) is a soccer coach

Coach (sport)

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Mondelo's coaching career includes many highlights, like the Puerto Rican national team

Puerto Rico national football team

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, where he coached future United States of America (U.S.) National team

United States men's national soccer team

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 star Chris Armas

Chris Armas

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. He also coached the Long Island Rough Riders

Long Island Rough Riders

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 in the A-League. His big break came when he became the assistant coach for Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer

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's MetroStars

Metrostars

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, under Brazil

Brazil

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ian World Cup winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira

Carlos Alberto Parreira

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. When Parreira left, Mondelo was given the head job with the Metros. He coached the club in the 1998 season with a 14-17-0 record. He was fired with a game left in the regular season, when the MetroStars hired former U.S. national team coach Bora Milutinovic.

From 1999 to 2001, Mondelo was an assistant for the U.S. national team, under head coach Bruce Arena

Bruce Arena

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. He went back to MLS for the 2001 season to coach the Tampa Bay Mutiny

Tampa Bay Mutiny

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. From 2002 until 2004 he was the director of coaching for the ENYYSA (Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association). He has remained very active as an assistant coach and consultant for U.S Soccer

United States Soccer Federation

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 and in 2005, he was offered a job in the front office of Major League Soccer in New York City

New York City

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, where he now works in the player development department as the Director of Player Programs.