Manny Matos

Manny Matos may refer to:

Manny Matos (soccer)

Manuel "Manny" Matos 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. 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. 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. 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.

Manny Matos (footballer)

Manuel "Manny" Matos is a retired Portuguese-American football (soccer) midfielder who played professionally in the North American Soccer League and American Soccer League.

A native of Portugal, Matos grew up in New Bedford, MA. In 1971, he graduated from New Bedford High School. He is a member of the New Haven Athletic Hall of Fame. He attended West Virginia University where he was a 1973 and 1974 Honorable Mention (third team) All American soccer player. In 1975, he turned professional with the Philadelphia Atoms of the North American Soccer League. In 1977, Matos returned to New Bedford where he became the High School boys soccer coach. He would coach the team for twenty-four years and was inducted into the Massachusetts High School Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2001. On May 5, 1978, the New England Tea Men of the North American Soccer League signed Matos. The Tea Men released Matos on December 23, 1978. He also played for the Rhode Island Oceaneers of the American Soccer League and for Portuguese Sports of the Luso American Soccer Association (LASA).