{{short description|American soccer player (born 1991)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jimmy Mulligan | image = | fullname = James Nicholas Mulligan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|12}} | birth_place = Medford, New York, United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs1 = Eastern New York YSA | youthyears2 = 2009–2013 | youthclubs2 = St. John's Red Storm | years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Long Island Rough Riders | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2014–2017 | clubs2 = New York Cosmos | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = → Swope Park Rangers (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018 | clubs4 = Portland Timbers 2 | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = FC Motown | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | medaltemplates = | club-update = January 1, 2020 }}
'''James Nicholas Mulligan''' (born August 12, 1991) is an American soccer player.
==Youth== Mulligan was born in Medford, NY and attended Patchoge-Medford High School.<ref name="nycosmos1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nycosmos.com/theclub/roster/playerprofile/uuid/pz8x78lkwbv41xksj9d71ehk7/jimmy-mulligan|title=Oops! Sorry, something went wrong|website=New York Cosmos}}</ref>
==College== Mulligan played soccer at St. John's University from 2009 to 2013 and finished his Red Storm career by earning both third team NSCAA All-Northeast Region accolades and second team All-BIG EAST honors. In his senior year, Mulligan served as the Red Storm's team captain and helped lead St. John's to the 2013 NCAA Tournament Second Round.<ref name="redstormsports1">{{cite web|url=http://redstormsports.com/news/2014/4/11/Mulligan_Signs_Professional_Contract_With_New_York_Cosmos.aspx|title=Mulligan Signs Professional Contract With New York Cosmos|website=St. John's University Athletics}}</ref>
Mulligan was also the first St. John's player to earn NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-America honors since 2008. Over the course of his collegiate career, Mulligan appeared in all 80 games over the past four seasons for the Red Storm, including 66 starts. The midfielder totaled eight goals, three game-winners, and nine assists for 25 points.<ref name="redstormsports1"/>
==Club career== Mulligan signed with the New York Cosmos on April 11, 2014, ahead of the team's season opener.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/cosmos2.php?article_id=36662 |title=TAKING a MULLIGAN Cosmos sign ex-St. John's midfielder |website=www.bigapplesoccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219005650/http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/cosmos2.php?article_id=36662 |archive-date=2014-12-19}}</ref>
In July 2014, Mulligan was reunited with former Red Storm teammate Connor Lade who was signed by the Cosmos on loan from the New York Red Bulls<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2014/07/red-bulls-loan-connor-lade-new-york-cosmos| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140728193849/http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2014/07/red-bulls-loan-connor-lade-new-york-cosmos| archive-date = 2014-07-28| title = Red Bulls loan Connor Lade to New York Cosmos {{!}} New York Red Bulls}}</ref>
Mulligan made his professional debut on October 25, 2014, earning the start at right back in a 2–2 draw with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycosmos.com/matchcenter/gsmid/1634356|title=Oops! Sorry, something went wrong|website=New York Cosmos}}</ref> Mulligan earned a second consecutive start the following weekend in a 1–0 loss at the San Antonio Scorpions in the regular season finale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nycosmos.com/matchcenter/gsmid/1634360|title=Oops! Sorry, something went wrong|website=New York Cosmos}}</ref>
Mulligan finished the 2014 season with two appearances in two starts and 180 minutes played for the Cosmos.<ref name="nycosmos1"/>
In 2019 he was playing for FC Motown in the National Premier Soccer League.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2019/05/06/not-your-typical-amateur-team-katona-confident-fc-motown-can-do-well-in-the-open-cu/ | title=NOT YOUR TYPICAL AMATEUR TEAM: Katona confident FC Motown can do well in the Open Cup | date=7 May 2019 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/jimmy_mulligan_456717.html St. John's Red Storm bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202012509/http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/jimmy_mulligan_456717.html |date=2014-12-02 }} * [http://www.nycosmos.com/roster/jimmy-mulligan New York Cosmos bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulligan, Jimmy}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:American men's soccer players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Long Island Rough Riders players Category:New York Cosmos (2010) players Category:North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Category:People from Medford, New York Category:Sportspeople from Brookhaven, New York Category:Soccer players from Suffolk County, New York Category:Portland Timbers 2 players Category:St. John's Red Storm men's soccer players Category:Sporting Kansas City II players Category:USL Championship players Category:USL League Two players Category:FC Motown players Category:National Premier Soccer League players Category:21st-century American sportsmen