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The American Soccer Club Zone
Soccer Journey: Jim Rooney's Path from Deer Park to MLS
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Long before MLS dominated the American soccer landscape, grassroots clubs and passionate players were building the foundation for today's thriving soccer scene. The American Soccer Club Zone podcast takes us back to those formative days through the remarkable journey of Jim Rooney, whose career spans from Deer Park Celtic Soccer Club to Major League Soccer and coaching the U.S. National Youth Teams.
Host Jim Kilmeade and Rooney share stories from the early days of the Long Island Rough Riders, where professional contracts started at just $800 a month and players balanced construction jobs with soccer dreams. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of American soccer's evolution – from makeshift fields with "Roach Coach" concession trucks to today's professional pathways.
The conversation reveals the intense competitive culture that transformed the Rough Riders from an 0-2 start to championship contenders. "Practices were tougher than games," Rooney explains, describing daily training sessions where teammates battled for starting positions with such intensity that fistfights weren't uncommon. This fierce competitive spirit, managed by coaches like Alfonso Mandela, created a winning environment that propelled players like Rooney to MLS with the MetroStars and Miami.
Particularly compelling is Rooney's perspective on coaching the U.S. U-17 National Team, where he applied lessons from his playing days while adapting to a new generation. He shares insights on developing young talent and building the mental toughness needed for international competition, wisdom he now brings to the American Soccer Club New York's sporting committee.
For soccer fans interested in how American soccer grew from local leagues to today's professional structure, this episode offers a treasure trove of firsthand history and insights about the continuing evolution of the sport. Through Rooney's journey, we see how passion, sacrifice, and community-building created the foundation for American soccer's current success.
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Speaker 1Good morning everyone and welcome to the American Soccer Club Zone . This is our weekly radio podcast , the American Soccer Club radio show and podcast . We talk about everything local , long Island soccer , new York Metro soccer , national , international , and today we have a great guest . But first this show is brought to you by our incredible sponsors and partners of the American Soccer Club New York , starting with LifeVac , our Jersey Front partners . Lifevac have saved over 4,000 lives to date . The CEO and founder , artie Lee , and his LifeVacers around the country are on a mission to save lives and they're doing it . The American Soccer Club are partners in that noble endeavor Orlin Cohen Orthopedic Group Keeping Us Healthy , a division of Northwell Health , the largest health provider in the New York metropolitan area . Our Jersey Back Partners the incredible Orlin Co and Orthopedic Group division has state-of-the-art facilities that help athletes get back on the field and they've done an amazing job with us this year in our inaugural season in the NPSL .
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Speaker 1Thank you to my producer , stephen Coffey , and the studio of KJOY at 98.3 here in beautiful Farmingdale , long Island , to learn more about the ASC New York , the American Soccer Club New York . Go to ASCNewYorkcom . Big games coming up , playoffs on the line and a lot to talk about , but the greatest thing we have today is fellow Long Islander . We had to dial him up because , like a lot of people in New York , they've left . We're trying to get Jim back . So today we have Jim Rooney . Jim Rooney is a we'll talk a little bit about his background , but Jim Rooney is also one of the most influential individuals on the ASC New York Sporting Committee that advises us both on the big and small picture of the building of the American Soccer Club . He is also joined by local legend and actually national US legend , bob Montgomery , farouk Qureshi and Perry Vanderbeck and Mark Lugaris . Mark Lugaris has been on this show already . So , jim Rooney , welcome to the show .
Speaker 2How you doing , brother , how's it been ?
Speaker 1It's been good . It's good . I love that you haven't lost the Long Island accent . After all these years out of town down in Florida , now in South Carolina , you still keep it . I think it's a point of pride for you , isn't ?
Speaker 2it Absolutely , listen , absolutely . But half the people I hang out with are still up from you know , or I talk on the phone . It's the same thing with the guys from Long Island . I'll keep in touch with everybody up north and yourself , as you know , yeah , all those up , but you know , yeah , all those , but you know I got my buddy .
Speaker 2I was just speaking to Danny Muller yesterday , as you know , our , our , our good friend . So , yeah , I , I go up
Welcoming Jim Rooney
Speaker 2there now too . You know my family's still there , as you know . So Exactly right .
Speaker 1And Jim , I wanted you to tell everybody a little bit about your background . I journey being a first-generation , you know , American , let alone Long Islander , and a great Irish family .
Speaker 2Great to have your parents still around .
Speaker 1Last time I saw your dad , he hadn't missed a beat 28-degree weather at Sousa , orland and Compton in the winter , and he was the same guy that I knew 30 years ago .
Speaker 2So it's amazing , yeah , so Jimmy your background's amazing .
Speaker 1I know you started at the Deer Park Celtic Soccer Club one of the best clubs and top clubs to put out an enormous amount of talent back in the 70s , 80s and through the 90s and I think still probably is today ,
Jim's Soccer Journey Begins
Speaker 1but not to the way it was in those early days .
Speaker 1I know you went on to play at Fordham University and CW Post ultimately is where you had incredible success and even was a kicker on the football team , which is a pretty cool thing . I never had the guts to do it , jim , so you have to tell us about how you got into that . But the one point I made today in preparation for having you on this show now , which airs every Sunday morning on KJU , I hear , at 98.3 at 7 am , is I think I'm the first person that signed your first professional contract and I think I person that signed your first professional contract and I think I might have signed your last professional contract when you started with the Long Island Roughriders , a new expansion franchise in the old USISL , now USL , and then when you retired in 2006 , and you came back here and finished .
Speaker 1Is that right ?
Speaker 2That's 100% right , Jimmy .
Speaker 1The negotiations .
Speaker 2Remember how fierce they were .
Speaker 1Oh yeah , they were . They were pretty tough , they were pretty tough . The second one was tougher than the first one , to be honest with you .
Speaker 2Yeah , but it's one of those things and it's amazing thinking back . Me and Danny were talking about it yesterday , just laughing about the contract negotiations . You know , I was offered 800 bucks , I wanted 1,000 . And the funny thing back then part of the conversation was I don't know if you remember , I was playing in the Greek League , so at the time I wasn't allowed to tell anybody how much I was making at a game and stuff . So I was making $500 a game . And here I am , You're asking me $500 a game . And here I am , You're asking me to take a $1,000 pay cut . And we did . We did .
Speaker 1You know what Some guys didn't , jim , some guys didn't , and I remember I still see Tommy Lips . Tommy Lips is holding out for $1,000 a month and , as I said , we had one player over that and everyone else that was at the top tier . Like you , we had 800 . We had a budget Tommy Lips and Ronan Weissman , two great guys . Ronan was on the show last week . They held out and they went to New Jersey Imperials that's right and the New York Fever , and I still hold it over their head . I go , you guys went there and you got a couple extra hundred dollars and you didn't win anything and you know , you remember we had guys , obviously myself , Travis Rinker .
Speaker 2You know , we played Oceanside together . Adrian Gaetan .
Speaker 1The Navajos Was that the Navajos ?
Speaker 2Yeah , the Navajos were national champions . Runners-up , you know , and we played against Balboa's team in California , you know . And you know we played against Balboa's team in California , you know , and Culver City , you know , all that kind of stuff .
Speaker 2I didn't know that , yeah , yeah , so that was the team with Oceanside . We had Travis . So , guys , you know me and Travis . I was looking and I'm looking at pictures . So Travis and me have played together since my father was the Long Island select team coach for the 1968 players . So Travis was on that team . What he played . He grew up in Cold Spring Harbor but then we played on the summer team Tony Noto's team in the summer .
Speaker 1Santa Rosalia .
Speaker 2Oh , I remember that . Yeah , we played on those teams together , I mean , and so it was sort of like every one of us , even Tony Miola , when he came to us we were like , listen , if we could all play on the same together , let's try and do it . And it was just as you know , jimmy . It was , you know , early days . It was difficult , a lot of sacrifice , but we were all together .
Speaker 1Great friends , it's amazing Great teammates . And so you know , yeah , it's amazing , great teammates . And so you know , yeah , you're born in what year , jim 1968 . 68 . I'm 61 .
Speaker 2Right , so we're old guys , but I'm a very old guy . Yeah , you were always the old guy . Don't ever forget that , remember when we told you that's why you were general manager .
Speaker 1That's right , because .
Speaker 1I couldn't keep up anymore , trust me . I accepted a contract to be the general manager Yep June of 1993 . And I was playing with Glenn Cove , which had a great team . Danny was on the Forest Park but he played with us a little bit too . But it was the Northeast Super League , was what we had . He had the Greek League , he had the Northeast Super League .
Speaker 1Great people , great players , great guys that ran our teams . They couldn't organize much of anything , they had no business acumen , but they loved the sport . And so you develop certain loyalty to the Greeks , and I played one year for the Greek Americans with Jimmy McGill . That became the New York Nationals , probably the best team I ever played on , with Jack Shannon , michael Collins , steve Selesky , franco Panessa and a whole bunch of guys that had long pro careers . Little did I know that was a precursor . And then just playing for the fun of it , making less money than you were , not as good a player as you were , but loving it just as much as you did . I think I was playing when I was
Long Island Rough Riders Early Days
Speaker 1approached by our mutual friend Peter Collins . He's done a lot for people like you and I and so many other people that no one knows about .
Speaker 1Absolutely , he recommended me for this position , having worked with the New York Arrows in the front office with these two attorneys that were going to put a soccer team together and when I accepted it , you know , I actually took a pay cut as well , but it was a full-time job and I had just gotten married Probably not the best time to do stuff like this . So I had two dogs , bought a house that I couldn't afford and took a pay cut . But I said , you know what , I'm not going to get another chance to do this . And my gut feeling was two things . One is I thought I had a good plan that we executed with the New York Arrows to get out in the community . One is I thought I had a good plan that we executed with the New York Arrows to get out in the community . Tommy Mulroy was my partner there . He taught me a ton Soccer . Tom icon should be in the US Soccer Hall of Fame . Maybe he will be , but in playing in the Northeast Super League and the Greek leagues and the Cups , I knew where you were . I knew where Paul Reilly was . I knew where all these great players were and I'm like the level of play was so high . I said , if we can just get the best local players , get them onto one roof , get out in the community . I think we can play nationally . Now , that was my goal , that was my objective . Maybe it was a little bit feeling pride of being here from this area , but I actually thought we could do it and I sold it to the attorneys . I said we're going to go local , we're going to have a lower payroll than these other teams , but I think in the long run , I think within two years , we can be highly competitive , not a national champion , and we actually exceeded our and I'll give you one quick story . Then I want to turn it over to you because I want to know your perspective .
Speaker 1But I remember after we lost our first two games in 1994 , we went away in North New Jersey 3-1 . Yeah , and we came home and sold out . Matt was proud to have sold out the old Mitchell Park , the terrible Mitchell Park , with no locker rooms . We had trailers , we had the mafia controlled the concessions with the Roach Coach trucks . It was terrible . But we sold 4,100 tickets and the place was packed and it was freezing and we lost 1-0 . And then in the post-game reception one of the owners came up to me and goes you know , jim , good job with the turnout tonight and the presentation was outstanding . But I'm a little concerned that the Long Island's not going to support the 0-24 Rough Riders and I'm like I wanted to punch him in the face . But I basically said all right , you know what , I think we'll get a win before it's over . Hang in there , chuck , yeah . And then you guys rattled off , you know probably 10 , 12 , 14 wins in a row .
Speaker 1So what's your recollection of that . Did you have any idea what that would become ?
Speaker 2Well , on that , the first thought I thought of was , you know , at the beginning , alfonso , as you know , was so intense and he was always like , hey , listen , we've got to go undefeated all year . All year , we're going to go 24-0 . We've got to go 24-0 , and he kept doing it . And then , when we lost the first game , we started a chant in the bus 23-1 , 23-1 game . We , we started a chant in the bus 23 and 1 , 23 and 1 , that's the way we were . But yeah , I remember all that and the disappointment , like it was almost like shock , like wait a second , we're working hard , we're doing our thing , we're not , and it just goes to show you . I think now , and you probably agree with me , that was probably one of the best things that ever happened to us , you know , because we didn't need to be shot down a little bit , because , you know , we looked around and we were like man , we got Ifley , we got this , we got this player . Now we got guys like Chris Homerson in the running , the young kid he could run . You know , savarese , those are the two puppies on our team , so we'll take care of those . They just graduated college , so we'll take care of those guys . And you know , we saw it .
Speaker 2And then that first year remember , and then going to all the way to Carolina and losing , and that was it . That was the thing . And that's when we all really were like you know what ? I think we all pushed just a little bit harder . Little did we know how hard that we needed to push , but we needed every moment of it . We needed every moment against Minnesota . So it was a great lesson and you know what ? It's the big lesson and that lesson has never changed as I move forward in coaching , especially with the youth national teams , the residency program . When I was there , I mean , and seeing , because all those players now they're in their prime , you know Pulisic's 28 , now 27 , and all those guys are you know they're the main guys . So you see those guys and the lessons learned . It's totally , it's the same thing .
Speaker 2You know , you really got to come together as a team and you know how hard we and listen , we came together as a team but we , how many times did we , how many fistfights did I nearly have in training . You know , somebody was fighting every single day .
Speaker 1People don't realize that practices were tougher than the games .
Speaker 1They were brutal because people wanted to start and in 1995 , the year two , we had added a lot of talent and to start . And in 1995 , the year two , we had added a lot of talent and it made things highly competitive . It made things very tough on the coaching staff because it was a tough team to manage , because they were strong personalities , a lot of egos . We brought Tony Miola in . That raised the bar a little bit , but I do love how Tony Miola now came off the starting goalkeeper for the World Cup in Italy , for the US , and then four years later he's with us . Yeah , I give myself a little bit of credit for that . Then I give Tony all the credit for the fact that he was able to check his ego with you guys . He didn't check his ego at the door when he went out in the public , but when he came down to training .
Speaker 1You guys brought him right down to earth he's just a guy from Kearney , a guy from Deer Park and brought him right down to earth . But Tony bought in and Tony I knew from and I see Tony today now and talk to Tony today and Tony's actually agreed to wear the American Soccer Club New York jersey on his morning footy podcast Paramount at .
Speaker 1Stanford or trying to get it down . He had a bit of a health set back and he was supposed to wear it that weekend but I'm glad he's back in action . But Tony , I went back to Tony where I had been a sports apparel rep for companies like Fila and Adidas .
Speaker 2Yeah , zara , and I had a glove line , remember Zara . Yeah , remember , royce , I had a glove line , remember Zara remember , yeah , remember Royce , zara too .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , that's right . Yeah ,
From Rough Riders to MLS
Speaker 1so Tony had a glove for Royce . It was named after him , it was the Miola . It was my biggest selling glove and I was a young rep in my early 20s and we'd done a couple . Then we went up to New England in the Gold Cup when the US beat England . If you remember that , jim , I don't know if you remember that .
Speaker 1Yeah , I do , it was a huge upset and the company was a lot of English guys . So Tony and I became very friendly after that because the US national team was looking to push him out . So when he was trying out for the Jets you know the story he was trying out . He didn't make it . But I would meet him up at Hofstra where the Jets trained there and I said listen , if this doesn't go well for you and I hope it does we've got a pretty serious team here . You know a lot of the guys from your youth and the coaches . All right , fine , jim . Then one day I went to pick him up for lunch and he got cut that day , so we canceled lunch .
Speaker 1It didn't go well , but I stayed in touch and then , ultimately , we brought him in and then you guys wrote history . It was an amazing time , jim , looking back playing for Alfonso Mandela . He was a coach that nobody knew except he was out of Hoda . I hired him because this guy wore a suit and tie to LISFL games both these Super League games . I saw how he approached his coaching . I saw Jimmy McGee was the guy that gave me my chance . They ended up being a fantastic combination together . How did you take your experience ? Because I want you to talk a little bit more about your playing , not only your playing career , but uh , uh , because you went from the rough riders to major league soccer , uh , initially to the Metro stars and then ultimately down to to Miami Right and then had a great run there in Miami .
Speaker 1So just give us as concise as you can . What was it like jumping to MLS , into the Metro stores , across the river , to Giant Stadium and then down to Miami ?
Speaker 2Yeah , well , I have a very unique in terms of Rough Rider relationship with Alfonso . As players , we all do have somewhat of a unique relationship , and then you have within the group as well , but Alfonso is the one who brought me from the rough riders to the MetroStars , to MLS . He's the one who brought me there . And Jimmy , you could tell . And the one great thing about Alfonso , before I move on with that , talk about a guy who's willing to do whatever it takes and understand the soccer player's mentality , an Irish one with a bit of a temper , jim as you know , you know , and a couple of times and not only me , we had a couple other guys too and he had taken that and he punished us .
Speaker 2He stood up to us . He never thanked , but he knew at the end of the day that's what he would take . And at the end of the day , if you apologize and handle training the next day , it was forgotten and that's a rarity . And he's the guy who , let's face it , jimmy , I think I brought a lot of more , because when we weren't playing , you know me , I stepped up and spoke to Alfonso . He dealt with a lot with me and he's the one who brought me to the MLS , because he knew and he believed in me . He pushed me to a certain level and sometimes it went overboard , but he also had an assistant coach . Jimmy McGill went overboard too , right , we all went overboard every now and then , and but we all understood it , we never took a personal . But Alfonso , when he went to the Metro stars , he had said to me listen , come and train , come with the team , train , cause we always looked at train . Remember me , gio , chris , armis , we all came together at Hoda , every single one of us , and you know just whoever wanted to train . We'd all train , and Alfonso was the guy who would train us . You know , in the snow , it didn't matter what it was . So when it came down to it , he became the coach .
Speaker 2Now I'm with Metro Stars . I have Gio there , we have Tony there . It was familiar and I could be myself . So I just always looked at it as like , listen , if I get the opportunity to play at a higher level , don't forget , the money wasn't the best at the time and I was working full-time construction at the time . So I didn't want to give up my full-time job and I was married and I had a baby on the way when the MetroStars were coming . So I had to make decisions .
Speaker 2And sure enough , alfonso , it turned out . It worked out that way . And you know , going down to the MetroStars , alfonso got fired and I thought to myself you know what , as bad as it is , he's the one who told me I was really , yeah , upset about it . And sure enough he said listen , you just carry on , you do whoever comes in , you do your job . I'll be okay , you know . And you know he really released us from any kind of issues and you know you don't think that's a big deal . It could be a big deal at times . You know , and Jim , you know you had incredible .
Speaker 1You played great for the Metro
National Team Coaching Experience
Speaker 1Astoria . So then you went to Miami and you probably played some of your best soccer of your life and I know you had a great coach there . Taking all that experience you had , you ended up becoming finishing up with the Rough Riders and retiring in 95 , 96 . But you went right . You got into the coaching of the U17 national team . Had it having all these different coaches Ray Hudson , alfonso Mandelo , jimmy Migio you know everybody in between , including your dad . How did that affect you when you came to the U17 national team , outside of the obvious , which is clearly , you could deal with any kind of player . Nobody was going to intimidate you .
Speaker 2Yeah , the amazing thing with all those kids when you first get down there you just can't help but say to yourself , okay , he's sort of like that player that I played with . You kind of subconsciously say , oh , he's similar , like him , okay , here's a personality . Okay , he's fiery , he's here , you know . So it worked really well because you know it was a strict thing . And then playing for the Long Island Roughriders if you did not , we didn't lose many games . So Alfonso's theory was you play , you win , you stay on and you know how hard it is . And so we had . That's why the training was so brutal and we had all that . So I wanted to bring I believed in that way and I wanted to bring that to that team because , let's face it , jim , I mean the rules are a little different the tackling A lot of those US national team kids at the time when they'd go back to the developing academy teams , the coaches , instead of pushing those kids , they'd give them carte blanche , like I'll do what you want , like , and we wanted them always to be pushed .
Speaker 2So I was always pushing but also keeping them . I was not the serious side . This is probably the first time I've ever said this , but it's sort of like you know the intensity of those kids living each and every day , training in the morning , working out before they come to train . Then they go to school , but it's all together . But sometimes you know , and especially when kids are not starting or they're not in a good way in training , they're hurt or whatever it is mentally , you know , when we're in those meetings sometimes I catch their eye behind that and I just give them the finger , jim , to break , to crack , and now they're looking at me like , oh my God . Or just looking at them and say , hey , turn around , face it .
Speaker 2You know something to make it like break the tension .
Speaker 1And that's the mental side of the whole thing , jim , and , as I said , the generation that you came from , I think because our families were very similar , it was very blue collar . Long Island was a different place . It's still a great place , but most of our families were not wealthy . They had just enough to do anything they needed to do for their kids . They worked their ass off . They were at every game we had , but you had to fend for yourself a little bit , and that's different in a generation today .
Speaker 1So you know , with the American Soccer Club New York that we formed Jim Club New York , that we formed Jim and then be able to bring you on . One of the great things about it is trying to build the back office staff of a club so we can get advice . Now our season's coming to an end , now our inaugural season , and we're going to be leaning on you guys . In fact , we're going to be having an off-site meeting down in Florida when we get together . What's your thoughts on the American Soccer Club New York based on ? I know you've come up to a few games . You were there at the tryouts and you're staying on top of everything . What's your thoughts on
American Soccer Club's Future
Speaker 1? It's a different era here , 30 years from now , from when you and I first started working together . What's your thoughts on the club ?
Speaker 2Yeah , it's incredible , I mean the start that you see right now and you can see , like , the trainings , like remember , when we first started we trained the warm-up . Remember the warm-up we did . Everybody on Long Island started copying us doing the warm-up . Everybody travel teams , yeah , what Alfonso did , right , and now I think , all the players with media , they're well aware of how to warm up , how to do things . So you see , players are more athletic , they're more seasoned and you just see the way it is . The exciting thing for me , jim , is , if you just go by this Gold Cup game that we just had , like Luna , for players that are playing for the American Soccer Club right now , at Diego Luna , okay , he scored two goals , right , he scored two goals for that team . And three years ago he was playing for El Paso in USL , right , okay , three years ago he was playing there . And I looked at the Guatemalan team , right , and the kid who scored for that I don't know if you saw that go and his name is Escobar .
Speaker 1Yeah , from Massachusetts . Right , he's from .
Speaker 2Massachusetts . Okay , and so the opportunity he'd still be able to play If you put in the time . And it doesn't matter where you are and you just have to recognize , put in the time and you know how to do it Work out . I mean , it's a lot of time . You have to be ready when the opportunity presents itself . And Jim , the amazing thing is .
Speaker 1You can appreciate this , be with the U-17s . When we signed the 16-year-old Dylan Lopez from Ronkonkoma Kinnickwad High School , Lake Grove , Newfield , and he got into two games , Jim , and that's the key . We said we were going to do this , but it's hard . I give John Fitzgerald and everybody a lot of credit because they took a chance . Hey , Jim , we can go on for two more hours , so you're coming back again . I hope you don't mind , you have to come back again .
Speaker 1So this has been great to talk to Jim Rooney , one of the greatest players that have ever come out of Long Island and one of the great characters that have ever come out of Long Island and became one of the best coaches to come out of Long Island . We're thankful to have him with the American Soccer Club New York . And , Jim , I do look forward to seeing you in person down in Florida in probably a month . Hopefully we go far in the playoffs and it's going to be somewhere in late August . But anyway , Jim Rooney , thank you for coming on the American Soccer Club Zone today . Can't
Closing Thoughts & Announcements
Speaker 1thank you enough .
Speaker 2Thanks a lot , Jim . Look forward to seeing you soon , Paul .
Speaker 1All the best , jimmy . Thank you , you're coming back . Hey , I'd like to thank KJOY 98.3 , sunday morning 7 am . Every Sunday morning you're going to get a lot of soccer with the American Soccer Club . Thank our sponsors , lifac , erland Cohen , hrf , macron , todd Shapiro , associates , and I'd like to thank the American Soccer Club sporting director and the great Jim Rooney , who we just spoke with . We'll be back . Please check us out on ASCNewYorkcom , on Instagram , on Facebook , on LinkedIn and on X . We've got a great presence there and a big story coming up with CBS Sports where Dylan Lopez will be featured in an article that will be seen nationwide , and that interview is coming up . We'll share the information to access that interview in the days to come . So , for everyone here at KJOY and the American Soccer Club Zone , this is Jim Kilmeade . It's been a pleasure to be your host today .