He was spotted by Luton scout Eddie Cochrane while playing for the national schoolboy team.
Despite an offer of a one-year contract from Coventry City F.C., McEvoy returned home to sign for Shamrock Rovers in August 1988.
In his last game for The Hoops, McEvoy scored from a free kick against Waterford United for the RDS on 30 December 1990.
[citation needed] In July 1996 he returned to the League of Ireland signing for Home Farm and scoring against Norwich City in a pre-season friendly.
[6] McEvoy was a natural two-footed player with superb passing ability, dribbling skills and shooting power but had disciplinary problems and a lack of consistency.