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Brooks Monaghan

Heading into the 2000 season, Brooks Monaghan took over the University of Memphis Women’s Soccer program in hopes of taking it to new heights. Twelve league championships, 11 NCAA Tournament berths, 10 All-American honorees, 118 All-Conference selections and 279 wins later, Monaghan has molded the program into a national brand.


On what his one lasting impression on the program would be and why when he first took the job in 2000, Monaghan said, “I would like my student-athletes to know that I gave everything I had to make this program better. I would want the young ladies to leave here knowing that they not only grew as players, but also as people."


That vision has come to fruition as Monaghan, who has earned Conference Coach of the Year distinction in 2007, 2011 and 2019, has seen the Tigers flourish on and off the field since his tenure began back in 2000.


Monaghan and staff were named as the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Staff of the Year in 2022 following the team's historic Round of 16 run in the National Tournament. The Tigers would defend their crown as the reigning AAC Champions while shutting out No. 10 Saint Louis and Mississippi State in the opening two rounds of the NCAA Championship route to the program's deepest postseason trip.


Memphis has claimed 14-straight National Soccer Coaches Association of America/United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards, seven American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards, the 2009 C-USA Sport Academic Award, 18 Academic All-America awards and 40 Academic All-District selections. Since Monaghan’s first season in 2000, the team has recorded a composite grade point average of 3.1 or higher. At the end of the 2020-21 academic year, the Tigers posted their 42nd consecutive term with a 3.0 GPA.


In 2016 the Tigers added another honor to the list, posting the highest GPA in all of Division I Soccer during the 2015-16 academic year. The team GPA of 3.70 was the program’s highest ever, after Memphis posted a 3.60 in 2014-15 and in 2009-10.


On the field, team and individual success have become the norm in the Monaghan era. His 279 wins rank 12th among active Division I coaches who have spent their careers at one institution.


The Tigers returned to the NCAA Tournament six times (2022, 2021,2020, 2019, 2018 and 2016) since five straight C-USA Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances from 2007-11. Individually, Memphis has had seven AAC Players of the Year (Mya Jones, 2020 Midfielder of the Year; Grace Stordy, 2020 Rookie of the Year; Clarissa Larisey, 2019 Offensive Player of the Year; Elizabeth Moberg, 2019 Goalkeeper of the Year; Mya Jones, 2019 Rookie of the Year; Olivia Gauthier, 2018 Defensive Player of the Year; Kylie Davis, 2014 Midfielder of the Year), and 14 C-USA Player of the Year winners (five offensive/three defensive/two midfielder/four freshman). The program has added 46 All-AAC picks and 14 All-AAC Rookie selections, 34 All-C-USA picks, 16 All-C-USA Freshman Team selections, nine All-Americans and one Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award honoree. Monaghan also coached his first World Cup player as 2018 senior Chanel Hudson-Marks played represented the Tigers on Jamaica’s Senior National Team in the country’s first Women’s World Cup appearance in June of 2019.


The 2022 season marked one of the most historic in program history as they Tigers made their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance following their second straight American Athletic Conference Championship. Memphis, who finished the season with a 11-5-6 overall record, would record 10 shutouts during the season while outscoring their opponents by 17 goals. After the Tigers collected a 1-0 overtime win against SMU for the AAC Championship, Memphis would go on to shut out (10) Saint Louis and Mississippi State in the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament to reach the Round of 16 for the first time in program history. Grace Stordy, Mya Jones and Haylee Spray would collect All-AAC First Team honors while Jocelyn Alonzo and Momo Nakao were named to the Second Team. Stordy and Jones would go on to be named as United Soccer Coaches All-South Region selections.


Following a shortened 2020 season (played in Spring 2021) where the Tigers made their fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, Memphis would go on to collect a 14-5-2 record and an outstanding 10-1-1 home record in 2021. The team recorded five Power 5 wins during the season, including a 3-0 shutout of LSU in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament - the first hosted by the Tigers at the Track and Soccer Complex on the University's South Campus. Memphis would also collect their second American Athletic Conference Tournament trophy - which was also against South Florida in Tampa back in 2018. Elizabeth Moberg, Saorla Miller, Kimberley Smit, Caroline Duncan and Haylee Spray were all named to the AAC All-Tournament Team while seven found their named All-AAC.


In its 25th season in program history, the 2019 Tigers continued to break records. Memphis captured the 2019 AAC regular-season title, its second championship in as many years, and earned their third trip to the NCAA Tournament in the last four years. The Tigers' 16 regular-season wins stand as the second-most in program history, while their 12 shutouts throughout the season tied for third in the program record book. With the addition of stadium lights, Memphis women's soccer found a new home facility in Park Avenue Campus and called the complex home for a full season on the UofM campus – the first time since 2000. The Tigers defended home turf behind a 10-1-0 mark, including a perfect 9-0-0 run in the regular season, and earned the No. 1 seed and host bid of the American Athletic Conference Championship after winning the regular-season crown.


Six Tigers garnered All-Conference honors at the end of the 2019 season, including Clarissa Larisey (forward), Elizabeth Moberg (goalkeeper) and Mya Jones (rookie), who earned categorical Player of the Year Awards. Memphis also gained national recognition in postseason awards, as Larisey and Stasia Mallin each earned First Team All-America honors, while the trio of Larisey, Mallin and Moberg were named Academic All-Americans.


The 2018 season served as one of the most successful campaigns in program history, capped by the Tigers claiming their first league tournament title in The American and punching their seventh trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers thrived in environments away from home, going 9-0 in true road games and 3-0 in neutral site matches. At the end of the regular season, the Tigers had a school-record seven student-athletes named to AAC All-Conference teams. Olivia Gauthier was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Serena Dolan, Clarissa Larisey and Marie Levasseur earned First Team All-Conference recognition. Catherine Levasseur and Elizabeth Moberg were named Second Team All-AAC, while Tanya Boychuk was listed to the conference’s All-Rookie Team.


In Memphis’ route to capturing its first AAC tournament title, Chanel Hudson-Marks (Most Outstanding Defensive Player), Clarissa Larisey (Most Outstanding Offensive Player), Marie Levasseur and Stasia Mallin garnered All-Tournament Team honors. Through the conference tournament, Memphis boasted one of the best offenses nationally. The Tigers’ 50 goals ranked fifth nationally, while their scoring offense (2.5 goals per game) ranked eighth. Between the posts, Elizabeth Moberg’s 13 shutouts was tied for first nationally and set a single-season record for clean sheets by a sophomore. Defensively, the Tiger defense limited opponents to 7.1 shots per game as opponents averaged just 0.65 goals per game.


The 2017 season saw continued success for the team and for Monaghan after an 11-6-3 season that came with six All-Conference performers. Elizabeth Woerner and Marie Levasseur were named to the first-team, Olivia Gauthier and Jessica Lisi were named to the second team and Clarissa Larisey and Elizabeth Moberg were coined to the All-Rookie Team. With the third conference victory of the season, Monaghan claimed his 100th career conference victory.


Memphis returned to the NCAA Tournament in 2016 after finishing with a 14-5-1 record and earning the program’s first at-large selection. The Tigers posted an unbeaten home record for the first time in program history with an 8-0-1 record, while the only tie was against Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State. Forward Valerie Sanderson became the program’s all-time goals (52) and points (122) leader after a stellar senior campaign where she scored 16 goals and totaled 39 points.


The 2013 campaign saw Memphis dawn a new era, joining the American Athletic Conference, and the Tigers still managed to post 10-plus wins for the 10th-straight season. In 2012, Monaghan passed the 150-win plateau as the UofM posted a 10-8-1 record.


The 2011 season went down as the best in school history and marked a fifth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Memphis climbed as high as No. 3 in the national polls, the program’s highest ranking. The 2011 squad surged through the non-conference schedule with a 7-0 mark and won the C-USA title with a 10-0-1 record. The squad advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round, where it suffered its lone loss in a 22-1-1 season.


Prior to taking the head coaching duties, Monaghan served as the program’s goalkeeping coach for former head coach Les Szabo. Monaghan was a vital part of Szabo’s staff during the program’s first four seasons.


When Monaghan became the Tigers’ goalkeeper coach, he was already familiar with the demands of running a successful college soccer program, having enjoyed tremendous success during his playing career at Memphis. The former Tigers' goalkeeper still holds school records for season (11) and career (24) shutouts. His 298 saves rank second all-time, and he is second in single-season goals-against average (0.80 in 1992).


He was named All-Great Midwest Conference first team in 1992, after leading the Tigers to a share of the conference title. In 1993, Monaghan was named the Defensive MVP of the league’s championship game, helping the Tigers to the tournament crown and their first NCAA Tournament appearance. His 38 goalkeeper wins still stand as the school’s career record.


A former prep standout at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis, Monaghan’s collegiate play earned him a spot on the United States U20 National Squad. Monaghan also played professionally, spending two seasons with the New Orleans Gamblers from 1995-96 and one with the Memphis Express in 2002.


A Memphis native, Monaghan received his bachelor’s degree in business management from Memphis in 1994. He and his wife, Mary, reside in Collierville and have two children, Brooks IV and Charlie Elizabeth.

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Jonny Walker

Memphis native and longtime professional goalkeeper Jonny Walker joined Coach Brooks Monaghan’s staff in 2009 and has helped take the program to new heights. Walker brought with him more than a decade of record-setting professional experience, including becoming the first American soccer player to establish a successful professional career in South America (Chile) and completing two different stints in Major League Soccer (MLS).


Following the 2018 season, Walker was promoted as the program’s associate head coach in January 2019. Since Walker’s first season on the coaching staff in 2009, Memphis has recorded 185 wins, and he has helped lead the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament nine times in his 14 seasons.


Walker has consistently groomed success in goalkeepers, as each of his first five years on staff coincided with record-setting performances. In 2009, a trio of keepers combined for a then-record 12 shutouts. The following season in 2010, the squad posted a second-straight, sub-1.00 goals-against average, the first time that occurred in consecutive seasons in the program’s history.


The trend continued in 2011 as Elise Kuhar-Pitters posted season records for shutouts (15) and goals-against average (0.46). Under Walker’s guidance, Kuhar-Pitters was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America Second-Team selection, becoming the first keeper in Tigers history to earn All-America honors.


The 2012 and 2013 seasons saw Walker insert a freshman in goal as a starter, with each setting program records for freshmen netminders. One of those freshman goalkeepers, Maryse Bard-Martel went on to start every match of her four-year career (2013-16) and finish with the most minutes ever played by a Tiger goalkeeper, 7,259. Bard-Martel also finished her career second in victories (44), saves (267) and shutouts (25), as well as third in goals-against average (1.15).


The 2017 season also saw a freshman in the net for a solid part of the year. Elizabeth Moberg took over as keeper, allowing just eight goals and recording four shutouts on a 4-2-2 record. She was named to the AAC All-Rookie Team.


His keepers saw continued success in 2018, as Moberg improved in her second season. The sophomore set a single-season record for wins by her class, en route to a 17-4 record and 13 shutouts. Moberg capped the season with Second Team All-AAC honors.


Walker coached another impressive unit in 2019, as Memphis goalkeepers posted a 0.57 goals-against average, which ranks second in single-season history. The 2019 keeper unit also combined for 12 shutouts in the team's 17 wins and allowed the fewest amount of goals in program history (12).


The defense continued to break records into the 2021 season where they held their opponents to just 11 goals all season and the duo of Elizabeth Moberg and Claire Wyville had a combined 0.51 goals against average - the lowest in program history.


Walker and the rest of the Memphis Soccer staff were named as the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Staff of the Year in 2022 following their historic postseason run. The Tigers would collect their second consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship before shutting out No. 10 Saint Louis and Mississippi State in route to the program's first Round of 16 appearance.


In addition to his work with the goalkeepers, Walker has a large impact on the entire defensive unit. Since 2009 the Tigers have had 15 defenders recognized on all-conference teams.


As a professional, Walker was a member of Universidad Catolica’s championship team in Chile’s first division in 2002, and he also played in multiple Copa Libertadores tournaments. He finished his South American career with Colo Colo, the only Chilean club to ever win Copa Libertadores.


Walker’s final professional stop was with the MLS’s Columbus Crew, where he won the team’s 2005 Defensive Player of the Year Award after finishing second in MLS with a 1.12 goals-against average. From 2003-05, Walker played with MLS’s NY/NJ MetroStars, and in 2003, he became the third goalkeeper in MLS history to finish a season with a sub-1.00 goals-against average (leaguebest 0.95 mark). In 2004, Walker started and played three matches for the U.S. National Team, including a 1-0 shutout victory over Mexico.


Walker graduated from Louisville in 2007. He and his wife, Shauna, have two sons, Seth and Adam.

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Richard Mulrooney

Richard Mulrooney was named the program’s fourth head coach on Feb. 25, 2014. The former Major League Soccer and United States Men’s National Team player, a Memphis native, returned to his hometown in January of 2013 when he was named a Tigers assistant coach under then-head coach Richie Grant. He served as an assistant for one season before being promoted to his current position.


Mulrooney and the Tigers finished the historic 2022 season with a 9-6-4 overall record and a big to the NCAA Tournament - the first since the 2004 season and the first at-large bid for the program. Memphis would get there after making it to the semi-final round of the AAC Championship following an overtime game-winning strike from Lineker Rodriguez dos Santos in the 99' of play. Along with the team's outstanding postseason run, three were named to All-AAC Teams (Alberto Cruz, Lineker Rodriguez dos Santos and Colin Welsh) while Rodriguez dos Santos, Welsh and Cam Weston were all selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team.


During the Tigers record-breaking season, Memphis would find themselves ranked in the TopDrawerSoccer polls in back-to-back weeks, getting as high as No. 22. During those two weeks, Memphis would get wins over then No. 23 UCF and undefeated Green Bay - a bubble team in the United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer rankings. They would also eliminate nationally ranked Tulsa in the AAC Championship Quarterfinals in Oklahoma while collecting draws with No. 13 Charlotte and No. 12 Lipscomb.


Mulrooney led the team to a third place finish in the American Athletic Conference during the 2021 season that included a season sweeps of SMU, includuing a win over the Mustangs when they were ranked No. 10, and Temple. Six Tiger players were named All-AAC including Maxi Galizzi and Artur De Luca, who were both named to the All-AAC First Team.


After a shortened and shifted season due to COVID-19, the Tigers recorded two double-overtime wins in the 2020 season (played in Spring 2021) over Temple and South Florida.


Memphis continued to reach new heights under Mulrooney’s watch in 2019, as the team reached several firsts for the head coach. The Tigers claimed two top-ten wins, upending then-No. 10 Xavier and No. 3 SMU, both on the road. The win over SMU marked the highest-ranked opponent Memphis has ever defeated, and would end up being the Mustangs’ only loss of the regular season. Defeating SMU also gave Memphis a new program record of five-consecutive road wins. The Tigers also earned a hosting bid for the first round of the AAC Championship for the first time in school history, as Memphis hosted Temple.


With 10 wins on the year, it also marked the first time a Tiger squad has reached double-digit wins since 2011. For the season, five student-athletes were recognized by the conference. Sam Ashton was named first team All-AAC, while Ben Roberts landed his third all-conference nod, making the second team with Gurman Sangha. Additionally, Peter Chang and Ford Hunt were named to the all-rookie team.


A new high-point was established for Mulrooney and the Tigers in 2018. David Zalzman and Ben Roberts repeated as All-AAC performers, this season claiming first team spots, and the team ushered in a first for the program in 2018. After finishing the regular season tied for fifth in the AAC standings, the Tigers faced USF in the opening round after falling to the Bulls in the season finale. Undeterred, Memphis went to the host city of Orlando, Fla., and took a 3-1 win, marking the first AAC Championship tournament win as a member of The American. Mulrooney's squad also saw Gurman Sangha earn an all-rookie team spot.


The 2017 season saw Mulrooney land two Second-Team All-Conference players in David Zalzman and Ben Roberts. Zalzman led the Tigers with seven points on two goals and three assists. Roberts tied with Zalzman for leading goal scorer on the squad with two scores to his name.


In 2016, Mulrooney and his staff guided freshman Jackson Morse (All-Rookie) and senior Raul Gonzalez (Second-Team) to All-Conference recognition. Gonzalez finished his Memphis career with three All-Conference nods. Morse led the team with six goals and was tabbed a Top 100 Freshman by Top Drawer Soccer.


In Mulrooney’s first two seasons at the helm, he led the Tigers to the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Following his first win as head coach, 2-1 over SIU-Edwardsville, he took down his first ranked opponent, No. 15 Saint Louis. The Tigers hammered the Billikens, 4-0, in Mulrooney’s third game as head coach.


Gonzalez was named a first team All-Conference selection in 2015 after leading the team with 16 points and seven goals.


Forward Hector Cantele had a great first season at Memphis under Mulrooney and was named to the American Conference’s All-Rookie team after he led the Tigers with seven goals.


In his one season as an assistant, Mulrooney helped the Tigers program transition to the American Athletic Conference from Conference USA. In its inaugural season in The American, Memphis posted an overall winning record (9-8-1) and earned a conference tournament berth.


Mulrooney also aided in player development and had some earn postseason accolades. Mark Sherrod was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America third team for the second time in his illustrious career, becoming the first Tigers player to receive All-America distinction two times or more. Sherrod and Liam Collins both earned all-conference honors, and Gonzalez was named to The American All-Rookie Team.


The Tigers, with Mulrooney on staff, also made their mark in the classroom. The squad has earned the NSCAA Academic Team Award, and Sherrod, Cody Uzcategui, and Chandler Klemm have received national academic recognition. After the 2016-17 season, Mulrooney’s Tigers finished with a 3.57 team GPA, the highest mark in program history.


Mulrooney wasn’t completely new to the collegiate coaching ranks when he joined the Tigers in January of 2013. He previously served as a volunteer assistant on head coach Bret Simon’s staff at Stanford University in 2001 and 2002, helping the Cardinal advance to consecutive NCAA College Cups. Stanford lost to North Carolina in the 2001 NCAA semifinal round and dropped the 2002 NCAA title match to UCLA.


From 2003-05, he was director of the Coach Mulrooney Soccer Academy Camps located in San Jose, Calif. Additionally, he coached the De Anza Force Select Club team (San Jose, Calif.) from 1999-2004.


At the same time he was coaching on the West Coast, Mulrooney started a lengthy, 12-year Major League Soccer (MLS) career. As a player in MLS from 1999-2011, Mulrooney starred for the San Jose Clash/Earthquakes (1999-2004), FC Dallas (2005-06) and, most recently, the Houston Dynamo (2007-10).


Mulrooney was a member of three MLS Cup-winning teams (2001, 2003, 2007) and was a three-time MLS All-Star selection (2002, 2004, 2006). He was named the MLS Comeback Player of the Year in 2006. On May 18, 2019, the former San Jose Earthquake was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame. As a midfelder for the Earthquakes, Mulrooney tallied four goals and 45 assists, the second-most assists in Earthquakes’ history. A twotme All-Star, he led the club to both of its MLS Cup championships, winning in 2001 and 2003.


Mulrooney also saw time with the United States National Team from 2001-04, with 14 appearances in the squad’s 2002 Gold Cup win. He made the 2002 U.S. World Cup team as an alternate.


Prior to his MLS career, Mulrooney was a collegiate standout at Creighton University from 1995-98. He helped lead the Blue Jays to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 1996 College Cup (national semifinal). Creighton posted a combined 63-17-6 four-year record, including an impressive 19-2-3 mark in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play. Mulrooney’s teams won two MVC regular-season titles and three league tournament championships.


As for individual honors, Mulrooney earned NSCAA All-America first team (1998), NSCAA All-Midwest Region twice (1997, 1998), MVC Player of the Year (1998) and All-MVC first team three times (1996, 1997, 1998) honors.


Mulrooney, a 2018 Tennessee State Soccer Association Hall of Fame inductee and 2008 Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, still holds the school’s career record with 51 assists. His 51 career assists are 15 more than the No. 2 player in school history, and he posted 16 assists in a season twice in his career (1996, 1998).


Mulrooney earned a degree in marketing from Creighton in 2005.


Before his stellar collegiate career, Mulrooney was an All-America performer at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis. He was named a Soccer America “Super 11 Recruit” and one of USA Today’s “Top-25 Seniors” in 1994. Mulrooney also played on the winning South Team at the 1995 Puma Cup and was a member of the United States Under-20 National Team.


Mulrooney is married to the former Shelley Steinwand, and they have two boys, Hayden and Logan, and a daughter, Kenzie.

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Tony McManus

Tony McManus, joined the Tigers program after spending the 2013 season at Stetson University as an assistant coach, recruiting and travel coordinator for the Hatters.


McManus, who spent nine years playing professionally, spent four years as an assistant with the Tigers and remained in that role when Richard Mulrooney took over as the program's head coach.


"Tony was a person I thought of right off the bat when I was first hired," said head coach Richard Mulrooney. "I got to meet Tony at a recruiting event in 2013 and the impression he made on me was huge. He is a first-class person who was raised here in the city of Memphis and brings a ton of credibility with him to the field from his playing days in college as well as MLS. He comes from Stetson University and the knowledge and experience he gained from there will help us tremendously here at Memphis."


McManus saw great improvement with the Tigers in the 2022 season - coaching three to All-AAC Team honors in Alberto Cruz, Lineker Rodriguez dos Santos and Colin Welsh while Rodriguez dos Santos, Welsh and Cam Weston were named to the United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Team. The Tigers, who finished the season with a 9-6-4 overall record, earned the team's first at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after Memphis took down nationally-ranked Tulsa in the AAC Championship Quarterfinals. In addition, the Tigers would collect wins over then undefeated Green Bay and No. 23 UCF while taking draws with No. 13 Charlotte and No. 12 Lipscomb.


The Memphis, Tenn., native played a critical role in developing a team that reached new heights as a member of the American Athletic Conference. Memphis picked up 10 wins, the most in a single season during McManus’ Memphis career. McManus was also a factor in the Tigers having five all-conference players. Sam Ashton was named first team all-conference, while Ben Roberts and Gurman Sangha landed on the second team. Additionally, Peter Chang and Ford Hunt were named to the all-rookie team.


McManus has helped develop multiple AAC All-Conference selections including David Zalzman and Ben Roberts. Both players were selected to the Second-Team All-Conference. Zalzman led the team with seven points, and he tied with Roberts as leading scorers with two goals each.


The duo of Roberts and Zalzman repeated the feat in 2018, both earning First-Team All-AAC. Most notably, the pair led the Tigers to a first round win over USF in the AAC Championship, claiming the first conference tournament win as members of the AAC.


Under McManus' tutelage, Raul Gonzalez, an AAC All-Conference player, became the first player under the current coaching staff to sign a professional soccer contract. Former keeper Jake Leeker and Zalzman have since joined that list, inking professional contracts of their own.


Before arriving in Florida, McManus spent one season at Oglethorpe University, a Division III school in Atlanta, Ga. In his lone season with the Stormy Petrels, McManus helped guide the team to the conference tournament semifinals and a 9-7 season record.


Before his time in the coaching ranks, McManus spent nine seasons playing in Major League Soccer (MLS), United Soccer Leagues (USL) and the North American Soccer League (NASL). He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire of the MLS in 2004.


A native Memphian, McManus spent much of his professional career playing for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the USL First Division from 2005-08 as a midfielder. In 2007, McManus appeared in 30 matches and helped the Silverbacks to the USL Championship Game. In 2005 McManus was a brief teammate of Head Coach Richard Mulrooney at FC Dallas where he spent the end of the season on loan, although they never played together because of an ACL injury suffered by Coach Mulrooney.


In 2009, McManus moved west to the Portland Timbers of the USL, who went on a 24-match winning streak that season, one of the longest unbeaten streaks in U.S. soccer history. The Timbers went on to claim the USL First Division Commissioner's Cup.


McManus stayed at Portland through the 2011 MLS season before stints with the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Carolina Railhawks, both of the NASL. McManus won the Supporters Shield that year with the Railhawks.


In 2012, McManus returned to the Atlanta Silverbacks in the NASL where he went on to finish out his career as the all-time appearance holder with 132 appearances before retiring following that season.


Since 2004, McManus has worked with numerous youth soccer clubs that include the Roswell Soccer Club, Bridlemile Soccer Club, Vestavia Steamers, Chicago Sockers Soccer Club and the Triangle Soccer Club. Currently he is coaching at CSA Lobos Rush in Collierville, Tenn. as well as on the ODP Region Staff. McManus holds a USSF A license.


A four-year letterwinner at UAB, McManus received his Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in Health Education in 2003. McManus was a two-year captain for the Blazers during the 2002 and 2003 seasons as he captured National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and College Soccer News All-American honors during his senior campaign. He also garnered the C-USA Defensive Player of the Year award and was selected to the C-USA First Team and the First Team All-South Region in 2003. During his time in Birmingham, UAB was crowned C-USA champions in 1999, advancing to the Elite Eight that season to begin a span of three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances.

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