Clive Michael Charles (3 October 1951 – 26 August 2003) was an English football player, coach and television announcer.

He spent the last years of his playing career in the Major Indoor Soccer League, first with the Pittsburgh Spirits, then with the Los Angeles Lazers.

[4] When he was 12 years old, Charles began playing with the West Ham United youth teams and signed with the club as an apprentice when he turned 15.

In 1971 and 1972, he played two seasons on loan from West Ham with the Montreal Olympique of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL).

[7] When playing time continued to elude Charles, West Ham loaned him to Second Division side Cardiff City for the last 8 games of the 1974 season.

"[10] In 1982, he was playing with the Lazers when Jimmy Conway, a former Timbers teammate, called Charles and told him of an opening at the Reynolds High School boys' soccer team in Troutdale, Oregon.

In his last season (2002), the UP women's team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship.

[12] Other players include Yari Allnutt, Scott Benedetti, Kelly Gray, Nate Jaqua and Wade Webber.

Charles also spent several years as coach of the US U23 men's national team, culminating with the 2000 Summer Olympics.

He also served as an assistant coach of the United States men's (senior) national soccer team in the 1998 World Cup.

[15] Charles was first diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000,[2] and underwent weekly chemotherapy treatments to treat the disease.