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Career Youth and college Mathis played club soccer at a young age for Rockdale Youth Soccer Association, and then for AFC Lightning, a Georgia powerhouse producing players such as current U.S. international Ricardo Clark, in Fayetteville. He played school ball for Heritage High School, a state champion, and played college soccer at the University of South Carolina. Professional Mathis was drafted sixth overall by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the first round of the 1998 MLS College Draft. After two and a half years with Los Angeles, Mathis was awarded to the MetroStars in the dispersal draft after the Galaxy signed Mexican forward Luis Hernndez. Mathis immediately took his game to a new level, flashing an "I NY" shirt after scoring goals and breaking the MLS record by scoring five goals in a game against the Dallas Burn on August 26, 2000. He finished second in the league in scoring with 16 goals and 14 assists and was named to the MLS Best XI. 2001 saw Mathis score seven goals in his first six games, including the league's eventual Goal of the Year on a half-field run against Dallas. In June, he tore his ACL, which ended his season. He never recovered his pre-injury form and scored only 13 goals in his remaining two seasons with the MetroStars. After the 2002 MLS season, elite German club Bayern Munich attempted to acquire Mathis but was blocked by MLS. Mathis was furious and played poorly for the rest of his time in MLS. In 2004, Mathis left the MetroStars to sign on a free transfer with Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga. He finished his Metro career with 33 goals in league play and 39 in all competitions, both marks second-best in team history to Giovanni Savarese. Mathis played well in his first season in Germany, scoring on his debut. He scored 4 goals in his first 5 games. But his Hannover coach was fired and replaced. And in his second Bundesliga season the coach kept him often on the bench. On September 25, 2004 upon entering a game as a very late substitute and scoring almost immediately the game-winning goal, Mathis ran to the sideline and tapped his watch at the new Hannover coach, Ewald Lienen. Mathis started the next game but afterwards never played with the first team again. In December he was transferred back to MLS, joining expansion club Real Salt Lake. Mathis said he returned to fulfill a promise made to RSL head coach John Ellinger. His initial season in Utah was a major disappointment, as Mathis only scored three goals (all three were named MLS Goal of the Week). In December 2005, he was traded to Colorado in exchange for Jeff Cunningham. On March 29, 2007, Mathis was traded from the Colorado Rapids to Red Bull New York for a fourth-round draft pick in 2008 and a conditional pick in 2009. In his first home game, he notched a goal and an assist to lead New York to a 3-0 rout of FC Dallas. Clint is currently the franchise's second All-Time scorer in all competitions with 45 goals. He was traded to the Los Angeles Galaxy on November 19, 2007 for a third round pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft. He made his debut for the Galaxy in a friendly at Telstra Stadium against Sydney FC in front of 80,000 fans. He scored the first goal in the Galaxy's match versus Wellington Phoenix. In January 2008, during the European transfer window he left the Galaxy, signing with Ergotelis in Greece. Ergotelis sat at the bottom of the table in the Greek First Division. Playing in a recent match, and down 2-1, Ergotelis manager used Mathis who made his debut at the club as his team's third substitute in the 72 minute. In the 91 minute of stoppage time down a goal, the ball popped to Mathis outside the box and he struck a powerful left footed volley that the keeper could only deflect into the back of the net, earning a crucial point against fellow relegation battlers Apollon Kalamarias. Real Salt Lake signed Mathis in August, 2008. They traded a 3rd or 4th round draft pick in the 2010 Superdraft (depending on appearances) to gain his rights from Los Angeles Galaxy. After 11 years in Major League Soccer, Mathis won the MLS Cup with Real Salt Lake, defeating Los Angeles Galaxy in a 1 - 1 draw that was decided in overtime by penalties, with Mathis scoring the first penalty kick goal. During the January 14th MLS SuperDraft, Mathis returned to the Los Angeles Galaxy in a trade involving draft picks. International Mathis earned his first cap for the U.S. national team on November 6, 1998, against Australia. He was a contributor for the United States national team in the early stages of qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, scoring the game-winning goal against Honduras and setting up Josh Wolff's game-winning goal against Costa Rica. At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Mathis shaved his hair into a mohawk and scored a goal in the United States' 1-1 draw with South Korea. Trivia In 2002, Mathis became the first male soccer player in eight years to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated in its World Cup preview issue. Mathis was also on the cover of ESPN MLS Extratime in 2002, and Backyard Soccer 2004. Honors Real Salt Lake Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2009 Major League Soccer MLS Cup Championship (1): 2009 See also List of current MLS players References ^ http://www.mlsnet.com//news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20071119&content_id=130325&vkey=pr_lag&fext=.jsp&team=t106 External links MLS player profile Clint Mathis profile on ESPN Soccernet Clint Mathis' U.S. Olympic Team bio v d e United States squad 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Friedel 2 Hejduk 3 Berhalter 4 Mastroeni 5 O'Brien 6 Regis 7 Lewis 8 Stewart 9 Moore 10 Reyna 11 Mathis 12 Agoos 13 Jones 14 Cherundolo 15 Wolff 16 Llamosa 17 Beasley 18 Keller 19 Meola 20 McBride 21 Donovan 22 Sanneh 23 Pope Coach: Arena v d e United States squad 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Cannon 2 Hejduk 3 Berhalter 4 Mastroeni 5 Vanney 6 Cherundolo 7 Lewis 8 Stewart 9 Kirovski 10 Donovan 11 Mathis 12 Bocanegra 13 Martino 14 Armas 15 Convey 16 Califf 17 Beasley 18 Howard 19 Hahnemann 20 Twellman 21 Cunningham 22 Klein 23 Gibbs Coach: Arena v d e United States squad 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Third Place 2 Hejduk 3 Vanney 4 Bocanegra 6 Gibbs 7 Lewis 8 Stewart 10 Reyna 11 Mathis 12 Califf 13 Mulrooney 15 Convey 17 Beasley 18 Keller 19 Ralston 20 McBride 21 Donovan 24 Brown 25 Mastroeni Coach: Arena v d e Los Angeles Galaxy current squad 1 Ricketts 2 Dunivant 4 Gonzalez 5 Marshall 6 Lewis 7 Klein 8 Kovalenko 9 Kirovski 11 Eskandarian 12 Saunders 14 Buddle 15 Alex Cazumba 16 Berhalter 17 Bowen 18 Magee 19 Juninho 20 DeLaGarza 21 Gordon 22 Leonardo 26 Stephens 27 Jordan 28 Franklin 33 Birchall 84 Mathis Sanneh Sesay Head Coach: Arena Assistant Coach: Sarachan Assistant Coach: Jones Assistant Coach: James Goalkeeper Coach: Feuer General Manager: Arena Persondata NAME Mathis, Clint ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional soccer player DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH Conyers, Georgia DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Categories: 1976 births American expatriate soccer players Colorado Rapids players Expatriate footballers in Germany 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players First Bundesliga footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Hannover 96 players Living people Los Angeles Galaxy players MetroStars players People from South Carolina Real Salt Lake players Red Bull New York players Ergotelis F.C. players South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer players United States men's international soccer players Soccer players from Georgia (U.S. state) The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Mill Liners , China Cement Mill Liners , and more. 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