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Coaching Experience
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Coach - Fred Meyer Soccer Camps, Portland, OR, summers (’88, ’89, ’90); coached boys U8 and U9 NYSA Blackhawks (’08 and ’09); and YMCA spring soccer teams (’09, ’10).
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Playing Experience
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NYSA Premier Select, Team Captain, ’81 – ’87, Specters, FC. WashingtonState and Far-West Regional Champions, ’87.
Captain, Woodinville HS, ’86, ’87. First Team All Kingco, ’86, ’87.
University of Portland, 4 year starter/scholarship, ’87 – ’91. NCAA Division I Final Four, 1988.
Duke University Met-Life Invitational, All First-Team, 1989
Clemson University Invitational, All First-Team, 1989
University of Portland, Most-Inspirational Award, 1990.
Pacific Northwest Soccer Conference, All First-Team, 1989, 1990
Portland Timbers, 1989.
(* non-soccer: Have completed 21 full marathons, ’00 – ’09, including Boston, ’06, ’07, and New York, ’08. Completed 50 mile ultra-marathon, ’07. Have personally raised over $25,000 for various charities through running.)
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Personal Note
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Youth soccer is first and foremost about having fun. Let kids be kids and learn to love the game. The life lessons that soccer teaches - teamwork, communication, commitment, perseverance, a strong mind and body – those things will naturally follow. Most importantly though – let ‘em have fun!!
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