Ned McMahon is hanging up his cleats after 10 years of coaching soccer, six of which he spent at the helm of a girls' travel team called the Trumbull Strikers.

During this period, McMahon spent his early mornings and afternoon hours at the intellectual property law firm of Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle in Stamford. He finished up in time to get to Trumbull for daily 5:30 p.m. practices, in the process making the transition from patent attorney to "Coach Ned."