Playing Experience: Anchorage Football Club, 4 years PLU, 3 years Seattle Seadogs
Team Successes:
1999 USYSA U18 National Champions
2011 US Club U14 National Champions
2012 ECNL “B” Flight National Champions
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Club: Chelsea
Player: Frank Lampard
Best Coaching Memory
Winning the 1999 Boys USYSA National Championship
Player Expectations/Advice:
Players need to always give their best in two areas – Effort & Focus
Favorite Motivational Quote
It’s not where you start that matters, it’s how you finish!
John Yorke
Coaching Years of Experience: 25
Licenses: USSF B
Education: Pacific Lutheran University BA
Playing Experience: PLU/Belhaven College
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Club: Liverpool
Player: Steven Gerrard
Best Coaching Memory
Winning State Championship and son being born on same weekend
Scott Ford
Coaching Years of Experience: 10+
Licenses: USSF A
Education: Manchester Metropolitan University BA (England)
Playing Experience: Burnley FC, Bolton Wanderers FC, Morecambe FC, Manchester Metropolitan University
Team Successes:
2017 Region IV ODP Championship.
2016 Region IV ODP Finalists.
2015 Albion Cup Champions (CA)
2016 PDT Champions (AZ)
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Club: Manchester United
Player: David Beckham & Paul Scholes
Best Coaching Memory
Winning 2017 Region 4 ODP Championship, WA G02
Player Expectations/Advice:
Trust the #Process and always control your effort and focus that leads to the result
Favorite Motivational Quote
Being successful in soccer is not an obligation, its an opportunity!!!!
Kevin Skinner
Coaching Years of Experience: 10+
Licenses: USSF B, NSCAA Premier Diploma
Playing Experience: West Ham, Leyton Orient, Greenwich Univerity, 10 years+ Semi Pro UK Ryman League
Team/Coaching Success:
WA State Boys Competitive Coach of the Year 2015
Region 4 Competitive Coach of the Year 2016
RCL Division 1 Champions 2016
Surf Thanksgiving Cup Champions 2016
WYS President Cup Champions 2016
WYA State Championship Cup Champions 2017
National League Champions 2017
3rd Place US Youth National Championship 2017
PDT Champions 2018
2017 National League Champions
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Club: West Ham United
Player: Paulo Dicanio
Best Coaching Memory
Winning National League and then going on to compete and take 3rd place in the National Championships.
Player Expectations/Advice:
Practice how you play! Practice makes permanent, so practice with the intensity and desire to keep improving, push yourself and take others with you. Effort, attitude and focus are the difference between being good and being great!
Favorite Motivational Quote
Hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard!
Michael Donne
Coaching Years of Experience: 20+
Licenses: USSF B
Education: Neath College
Playing Experience: Swansea City Academy. Pontardawe Town FC. Briton Ferry Town FC. Ammanford Town FC.
Team Successes:
2 WYSA State Cup Championships.
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Everton FC. Neville Southall
Best Coaching Memory
WPFC Girls 03 winning every competiton we entered in 2015
Player Expectations/Advice:
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Favorite Motivational Quote
I dont believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.
Richard Unsworth
Coaching Years of Experience: 20+
Licenses: UEFA B, USSF C
Education: University if Liverpool MSc -Exercise and Nutition Science
Playing Experience: University of Liverpool, Semi-Pro in UK
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Liverpool FC
Player Expectations/Advice:
Work hard, love the game and challenge yourself to be the best you can be
Favorite Motivational Quote
Hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard
Willy Leiste
Coaching Years of Experience: 15+
Licenses: USSF D
Education: Barry Univ, Miami Shores, FL
BS Sport Management
Playing Experience: FC United 3 years, Barry University 4 years, US Youth U16 Nat’l Team/Pool Player 2 years, US Region 4 ODP Team/Pool 3 years, WSYSA State Team 6 years
Team Successes:
2004 NAIA National Tournament Quarter-Finalists, The Evergreen State College
2004 NAIA Regional Champions, The Evergreen State College
2010 Boys ’97 Region IV ODP Champions
Favorite Soccer Team/Club Player:
Club: Manchester United
Player: Peter Schmeichel
Best Coaching Memory
2004 Evergreen State College Regional Championship and concluding the year ranked 8th Nationally.
Player Expectations/Advice:
Play hard, train harder. Don’t accept anyone telling you that you can’t achieve your goal. You, as a player, are in control of your path.
Favorite Motivational Quote
It’s not the will to win that matter – everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters. – Paul “Bear” Bryant