Youth
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. 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. Maher was also the starting point guard on the 2001–2002 Middle Township Panthers basketball team who won the Group II State Championship. 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.
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