fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals height position article_title name
manuel matos west virginia mountaineers 1971-1974 1978 1979 1971-1974 west oceaneers virginia mountaineers new england tea men rhode island 20 15 são miguel island , portugal 1 0 5 11 midfielder manny matos -lrb- footballer -rrb-
 manny matos
manny matos -lrb- footballer -rrb-

manuel `` manny '' matos is a retired portuguese-american football -lrb- soccer -rrb- 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 -lrb- third team -rrb- 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 -lrb- lasa -rrb- .
