Background
Peay grew up in Columbia, Maryland and attended Oakland Mills High School where he played on the boy’s soccer team
Peay grew up in Columbia, Maryland and attended Oakland Mills High School where he played on the boy’s soccer team
After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Virginia where he was a defender on the men’s soccer team from 1991 to 1995.
He was a regular on the United States. junior national teams and United States. Olympic team in the mid-1990s. He also spent several years with District of Columbia United in Major League Soccer. In 1993, Peay was the captain of the United States. U-20 national team that competed at the U-20 World Cup.
The United States. went 1-1-1 in the first round, qualifying for the second round where the team fell to Brazil 3-0.
The United States. went 0-3 and did not make the second round. That year Peay also was on the United States. team at the World University Games.
In 1996, Bruce Arena, who coached Peay at the University of Virginia, selected Peay for the United States. soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The United States. went 1-1-1, but failed to qualify for the second round.
Peay played all three games as a central defender.
Arena continued to turn to Peay when District of Columbia United of Major League Soccer (Master of Library Science) drafted him in the ninth round (90th overall) of the 1996 Master of Library Science Draft. In 1996, Peay saw time in twenty-four games, twenty-three, as United went to the Master of Library Science championship and the United States. Open Cup 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 Charleston Battery of the United States. Second Division, signed him. He then played eight games with the Battery in 1998.
At the end of the season, the Battery traded Peay to the Maryland Mania for first round 1999 draft pick. However, on May 13, 1999, District of Columbia United signed Peay, ironically as a discovery player.
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 anterior cruciate ligament 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.
On January 27, 2003, Georgetown University hired Peay as an assistant coach.
In 2004, he moved to Davidson College as an assistant coach to the men’s soccer team He held that position until 2008 when he moved to George Mason University as an assistant.
After George Mason, he accepted the men"s head coaching job at the University of Richmond, which he started effective February 1, 2009. In July of 2012, Peay resigned from the men"s head coaching job at Richmond to accept a position with the USMNT.
Finally in or about 2000, Peay"s decade long run of season ending championships came to an end when the District of Columbia United did not successfully defend their Master of Library Science Championship.
1995, Peay was a member of the United States. team at the 1995 Pan American games.