Dayne St. Clair

BIOGRAPHY

Dayne St. Clair was born on May 9, 1997 in Pickering, Oregon. He is a goalkeeper in Major League Soccer.

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

St. Clair played for League1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri in 2014 and 2015. 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. On January 11, 2019, St. Clair was drafted seventh overall in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by Minnesota United FC. In April 2019, St. Clair was loaned out to Minnesota's USL affiliate club, Forward Madison FC. 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.

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

St. Clair was born in Canada to a Trinidadian father and Canadian-Scottish mother. St. Clair was named to the Canadian U-23 provisional roster for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship on February 26, 2020. He accepted an invite for the Canadian senior national team camp for January 2021. 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. On July 1 St. Clair was named to the Canada squad for the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup.