Nordic Spirit Soccer Club  Tree Farm Training Calendar Boys Coaching Staff 2008 - 2009 We are very excited about the quality coaches we have signed for this upcoming year. We feel we have amassed some of the brightest young minds in the coaching circle in this country. Most of our staff have vast experience in the Division I, II, and III college game both as players and coaches. Our coaches understand the importance of the game and it's impact on the life of each young member of our club. We will work very hard to provide each team and member of the club a quality role model who guides the kids with the right values and character traits to be successful in their lives. It is these values that we instill in our participants that we feel sets us apart from the rest and makes our training environment here at Nordic 'special'. If you would like to contact any of the coaches, for any reason, please feel free to call (802-288-9577), or send an email COACH DIRECTORY. Director of Coaching, Jesse Cormier Leadership, Organization, and Vision His personal philosophy can be summed up by his respect and reverence for the sport and what a great teacher of life it can be for all involved. He has brought together this incredible staff to follow through on this philosophy and help build passion for the sport of soccer in the community and throughout the state. A 1995 graduate of the University of Vermont, was named Vermont's seventh head men's soccer coach on February 12, 2004. In 2005, Cormier guided the Catamounts to an 11-5-3 overall record and a fourth place finish in the America East. Vermont was ranked in the NSCAA National Poll six out of nine weeks during the regular season and went 2-0-1 against ranked opponents. A former standout with the Catamounts, Cormier is the first UVM alum to be named the team?s head coach. He returned to Vermont after serving as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Oregon State. During his time in Corvallis, he helped lead the Beavers to the most successful three-year run in school history and was promoted to associate head coach in 2003. Prior to his tenure at Oregon State, Cormier was an assistant coach at West Virginia (2000) and Bradley (1997-99). During Cormier's coaching career, he has spent seven seasons at three of the nation's top rated soccer conferences (Pac-10, Missouri Valley, Big East). A native of Hoosick Falls, NY, Cormier earned his master's degree in leadership and human services at Bradley in 1999. He holds a NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and a USSF B Coaching License. Cormier had a solid playing career at Vermont (1991-94). He ranks sixth in career points (59) and is tied for sixth all-time in goals (24). A regular for Coach Ron McEachen from the start of his career, he earned a spot on the America East All-Championship Team as a sophomore in 1992, leading Vermont to the conference title game. He led the team in scoring as a senior (9-3--21) and following the season he earned All-New England honors and was selected as the team's most valuable player. Cormier received his bachelor's degree in history from Vermont. Following graduation, Cormier went on to play professionally in the United States and overseas before beginning his coaching career. Cormier and his wife, Amy, have three children, a son Kai, and daughters Parrish and Jazaher. They reside in Shelburne. U9 Boys Coach: Matt Gazo Matt is a 2 time All-American, NE Player of the Year, all time goal scorer JSC, played professionally, English FA license, former coach CVC, UVM, Rice HS Coaching Experience Vermont Olympic Development, Boys coach (U14) 2008 & 94,95 Nordic Soccer club boys premier coach (U9, U10) 2006-2008 Rice Memorial High school, Assistant coach boys soccer 2004-2000 Rice Memorial High School, Head coach boys golf &n bsp; 2006-2005 UVM, Burlington, VT Assistant coach mens soccer (NCAA Div I) 1995 Far Post Soccer Club boys premier coach (U12, U15) 1999-1995 Associate Director Pepsi soccer schools 1993 Champlain College, Burlington, VT mens and womens (NJCAA Div I) 1994-1993 Johnson State College, Johnson, VT Assistant coach mens soccer (NAIA) 1992 English Football Association, Preliminary Coaching Certificate 1991 Sheffield United, School of Excellence, Assistant youth coach 1991 VT Soccer Schools staff C oach 1996-1992 Playing Expereince Mobile Revelers, Mobile, AL (professional, USISL) 1995 Chesterfield, (Reserves)Chesterfield, England (professional) 1993-92 Worksop Town, Worksop, England (semi-professional) 1993-92 Johnson State College (NAIA) 1991-1989 Franklin Pierce College (NCAA DIV. II) 1988 VT Olympic Development - Regional Selection 1988 Achievements and Awards - Soccer Johnson State College, Athletic Hall of Fame (soccer, baseball) 2007 Rice Memorial High School, Athletic Hall of Fame 2004 (soccer, baseball, basketball). All - time leading goal scorer. Johnson State College, Senior Athlete of the Year award 1992 NAIA - New England Player of the Year Men's soccer 1990 NAIA College All-American (2 years) Men's soccer 1991-1990 NAIA Mayflower All Conference 1st team 1991-1989 Johnson State College (All time leading Goal scorer, & Points holder) 1991 U5-7 Program, U9 and U11 Boys Coach: Charlie Amblo Charlie has trained, played and coached at all levels of the game for over 27 years in Europe, USA, Canada and with the Honduran National Team. He holds National Coaching licenses from the United States, Canada, England, and Netherlands. Charlie has coached with UVM Women's Soccer, Colchester High School (Boys state champions), South Burlington High School, Synergy Football Club and the VT Olympic Development Program as well as teaching in local schools. From 1984 until 2001, Charlie was a founder and director of Far Post Soccer Enterprises and managed the Pepsi Soccer School and Far Post Soccer Club. Charlie, a Vermont native, his wife Jolanta and daughters Leola and Beverly reside in South Burlington. U12 Boys Coach: Sam Piotrowski Colchester High School 1998-2002 All-State and All-Free Press team Boston University 2002-2006 America East Regular Season and Tournament Champions, 2nd round of NCAA tournament (2005) Saint Michael's College 2006 (as graduate student) Nordic U-11 boys premier coach - 2008 Nordic Cup champions U13 Premier Boys Coach: Jesse Brady-Searby St. Michael's College -- 1st Assistant Coach at SMC for two seasons, where he helped lead SMC to two of the best records in school history and two back-to-back post season appearances. Nordic Soccer Club (12 Premier Boys 2008): -- VT State Champions, Nordic Cup champions, Seaside Classic champions Playing experience -- UVM captain and team MVP, 1st team America East, 2nd team All New England, three time America East academic honor roll Assistant: Kirk Jean U14 Boys Coach: Ross Duncan Ross is a 2004 graduate of Oregon State who played professionally in Australia, joined the coaching staff in February of 2007. Duncan was a four-year letterwinner for the Beavers for head coach Dana Taylor from 2000 to 2003. He was a starter at back and outside midfield on Oregon State's first two teams to reach the NCAA College Cup in 2002 and 2003. He was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic Team as a senior in 2003. A native of Corvallis, Ore., Duncan received his degree in cultural anthropology from OSU in 2004. After graduation he played for two seasons in the Australian Premiership League for the Queensland Lions and Brisbane Strikers. He returned to the U.S. in 2005 and spent that season as an assistant coach for Corvallis High. Since 2000, he was a staff coach for the OUSA Soccer Club in Oregon where he coached current Catamount Loren Hill (Eugene, Ore.). He and his wife, Lindsey, reside in Winooski. U15 Premier Boys/U18 Premier Boys Coach: Jim Goudie 2001-Present -- Vermont ODP Head Coach 2001-Present --Nordic Soccer Head Coach 2003-Present -- Saint Michael's Women's Assistant Coach Super Y League ODP Regional Head Coach Region One ODP Coaching Staff Vermont Youth Soccer State Instructor 3 years ODP Coach South Texas USSF A License and National Youth License 9 years Cyfair Dynamos SC Asst. Director of Coaching, Houston, Texas English FA Coaching Badge Native of Wolverhampton, England U16 Boys Coach: Wade Jean Wade is an award-winning coach at Duquesne University, Jean has been named the 10th Saint Michael's College men's head soccer coach and coach of the U18/19 and U11 Nordic Premier teams. Jean brings a sparkling coaching resume to Saint Michael's and Nordic. For the past eight seasons, Jean has served as men's soccer coach at Duquesne, an NCAA Division I university based in Pittsburgh, Pa. Jean was named the Atlantic-10 Conference Coach of the Year an unprecedented four times while at Duquesne (1999, 2002, 2004, 2005), and compiled an 82-54-14 record as head coach of the Dukes, including four consecutive 13-win seasons from 2002-05, the most victories in a season in program history. Jean led Duquesne to three straight Atlantic-10 Tournament championship games, two straight Atlantic-10 regular season titles, and in 2003. Jean also had 10 of his former Duquesne student-athletes play soccer professionally. Prior to his successful run at Duquesne, Jean was an assistant coach for three seasons at Division I Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. He helped guide the Falcons to a combined 52-13-3 record during his tenure and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament, as Bowling Green won the Mid-Atlantic Conference postseason tournament all three years. Before his stint at Bowling Green, Jean worked at Illinois State University. Jean served as a volunteer assistant in 1993 and a graduate assistant in 1994, helping the Division I Redbirds tie for second place in the Missouri Valley Conference both seasons. Jean received his Master's degree in physical education, recreation and dance from Illinois State in 1996. Jean returns to Vermont after a stellar four-year playing career at Johnson State College, where he graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. Jean started all four years for the Badgers as a defensive midfielder, serving as the team's co.-captain as a senior. He helped lead Johnson State to three Mayflower Conference titles, and was named the recipient of the Bryan Wendall Award, given to the individual signifying the most dedication to the program. Jean also was a member of the varsity tennis and Nordic ski teams at Johnson State. Following his playing career at Johnson State, Jean spent one season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, helping the Badgers compile a 16-4-1 record and a berth in the NAIA Tournament. The Badgers also won Mayflower Conference and North Atlantic regional championships during Jean's year as an assistant. From there, Jean spent three seasons as the head coach at Champlain College in Burlington, building the Beavers into one of the top Division I National Junior College Athletic Association programs in the Northeast. Champlain won program-record 12 games in Jean's final year with the school in 1992. Jean, a native Vermonter, graduated from Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans in 1985. U16 Club Boys Coach: Drew Smalley U17 Boys Coach: Rollie Kielman U19 Boys Coach: Dan Marlow © 2008 Nordic Spirit Soccer Club Website management by Stephen Akiki