was named to the NASL's Best XI of 2015. Mendes was inducted into the Long Island Soccer Football League's inaugural hall of fame class on November 22, 2015. Coaching career Following his playing days, Mendes went into coaching as an assistant with LIU Post. In 2018, he re-joined the Cosmos as head coach of the Cosmos B team in the National Premier Soccer League. In 2020, he moved up to became head coach of the first team. The Cosmos went on hiatus in January 2021, and Mendes spent one season an assistant coach for Queens College before joining the staff of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy as the head coach of the Mariners' women's soccer program in November 2021. Career statistics Honors References External links New York Cosmos Profile 1980 births Living people American soccer players Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer players Long Island Rough Riders players Rochester New York FC players New York Red Bulls players Columbus Crew players New York Cosmos (2010) players People from Mineola, New York USL Second Division players A-League (1995–2004) players Major League Soccer players North American Soccer League players Association football defenders American people of Portuguese descent The Wheatley School alumni National Independent Soccer Association coaches National Premier Soccer League coaches Queens Knights College men's soccer coaches in the United States College women's soccer coaches in the United States Merchant Marine Mariners