Jimmy McAlister

When he graduated in 1976, the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League immediately signed him to play left back.

In 1977, he became an integral part of a strong Sounders team which went to the NASL championship only to lose to the Pelé-led New York Cosmos.

Before moving to Toronto, he spent the 1979–1980 Major Indoor Soccer League season with the Buffalo Stallions.

He also served on the coaching staff of Washington Premier Football Club in Tacoma, Washington where alongside Gary Heale, he took the club's United States Soccer Development Academy team to the USSF national finals, taking 5th place.

In January 2010, he returned to the city where he made his mark as a professional player, becoming the Director of Coaching of the Seattle United youth soccer club,[3] as part of a coaching leadership team that also includes Technical Director and ex-Seattle Sounder Jason Farrell.