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Mondelo's coaching career includes many highlights, like the Puerto Rican National Team , where he coached future U.S. National Team star Chris Armas . He also coached the Long Island Rough Riders in the A-League . His big break came when he became the assistant coach for Major League Soccer 's MetroStars , under Brazil ian World Cup winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira . 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 . He went back to MLS for the 2001 season to coach the Tampa Bay Mutiny . 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 and in 2005, he was offered a job in the front office of Major League Soccer in New York City , where he now works in the player developement department.