Career
Vincello began his career in his native country in Argentina with the youth teams of Defensores de Salto, and San Lorenzo de Almagro. In 2000 he was signed by the Toronto Lynx after impressing at the Copa Latina tournament in Miami. With the Lynx he played in a minimum of 20 games per season from 2000 to 2003, and he averaged a total of 2,092.5 minutes spent on the field per season.
He scored his first goal for the Lynx on August 29, 2003 against the Calgary Storm.
On February 25, 2004 he was acquired by the Montreal Impact in exchange for Andres Arango. During the 2004 season he was the Impact’s best offensive defender with two goals and four assists over the regular season.
As well helped the team collect a total of 19 shutouts, a league record at the time. The following season he was one of four players to spend more than 2,000 minutes of play on the field over the regular season.
Foreign the second time in a row he was the Impact’s leading scorer among the team’s defenders with two goals and three assists.
In 2005 he helped the Impact to a 15-game undefeated streak, which marked a new league record. During the 2006 season he helped the Impact post the best defense in the league for a fourth straight year, allowing only 15 goals in 28 games, a team record first set in 2004 and tied for the first time last year. Also helped the Impact collect 16 shutouts in 28 games, the second best total in club history tied with last year’s, and three behind the league record of 19 set in 2004.
He was also named into the USL All-Star Team that played English club Sheffield Wednesday to a 0-0 draw.
At the conclusion of the season he was awarded the Giuseppe-Saputo Trophy as the Impact team Most Valuable Player. In 2007 he scored two goals and added one assist in the first quarter-final game against the Puerto Rico Islanders winning the game 3-2, but in the second quarter-final Montreal were eliminated losing 3-0 to the Islanders on a 5-3 aggregate goals. His highlights during the season were on August 26, 2007 where he played his 100th game for the Montreal club, becoming the 12th player in Impact history to reach this mark.
And he was selected four times to the USL D1 Team of the Week. Impact head coach quoted saying: "Mauricio showed once again this year that he is the best left back in the league.
He was essential to the team’s success this season both defensively and offensively." On February 19, 2008 he announced his retirement from football.
Vincello had a stint in the National Professional Soccer League with the short lived expansion franchise the Toronto ThunderHawks during the 2000-2001 winter indoor season. He helped the ThunderHawks reach the postseason by finishing second in the National Conference, and reached the Conference finals where they were defeated by the Milwaukee Wave. Montreal Impact.