Randy Mann is a retired American
soccer player who played professionally in the
USISL A-League
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
.
Mann graduated from
Riverside Polytechnic High School
Riverside Polytechnic High School is a four-year public high school in Riverside, California, United States, and part of the Riverside Unified School District. The current facility, located on Victoria Avenue, was opened in September 1965; the ...
. He attended
Stanford University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in international relations. In 1995, he signed with the
Monterey Bay Jaguars in the
USISL Pro League. The next season, the team became the California Jaguars and competed in the
1996 USISL Select League
The 1996 USISL Select League season was the first season of a professional men's soccer league which featured teams from the United States. The league shared Division II status in the American soccer pyramid with the American Professional Soccer L ...
. That season, Mann was one of two Jaguars players to make their penalty kicks as California defeated the
Richmond Kickers
Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL-1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional S ...
in the final of the league championship. In 1997, the Jaguars joined the
USISL A-League
United Soccer League (USL), formerly known as United Soccer Leagues, is a soccer league in the United States and Canada. It organizes several men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Men's leagues currently organized are the ...
which was formed by the merger of the A-League and Select League. In 1998, Mann began the season with the Jaguars, but in May the team began to release its highest paid players. When the
Seattle Sounders heard of this, head coach Neil Megson offered Mann a contract. Mann joined the Sounders on June 5, 1998. He retired at the end of the 1999 season. After his retirement, Mann worked at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health. In December 2004, the Swedish Medical Center hired Mann.
Swedish Medical Center
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References
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Living people
American soccer players
California Jaguars players
Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players
USL Second Division players
USISL Select League players
A-League (1995–2004) players
Association football midfielders
Association football defenders
Year of birth missing (living people)