After graduating from George Mason University, he was drafted by the Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

[5] He missed the 1988–89 season due to issues with hypertension, during which time he completed his bachelor's degree in journalism at George Mason.

[7] Reynolds played for the Washington Stars of the American Soccer League for its entire three-season existence from 1988 to 1990.

There, he was reunited with Patriots coach Gordon Bradley, who also served as the Stars' general manager.

He was alert and cognizant on Sunday morning, but his state worsened as the day progressed, and swelling in his brain caused him to enter a coma that night.

3 jersey, and renamed their annual Unsung Hero award to the Mike Reynolds Trophy.

[5] At the time of his death, he had just received a green card and had planned to marry a German woman named Claudia Franke in October 1991.