[2] He was brought over to Lancashire from the Irish club Home Farm, alongside Martin Reilly after going on a trial at Burnley earlier this year.

[3] McCann progressed through the youth system at Burnley in the 2004–05 season, reaching the Alliance Cup northern final in a losing effort.

"[27] Ahead of the 2007–08 season, McCann said that his aim to secure a regular first team place in effort to rebuild his career, with manager Cotterill intended to help him to "further his development" at Burnley.

[37] Following the appointment of Owen Coyle as the Burnley’s manager, he re-iterated his desire to keep McCann amid to the January transfer window and believed in his potential on "reaching to the very top".

Ahead of 2008–09 season, McCann was linked with a possible move to a Premier League club, but stayed at Burnley, as he aimed to set a new target on scoring goals.

[51] Two months prior to his illness, McCann previously suffered an injury that almost made him miss a match but he quickly recovered.

[55] He scored his fifth goal of the season against Tottenham Hostpur in the League Cup semi-final, equalising the tie on aggregate making it 4–4 late on, and although Burnley went on to win the match 3–2 on the night, the tie finished 6–4 to Spurs on aggregate after late goals in extra time from Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko.

[64] McCann, however, suffered an unfortunate knee injury and subsequent surgery to his cruciate following the game against Sunderland at Turf Moor.

[5][70] McCann played no further part in Burnley's pre-season and in the week before the Clarets season opener against Nottingham Forest, news broke that the midfielder was a doubt for this game and would be sent to see a specialist.

[88][89] Reflecting on the 2011–12 season as the club’s captain, he acknowledged the "inconsistent" and "sloppy performances" on Burnley’s form, but "neverthesless exceeded his expectations".

[110] McCann made his Wigan Athletic debut, coming on as a 70th minutes substitute, in a 4–0 win against Barnsley in the opening game of the season.

[111] A month later on 19 September 2013, he made his European debut in a UEFA Europa League match against Zulte Waregem, as the club drew 0–0.

[112] On 12 December 2013, McCann received his first red card in a Wigan Athletic’s shirt for second bookable offence, in a 2–1 loss against NK Maribor.

[115] However, he suffered "a multiple fracture of his right knee cap" after colliding with Micah Richards, in a 2–1 win against Manchester City on 9 March 2014, and was out for the rest of the 2014–15 season.

[125] This last until on 28 November 2015 when he suffered a groin injury during a match against Southend United and was substituted in the 42nd minute, as Wigan Athletic drew 0–0.

[126] After missing two matches, McCann made his return from injury, coming on as a 67th minute substitute, in a 3–1 win against Fleetwood Town on 28 December 2015.

[128] After missing one match due to a toe injury, McCann returned to the starting line–up, playing in a right–back position, in a 1–1 draw against Crewe Alexandra on 23 January 2016.

[130] After serving a two match suspension, McCann returned to the starting line–up, playing in the right–midfield position, against Swindon Town and set up the club’s first goal of the game, in a 4–1 win on 25 March 2016.

[133] In a follow–up match against Blackpool, McCann scored the opener and then set up two goals, in a 4–0 win, which saw Wigan Athletic promoted to the Championship and ending the season as champions.

[136] McCann made his debut for the club, coming on as a 77th minute substitute, in a 6–1 victory over fellow MLS newcomers Minnesota United FC on 12 March 2017.

[144] However, his return was short–lived when McCann suffered a hamstring injury during a 1–1 draw against Philadelphia Union on 3 June 2018 and missed five matches as a result.

[148] Despite this, McCann made an appearance in the MLS Cup final against Portland Timbers, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–0 win the tournament.

[152] However in a match against Fleetwood Town on 3 September 2016, McCann suffered an injury and was substituted in the 38th minute, as Coventry City loss 2–0.

[156] It wasn’t until on 4 December 2016 when McCann made his return from injury, starting a match and played 77 minutes before being substituted, in a 3–1 loss against Cambridge United in the second round of the FA Cup.

[161] It wasn’t until on 16 May 2019 when he made his return from injury, starting a match and played 62 minutes before being substituted, in a 0–0 draw against Toronto FC.

[170] Following his return, McCann received handful of starts for Oldham Athletic until the season came to a premature end due to the global pandemic COVID-19.

At the start of the 2022 season, McCann appeared as an unused substitute bench in the President of Ireland's Cup against St Patrick's Athletic, as Shamrock Rovers won 5–4 to win the match following a 1–1 draw throughout extra time.

[191] On 17 December 2024, he was appointed as Lead Youth Development Phase (YDP) Coach at EFL League Two side Salford City.

[42][197] McCann was again named on the bench for the second match against Bulgaria but opted out of the squad two hours prior to kick-off claiming it was a waste of his time being there.

He lived in the United States for three years before moving back to England, due to his wife unable to settle in the country following the birth of their second child.