Davy Arnaud

Davy Arnaud (/ˈɑːrnoʊ/; born June 22, 1980) is a retired American soccer player who previously played for D.C. United. He is currently an assistant coach for D.C. United.

Career

College

Arnaud played college soccer at West Texas A&M University from 1999 to 2001, finishing his career with 31 goals and 11 assists. In his junior year he scored 13 goals and 3 assists, becoming a Division II NCAA All-American, the first from his school.

Professional

After his junior year, Arnaud turned professional, and was drafted 50th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards. He hardly played at all his first year, registering only 43 minutes in three games. Although his second year began much the same, Arnaud began to get significant time as the year progressed, and finished the year having played in 18 games, and scored three goals. Although his performance in 2003 boded well for his 2004 season, Arnaud exceeded everybody's expectations. After Preki and Igor Simutenkov went down with long-term injuries before the beginning of the season, Arnaud was given a starting role in the Wizards' offense next to Josh Wolff. Arnaud proved he deserved the opportunity from the outset, and went on to start all 30 of Kansas City's games, scoring nine goals and eight assists while leading the club to first place in the Western Conference.

Arnaud remained a starter for the club for the next several years. Before the 2010 season, Arnaud was named the team's new captain by coach Peter Vermes. During the 2011 season injuries limited his play but he still remained a key player for the club helping Sporting to a first place Eastern Conference finish during the regular season.

On November 28, 2011, Arnaud was traded to new expansion team Montreal Impact for defender Seth Sinovic and allocation money.^[2] He was named captain of the Montreal Impact for the team's first season in Major League Soccer. On March 17, 2012, before a crowd of 58,912 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Arnaud scored the first ever goal for the Montreal Impact in MLS in the 56th minute by heading a cross from Sanna Nyassi into the top right corner against Chicago Fire keeper Paolo Tornaghi.

On December 10, 2013, Arnaud was traded to D.C. United in exchange for an international roster slot.^[3]

On March 3, 2016, Arnaud officially announced his retirement. He was immediately placed to D.C. United's coaching staff.

International

Arnaud made his first appearance for the United States national team as a late substitute during the USA's 4-2 friendly defeat against Brazil on September 9, 2007 at Soldier Field in Chicago. He scored his first international goal on July 11, 2009 against Haiti in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	July 11, 2009	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, USA	Haiti	1 – 0	2 – 2	2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honors

Kansas City Wizards

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1): 2004
• Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2004

Montreal Impact

• Canadian Championship (1): 2013

References

External links

• MLS player profile
• Davy Arnaud at National-Football-Teams.com

United States squad – 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up
1 Perkins 2 Pearce 3 Goodson 4 Marshall 5 Beckerman 6 Cherundolo (c) 7 Rogers 8 Pause 9 Davies 10 Holden 11 Ching 12 Conrad 13 Clark 14 Parkhurst 15 Cronin 16 Heaps 17 Cooper 18 Robles 19 Adu 20 Quaranta 21 Evans 22 Arnaud 23 Busch 25 Feilhaber Coach: Bradley