Aaron Michael Thomas Maund (born September 19, 1990) is an American
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who most recently played for
Charlotte Independence
Charlotte Independence is an American soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina that plays in the USL League One, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid.
The Independence currently play their home games at American Legion Memorial ...
in the
USL Championship
The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...
.
Career
Youth and college
Maund played four years at
The Roxbury Latin School
The Roxbury Latin School is a private boys' day school that was founded in 1645 in the town of Roxbury, Massachusetts, Roxbury (now a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts) by the Rev. John Eliot (missionary), John Eliot under a charter rec ...
in Boston, Massachusetts and four years with the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 23 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division ...
, starting 77 matches in his college career.
Professional
Maund was selected 12th overall by
Toronto FC
Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO ...
in the first round of the
2012 MLS SuperDraft
The 2012 MLS SuperDraft was the thirteenth annual SuperDraft presented by Major League Soccer. It was held on January 12, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. (ET). The draft was reduced from three rounds to two with the 19 MLS clubs selecting a total of 38 p ...
. On March 17, 2012 Maund made his debut for Toronto as a first half sub for
Torsten Frings
Torsten Klaus Frings (born 22 November 1976) is a German former footballer and manager, who last managed SV Meppen.
A former midfielder, throughout his career he played for several German clubs, namely Alemannia Aachen, Werder Bremen, Borussia D ...
in a 3–1 away defeat to
Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...
. On December 3, 2012, Maund was traded to
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...
in exchange for
Justin Braun.
On August 9, 2017, Maund was traded to
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...
in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2018
MLS SuperDraft
The MLS SuperDraft is an annual college draft for teams of Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada. It takes place in January and is used by teams to select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the le ...
. Maund was released by Vancouver at the end of their 2018 season.
Maund was on-trial at
D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Supp ...
prior to the beginning of the
2020 MLS season.
International
Maund represented the United States at the
FIFA Under-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...
in 2009. Two years prior, Maund played for Trinidad & Tobago in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
Honors
Toronto FC
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Canadian Championship
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:
2012
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Real Salt Lake
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Major League Soccer
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Western Conference Championship:
2013
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References
External links
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish profile
1990 births
Living people
American soccer players
American sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
American expatriate sportspeople in Canada
American expatriate soccer players
Trinidad and Tobago footballers
Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer players
Indiana Invaders players
Toronto FC players
Real Salt Lake players
San Antonio Scorpions players
Real Monarchs players
Vancouver Whitecaps FC players
Charlotte Independence players
Soccer players from Boston
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Toronto FC draft picks
USL League Two players
Major League Soccer players
North American Soccer League players
USL Championship players
United States men's under-20 international soccer players
Roxbury Latin School alumni
2009 CONCACAF U-20 Championship players
Association football defenders
People from Dorchester, Massachusetts
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