Mike Munoz

College and amateur

Muñoz attended Los Alamitos High School playing for the soccer team. In 2001, a talent scout set up a tryout for him with the San Jose Earthquakes and arranged offers for tryouts with professional club teams in Sweden and Norway. After a one-day tryout with the Earthquakes, was offered a contract, but did not sign, deciding to finish out his high school season. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. In his first three seasons he started 60 out of 63 matches. As a freshman he garnered 2nd Team All Pac-10 and 3rd Team All-West Region honors, and in his sophomore and junior year he notched First Team All-Pac-10 and 2nd Team All West-Region. He was also a two-year captain for the Golden Bears his junior and senior year. However, four games into his senior season he tore his right MCL and was out for the rest of the year. In 2002, Muñoz was offered a two-year contract deal in Norway from Fredrikstad FC, but chose not to sign. During his college years he also played for Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League.

Professional

Muñoz was selected in the third round of the 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft by Chivas USA. He made his professional debut on August 13 against D.C. United. In September 2006 he underwent arthroscopic ankle surgery, which sidelined him for the rest of the season, having appeared in just one game. He was waived by the club at the end of the 2006 season, after having suffered an…

Muñoz returned to his alma mater to become an assistant coach with the UC Berkeley men's soccer team during their fall season of 2007. In 2009, Muñoz joined his old club, the LA Galaxy, as an assistant coach of the U16 team. Following his retirement, he helped establish the Real Salt Lake Arizona Academy with Greg Vanney and became the coach of the U16 team, where he was named US Development Academy U16 Coach of the Year. In 2011, he joined Chivas USA along with Vanney and Robin Fraser, where he served as an assistant coach of the first team in Major League Soccer for two years and also served as head coach of the U16 and assistant with the U18 and U23 teams. He also served on the United States U14 and U15 national team coaching staffs. In 2013, he joined the LA Galaxy Academy, coaching the U14 and U16 teams. In 2013–2014, he won the U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) national title with the U16s. Eventually, he was named the team's Academy Director. In January 2017, he was named head coach of the second team LA Galaxy II in the second tier USL He was fired by the team in July 2019. In December 2018, he earned his U.S. Soccer Pro License. On January 27, 2020, he was named head coach of Toronto FC II in USL League One. Toronto FC II was unable to play the 2020 season due to restrictions with border travel that forced them to opt out of the 2020 USL League One season. They returned to the league in 2021, finishing with a 10-10-8 under Muñoz, missing out on the playoffs on…