Manny Matos (soccer)

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Manny Matos
Personal information
Full name Manuel Matos
Date of birth (1953-05-09) May 9, 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Mineola, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
1971–1974 Adelphi University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1978 Seattle Sounders 28 (0)
1979 Los Angeles Skyhawks
1980–1981 Buffalo Stallions (indoor) 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel "Manny" Matos (born May 9, 1953) is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League.

Matos graduated from Mineola High School where he was the 1970 Nassau County Soccer Player of the Year. [1] He attended Adelphi University, where he played on the school's 1974 NCAA Men's Division II Soccer Championship team. He is a member of the school's Athletic Hall of Fame. [2] In 1975, the Seattle Sounders selected Matos with the first pick of the North American Soccer League draft. He signed with the Sounders in February 1975, but did not report to the team until after he graduated from Adelphi in the spring. [3] Matos spent most of his first season with the reserves before becoming a regular first team player in 1976. In 1979, he moved to the Los Angeles Skyhawks of the American Soccer League. Matos also played for the Buffalo Stallions in the Major Indoor Soccer League. After retiring from professional soccer, Matos continued to play for Portuguese Sports in the Philadelphia leagues until 1992. [4]

In 1980 he was contracted to play with ASL expansion team the Phoenix Fire, [5] but the team folded in pre-season. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Nassau County Player of the Year Archived 2006-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Panthers Hall of Fame Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Soccer's Sounders sign Manny Matos
  4. ↑ Social club fosters team spirit
  5. ↑ "Phoenix Fire Rosters". www.nasljerseys.com.
  6. ↑ "1980 Phoenix Fire • Fun While It Lasted". 3 May 2011.
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