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name: Manny Lagos
position: M height: 6-0 weight:165 Birthdate: June 11, 1971 Hometown: St. Paul, MN last club: San Jose (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats |
| year | team | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2005 | Columbus | 5 | 2 | 187 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 170 | 120 | 10,573 | 27 | 36 | 236 | 113 | 145 | 234 | 13 | 3 | |
MLS Experience
MLS Career Highlights: Appeared in 165 league games, 118 of them starts, over the course of his first nine MLS seasons with five teams, the MetroStars, Chicago, Tampa Bay, San Jose and Columbus… Had tallied 89 points on 27 goals and 35 assists… Was a member of both Earthquakes championship squads (2001, 2003)… Was an MLS All-Star in 2001… MLS Career Playoff Highlights: Entered the season with 14 playoff appearances to his credit, all starts, with Tampa Bay and San Jose… Scored the game-tying goal in the 2003 Western Conference Championship, ultimately won by his San Jose Earthquakes on their way to the MLS Cup title… Started MLS Cup 2003… Was forced to sit out the 2001 title game with a hamstring injury.
2004 MLS Season: Appeared in 18 games, eight of them starting assignments, in his first season with The Crew… Scored one goal (6/19 at D.C.) and picked up two assists (5/29 vs. San Jose and 6/12 vs K.C.)... Made his season and Crew debut on 5/8 at D.C., playing 33 minutes off the bench... Made his first start in a Crew uniform on 6/6 at New England... Missed the first four games of the year while recovering from off-season arthroscopic surgery on his right knee... Missed 5/15 game due to illness… 2004 U.S. Open Cup: Started one game, the 2-1 win over Syracuse (A-League) in the Round of 32 on 6/30.
2003 MLS Season: Helped propel the Quakes to their second MLS Cup in three seasons… Matched career high in games played, with 27, 17 of them starts… Recorded assist on game-winning goal 4/12 at Colorado… Notched two assists on 5/17 vs. The Crew… Received a red card on 6/21 vs. The Crew… Scored a goal and recorded assist 7/2 at MetroStars, after entering in the 74th minute… Scored game-winning goal on 7/19 at D.C. … Scored a goal 7/26 vs. Dallas… Left 9/7 game vs. N.E. in 31st minute with a sprained ankle… Recorded an assist on 9/13 at D.C.… 2003 MLS Playoffs: Started the Earthquakes’ final three playoff games and scored in the 61st minute of the Western Conference Championship vs. K.C. on 11/15… Appeared in his first MLS Cup final, playing 70 minutes in the championship match… Started and played 77 minutes 11/9 vs. L.A.
2002 MLS Season: Played in 26 games, scoring three goals and four assists, for San Jose…Entered as a substitute in the 77th minute on 5/11 vs. the MetroStars, marking his 100th MLS game played… Registered an assist on 6/15 at Columbus… Scored lone goal 7/4 at L.A. … Registered a goal on 7/20 vs. Dallas… 2002 MLS Playoffs: Started and played 90 minutes on 9/25 vs. Crew… Started and played 84 minutes 9/28 at Columbus and notched an assist.
2001 MLS Season: Had the best season of his MLS career, his first in San Jose… Earned first All-Star Game selection and finished tied for second on Quakes in scoring, with a career-high 24 points on eight goals and eight assists... One of two players to start all 26 games in 2001… Scored game-tying and game-winning goal on 5/12 at D.C. … Recorded assist on game-winner on 5/19 vs. MetroStars… Scored two goals on 7/14 vs. T.B. … Started for West All-Star team and registered an assist in 7/28 All-Star Game… Scored a goal on 8/8 at N.E. … Registered two assists on 8/11 vs. The Crew… Scored a goal and added two assists on 8/25 vs. Colorado… 2001 MLS Playoffs: Scored game-winning goal on 9/22 at Columbus… Scored game-winning goal in second consecutive game on 9/26 vs. The Crew… Scored a goal and registered two assists on 10/14 vs. Miami… Started and played 56 minutes on 10/17 before injuring hamstring in semifinal OT victory at Miami… Missed MLS Cup Final vs. L.A. with strained right hamstring.
2000 MLS Season: Appeared in 27 games, 17 of them starts, with Tampa Bay… Scored game-winning goal in a two-goal performance vs. Dallas on 8/5… Scored goal 6/17 at L.A. … Notched two assists 6/3 at Dallas… Scored two goals vs. S.J. on 4/26, the second multi-goal game of his T.B. career.
1999 MLS Season: Came to the Tampa Bay after playing nine games to start the season with the Chicago Fire… Was named MLS Player of the Week after career match at N.E. on 9/4, scoring two goals, both unassisted, and assisting on two others for six points… Made his first league appearance of the season on 5/20 with Chicago, playing two minutes in 3-1 victory over S.J.
1998 MLS Season: Drafted in the third round (No. 7 overall) of the 1997 MLS expansion draft by the Chicago Fire... Appeared in just one game before undergoing surgery on his left knee’s patella tendon.
1997 MLS Season: Began the season on IR recovering from a torn left ACL injury suffered 7/21/96 at L.A. … Enjoyed a solid second half of the season with the MetroStars after a tremendous comeback from the injury... Registered his first assist of season in 4-1 win over Colorado on 7/1… Made season debut on 6/13 vs. Colorado after 10-month rehab.
1996 MLS Season: Signed as a Discovery Player by the MetroStars on 6/19… Garnered his first MLS point with an assist on a Tab Ramos goal vs. K.C. on 6/25... Tore left ACL in his sixth game at L.A. 7/21 and underwent surgery on 8/6.
International
U.S. National Team: Had earned three caps, two of them starts, entering this season… Made his debut with the full U.S. National Team on 12/9/01 vs. South Korea... Joined U.S. for training camp for the 2002 Gold Cup in January 2002… Started U.S.’s 2-1 win over South Korea in opening game of the 2002 Gold Cup…Member of U-23 National Team and played in 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games... Scored game-winning goal against Kuwait in U.S. team’s lone win at 1992 Olympic Games.
Other Pro Experience
Played six years with A-League Minnesota Thunder (1990-96), playing for his father, Buzz... Played as a amateur until 1994 when the team reached professional status... Was USISL League MVP with 18 goals and nine assists (45 points) in 1994... Spent one season each in France (Clairmont-Ferrand, Third Division, 1994) and Spain (Lerida, Second Division, 1992).
College
1991: Named First-Team All-America at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee… Had 17 goals and six assists in 15 games.
1990: Second-Team All-America as a freshman… Tallied 15 goals and nine assists, appearing in 21 games... Soccer America All-Freshman Team; runner-up to ex-Crew goalkeeper Brad Friedel as Freshman of the Year... Played with U.S. National Teamer and former Crew teammate Tony Sanneh in college.
Personal
He and wife, Aimee, who owns a law degree from New York University, have two sons, Manny Jr. (MJ), born in May 2002, and Jackson Edward, born in Oct. 2003… Father, Buzz, coaches the Minnesota Thunder of the A-League, where his brother, Gerard, also played… The youngest of eight children in an athletic family (four brothers, three sisters)… Was Minnesota Metro-Player of the Year and All-American as a junior and senior at St. Paul Academy in St. Paul, Minn…. Also played point guard for basketball team at St. Paul… Fan of Minnesota sports… Enjoys playing basketball, and played one-on-one with Michael Jordan in off-season between 2000 and 2001 MLS seasons… Served as a ball boy at Minnesota Kicks (NASL) games as a youth… Grandfather is from Spain… Mom’s enchiladas are his favorite food… While with Tampa Bay, served as sideline analyst for local TV (WTTA TV WB 38) on 4/8/00 at Colorado, while nursing an injury.
