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Barry McCabe (born 12 January 1992 in Galway, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for California Vulcans.

Youth
McCabe grew up in Galway and had a very successful underage career at his local club Salthill Devon F.C., captaining his team (u14-u16) to 3 consecutive underage national finals. This success earned him International recognition, following on to appear with the Irish U15’s, U16’s and U17’s. McCabe attended St.Joseph’s Patrician College ‘The Bish’ and was part of the senior boys team to win the All-Ireland Final in 2009.

Senior
The talented midfielder was offered a soccer scholarship to UCD in 2009 to study Sports Science and compete with UCD in the League of Ireland. He made his league debut with the club, age 19, after impressing in some cup and friendly games, away to Bray Wanderers A.F.C. in September 2011. He spent the 2012 season competing with Sheffield Wednesday F.C. player Paul Corry, and made a further 12 league appearances. After Corry transferred to Wednesday, McCabe became a key player in Martin Russell’s side playing in 21 league games in the 2013 season, as the students remained in the premier division for the fifth season running. A goal from McCabe against Derry City F.C. helped UCD to record their first win at the Brandywell Stadium in 5 years. McCabe was called into Noel King’s Under 21 national side in 2013 and that season saw a high level of interest from a host of cross-channel clubs after some impressive performances for the club. After Russell’s departure as manager, McCabe’s game time was limited to just 4 league appearances in the 2014 season, under new boss Aaron Callaghan. McCabe left the club in the summer of 2014. McCabe decided to pursue an MSc in Exercise Science at the California University of Pennsylvania in August 2014.