Charles was born in London. In 1970, he began his 12-year professional soccer career as a player for West Ham United, playing the position of defender. After a few seasons, he began playing with Cardiff City instead.
In 1978, he went to the USA to play in the now-defunct NASL. The bulk of his NASL career was spent with the Portland Timbers. Although he later played with other teams, he returned to Portland, Oregon after retiring from the NASL. After returning to Portland, he began his coaching career, coaching soccer for a high school in Troutdale, Oregon. In 1986, he got a coaching job with the University of Portland, and began to coach the men's team there. In 1989, he began to coach both the men's and women's teams at UP. He would continue coaching the UP teams until his death. In his last season, the UP women's team won the NCAA championship.
Charles also spent several years as coach of the U.S. men's national team, guiding it to the 2000 SummerOlympics; also, he was assistant coach of the U.S. team in the 1998 World Cup.
Clive James Charles Betts (January 13, 1950) is a British politician, and the the Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe.
Clive Betts had been elected as a councillor to Sheffield City Council in 1976, he was its deputy leader under David Blunkett for a year in 1986, and succeeded Blunkett as the council leader in 1987.
Clive Betts was made an Opposition Whip under Tony Blair in 1996, and after the 1997 General Election, he entered the government as an Assistant Whip, he was promoted in 1998 when he became a (full) Whip, with the title of Lord Commissioner to the Treasury.
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