Mario Manta brings a wealth of soccer experience to the Indiana Invaders.  An accomplished player in his own right Manta founded the Indiana Invaders  in 1998 with the goal of developing youth soccer players in the area. Manta has coached and managed the Invaders for 6 PDL seasons.  During his time at the helm of the team the Invaders have posted two playoff appearances in 1998 and 2003, had 3 players on first team All PDL, won two State titles in 2002 & 2003.  As a Head Coach, Manta has an overall record of 50-49-7. He has coached or assisted in 121 consecutive PDL games. 

Manta has an impressive playing resume.  He played 74 games in four years of varsity soccer at the University of Notre Dame (1979-1982).  The team had an impressive 72- 24-6 record with Manta scoring 36 goals and recording 18 assists.  In 1982 he scored 6 game winning goals.  In 1979 he set a school record of 4 goals in a half in a 4-2 win on Oct 12.  He is currently ranked 6th on Notre Dames's All-Time scoring list.  Manta scored the first ever ND goal at Alumni Field in a 4-3 win over #1 ranked St Louis on September 13th, 1981.  That team was the only ND men's team to beat a #1 ranked team in the country.  He was voted Offensive MVP in 1982 and coached the Notre Dame JV team from 1985 to 1987.  Prior to arriving at the University Manta played for Xelaju MC in Guatamala from 1985 - 1987.  Manta was the youngest player registered in the Guetamala First Division in 1976, playing a first team game at age 15.

Mario Manta graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Economics (1984), MA in Economics (1984) and an MBA (1985). Manta and his wife Kim have four children, Makayla, Mario, Max and Melina.