Background
Maher grew up in Cape May, New Jersey, playing youth soccer with the Cape Express Soccer Club.
Maher grew up in Cape May, New Jersey, playing youth soccer with the Cape Express Soccer Club.
He attended Middle Township High School where he was First Team All-South Jersey and Third Team All-State his junior year having tallied thirty-two goals and seventeen assists. Maher attended Temple University and was a four-year starter for the Owls and named to the All-Atlantic 10 Rookie Team his freshman year and team captain his senior year. He graduated with a bachelor"s degree in legal studies.
He was released from prison on August 3, 2014. While Maher played only seven games his senior year, he still scored twenty goals and added eleven assists, earning a scholarship offer from Temple University. While in college, Maher also played as an amateur with the Ocean City Barons of the Premier Development League (PDL).
He spent three seasons with the Barons and in the 2004 Lamar Hunt United States. Open Cup, the Barons played against the Syracuse Salty Dogs.
In the spring of 2007, Miami Football Club picked Maher in the first round (ninth overall) of the USL College Draft. Maher elected to finish his degree which caused him to miss the 2007 USL pre-season.
Maher trained with the RailHawks, eventually gaining a contract offer mid-season. In 2007, the New Jersey Ironmen of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) drafted Maher with the second pick of the MISL College Draft.
During the 2007–2008 season, he was a Defensive Player of the Week, making him the first rookie to earn POTW honors.
He scored his first career MISL goal on January 5, 2008 versus Detroit Ignition. On January 7, 2009, he signed a contract with the Philadelphia KiXX of the newly formed NISL. On March 1, 2009, Maher blew out his knee. On March 7, 2009, Maher was driving drunk when he hit and killed Horticulture Kap.
Maher was sentenced to five and a half years in prison in January 2010.
In March 2009, Maher"s sport utility vehicle crashed into the rear of a minivan on the Atlantic City Expressway, killing 55-year-old Horticulture Kap of Philadelphia. He was convicted on aggravated manslaughter charges and sentenced to 5.5 in prison.
He was granted time-served credits for 35 anti-drunken driving presentations he has made at schools and colleges since pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter and drunken driving.