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The Brooklyn Football Club men on Thursday announced it has signed veteran midfielder Tommy McNamara.<\/p>\n
BROOKLYN, N.Y. \u2013 The Brooklyn Football Club men on Thursday announced it has signed veteran midfielder Tommy McNamara.<\/p>\n
His signing is pending league and federation approval.<\/p>\n
McNamara, a West Nyack, N.Y. native, has played more than a decade of professional experience as a two-way midfielder. He has made 219 Major League Soccer regular-season appearances. He also has recorded 22 goals and 30 assists across stops with Chivas USA, New York City FC, Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution. McNamara also helped the Revolution win the 2021 Supporters\u2019 Shield.<\/p>\n
McNamara joins Brooklyn FC after most recently playing for the Revs and Las Vegas Lights FC.<\/p>\n
\u201cTommy sets the standard for what we want to build from day one,\u201d Brooklyn FC head coach Marlon LeBlanc said in a statement. \u201cHe competes, he will connect the group, and he understands what it takes to prepare every week in this league. He is a true pro, and we want his edge, his leadership, and his New York pride at the center of our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Known for his versatility and work rate, McNamara has played multiple roles across midfield during his career, including as a central midfielder and wide attacker. During four seasons with NYCFC, he produced 13 goals and 14 assists in league play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is special. I grew up in this area, and now I get to help launch a new club in the biggest city in the country,\u201d McNamara said. \u201cBrooklyn has its own identity, and you can feel the ambition behind this project. I want to be part of setting the culture and helping this team hit the ground running in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooklyn FC will debut in the USL Championship on March 8, 2026 when the team takes on Indy Eleven at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: The Brooklyn Football Club men on Thursday announced it has signed veteran midfielder Tommy McNamara. BROOKLYN, N.Y.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,9025,9026,100,99,18517,46593,14547,9,24,402,63,6584,46594,9029],"class_list":["post-101825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-fc","tag-brooklyn-football-club","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-houston-dynamo","tag-las-vegas-lights","tag-new-england-revolution","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-fc","tag-nyc","tag-nycfc","tag-tommy-mcnamara","tag-usl-championship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}