him in the ninth round (90th overall) of the 1996 MLS Draft. In 1996, Peay saw time in twenty-four games, twenty-three, as United went to the MLS championship and the

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title. Peay’s playing dropped significantly as in 1997 as he started only eight games. In 1998, it fell further as he played only 394 minutes in six games before United waived Peay on June 30, 1998. When Peay became available, the

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of the U.S.

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, signed him. He then played eight games with the Battery in 1998. At the end of the season, the Battery traded Peay to the

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for first round 1999 draft pick. However, on May 13, 1999,

signed Peay, ironically as a discovery player.
/sup> In 1999, Peay saw even fewer minutes than in 1998, a total of only 241 in five games. Then, during the 2000 pre-season, he tore the

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in his left knee. While he attempted to work himself back into playing condition, he realized he could not and retired on November 8, 2000. Following his retirement from playing professionally, Peay became United’s broadcast announcer.

Coaching

On January 27, 2003,

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hired Peay as an assistant coach. In 2004, he moved to

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as an assistant coach to the men’s soccer team. He held that position until 2008 when he moved to

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as an assistant. After George Mason, he accepted the men's head coaching job at the

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, which he started effective February 1, 2009. In July 2012, Peay resigned from the men's head coaching job at Richmond to accept a position with the USMNT. In February 2019, Peay joined the

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staff as an assistant coach to

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. On November 25 2019, Peay was announced as the first ever head coach of the newly formed Revolution II, starting competition in the USL-League One in the 2020 season.

Family

Clint has a wife named Holly Peay and 3 children named Miles, Alec, and Simone Peay.

References

External links

Charleston Battery bio

Davidson bio

D.C. United stats

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