Joe Munoz

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Joe Munoz
Personal information
Full name Joseph Muñoz
Date of birth (1976-03-16) March 16, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Chula Vista, California, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1997 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1997 Central Coast Roadrunners
1998 MetroStars 1 (0)
1998 → Long Island Rough Riders (loan) 2 (0)
1998–2006 Chico Rooks
Managerial career
2011 Mendocino College (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joe Munoz is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in Major League Soccer and the USISL. He was the 1997 PDSL Playoff MVP.

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Youth

Munoz attended California State University, Bakersfield where he played on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997. In 1997, Bakersfield won the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship. Munoz was a 1996 Division II Second Team and 1997 Division II First Team All American as well as the 1997 NCAA Division II Player of the Year. [1] [2] [3]

Professional

In 1996 and 1997, Munoz played for the Central Coast Roadrunners of the PDSL. In 1997, the Roadrunners won the league title and Munoz was named the playoff MVP. [4] On February 1, 1998, the MetroStars selected Munoz in the second round (fifteenth overall) of the 1998 MLS College Draft. In May, the MetroStars sent him on loan to the Long Island Rough Riders of the USL A-League. [5] He played one game for the MetroStars before being released in June 1998. He then played for the Chico Rooks from 1998 to 2006.

Coach

Munoz has a doctorate in physical therapy from Loma Linda University and is an assistant coach with the Mendocino College women's soccer team.

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  2. ↑ "1997 Division II All Americans". Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Players of the Year". Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  4. ↑ 1997 PDSL Season Review: Roadrunner repeat Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ May 8, 1998 Transactions
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