Coaches
President and Executive Director: Arthur Dimitrakopoulos
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- New England Revolution Youth Teams- Former U16 & U18 coach
- USSF "A" License
- USSF Region I - Staff Coach
- Mass ODP - Current BU12 Head Coach; Former Head Coach; BU13 & BU15
- Mass Youth Soccer - Former Development Coach; Player Development Liaison
- Former High School Boys Varsity Coach
- Assumption College- Freshmen starter and 2 year captain
- Former player in the LASA League
- Mass Youth Soccer- Instructional Staff
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Arthur@Benficausa.org
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Director of Coaching: Mario Prata
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- BU14 Team- Assistant Coach
- New England Revolution - Former Director of the Youth teams, and head coach for the U16 & U18s
- Mass Youth Soccer - Former Development Coach
- Mass ODP Boys - Former Head Coach
- USSF Region 1 - Former Head Coach
- Former Professional Player - S.L. Benfica of Portugal
- USSF "A" License
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Mario@BenficaUSA.org
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Technical Director - North : Alvaro Amaral
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- USSF "B" Coaching License
- Former New England Revolution Youth team Conditioning Coach
- ODP MA coach - since 2006
- Health and Physical Education Teacher - Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Holden Youth Soccer - Former Director of Coaching
- Mass Youth Soccer - Instructional staff - since 2002
- National Academy of Sports Medicine - Certified Personal trainer, Performance Enhancement specialist
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nunoamaral77@hotmail.com
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Technical Director - South/Metro Boston: Pedro Herivaux
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- Former professional soccer player for teams in his native Haiti, in Boston, and in Japan.
- Former Varsity Boys High School Coach.
- He continues to play regularly in men's leagues including the Da One Summer League.
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pedroheriveaux@gmail.com
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Boys Co-Director : Humberto Calle
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- USSF "C" Coaching License
- Assistant Coach Mass ODP
- Dutch Youth License
- Former player in the LASA League
- Co-Founder of Greater Lowell Soccer Club
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hcalle83@comcast.net
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Boys Co-Director : Norris Gibson
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- Club Coach for over 15 years
- Assistant Coach Wheaton College
- Head Coach Lynn Classical Varsity Boys
- Assistant Coach Bishop Fenwick Varsity Girls
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ngib@comcast.net
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Girls Director : Tom Curley
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- USSF "C" Coaching License
- Benfica USA coach since 2007
- Coach in Middlesex Youth Soccer League
- Assistant Coach in District Select Program
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coachtc18@yahoo.com
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Goalkeeper Coach : Dusan Obsajsnik
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- Former New England Revolution Youth team Coach
- Holy Cross Mens GK Coach
- Former Boston University GK coach - 7 years
- Former Boston College GK coach - 13 years
- Former ODP Region 1 coach - 6 years
- ODP MA - 4 years
- Former Professional player - VSS Kosice - Czechoslovakia Premier League - 9 years
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DusanObsajsnik@aol.com
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Leroy Spann
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- Trinidad and Tobago National Team member - 1971-1989
- San Jose Earthquakes in the National American Soccer League, during the era of Pele and Franz Beckenbauer.
- Most recently coaching Club and High School soccer.
- UEFA Coaching Licence
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Colin Goin
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- Head Men's Soccer Coach at Emmanuel College. Former Assistant Coach at his Alma Mater, LIU-Southampton College.
- 4 year starting player with Southampton, his team reached the #2 rank in the US.
- Originally from New York, Colin played youth soccer with the prestigious FC Westchester.
- He also has prior experience coaching youth Club soccer in the Boston area.
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Erlie Thelot
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- "Thelot" is a current member of the US National Women's Futsal team.
- She played for the Haitian National Women's Team from 1997 to 2003.
- From 1994-2004 she played for Haiti's Aiglebrillant A.C., which won the Champion Haitian Cup (1996 and 1999); and the national championship (2003)
- In the US, Thelot played for Lee University from 2001 to 2004, where she was named freshman player of the year, won the Lee University Lady Flames Golden Shoe (2001) and was known as the "Lady Flames Scoring machine", after a streak of 21 goals in 17 games!
- She also played in the 1st Team TranSouth All-Conference, the 1st team NAIA All-Region XI, and was named TranSouth Player of the Year, and earned an honorable mention in the NAIA All-American in 2002 and 2003.
- Thelot holds the MassYouth G and F coaching licenses.
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Fraser Murphy
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- USSF Youth Coaching License
- USSF "C" Coaching License
- NSCAA National Youth Diploma
- Tyngsboro Youth Soccer travel program director - 2004-present
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Ryan Keefe
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- Player UMASS Lowell 2002-2005
- Asst. Coach UMASS Lowell 2006
- Asst. Coach Chelmsford High 2007-2009
- Head Coach Dracut High School 2010- Present
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Dimitri Markonidis
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- Starting player for "Greek National Junior Soccer Team"
- Professional Player for "PanNafpliakos"
- Coach for Nafplio High School Senior Boys Soccer Team
- 1997- Moved to The United States
- Played for "Boston United", Men’s Soccer League of Massachusetts, State Champions
- Plays Indoor Soccer Men’s League over 30
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Greg Hamilton
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- USSF "C" License
- NSCAA National Diploma
- World Class Coaching - Coaches Development Diploma
- Former Director of Coaching - Town of Billerica
- 6x- Boston Marathon Finisher
- Ironman Wisconsin Finisher
- Strength & Conditioning Coach- CATZ Development Program (acl prevention)
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Antonio Fresco
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- Mass Youth Soccer E license
- Played all through high school and continue in various competitive and rec leagues
- Coached in Peabody Youth Soccer
- Coach in Maple for 4 years
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Mario Bettencourt
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- USSF National "D" License
- NSCAA State Diploma
- Benfica USA coach since 2008
- Peabody Youth Soccer coach 2005-2011
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Nick Vitorino
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- USSF National "C" License
- Benfica USA Coach since 2007
- Played for Lowell Lusitanos
- Played for Central Catholic High School
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Adam Hughes
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- USSF "D" license
- Mass ODP assistant coach
- Emerson College assistant coach
- Bentley University 4 year starter
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Kendrick Whittle
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- Girls varsity coach in Salem, NH.
- He has played in college and has been running a successful program.
- During his time in that capacity he has been league champions once and semi-finalists twice.
- He was named the Eagle Tribune Coach of the Year in 2009 and the NH Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the year in 2010.
- In addition, he had 8 girls selected as All State, 3 selected as All New England, and one selected as All American.
- Currently, 7 former players are playing collegiate soccer at the all levels (I,II,III).
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Goalkeeper Director: John Amorim
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- USSF "A" Coaching License
- USSF Region I - Goalkeeper Coach
- Temple University - Former Coaching Staff
- Played Pro in Portugal from 1984-1987
- 1st Team All-American 1982 and 1983
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Technical Advisor and Clinician: Shalrie Joseph
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- Captain of MLS' New England Revolution.
- Shalrie is actively involved with all teams, providing coaching and attending games regularly.
- Best known as a defensive midfielder with the Revs, which he joined in 2002, Shalrie is a regular MLS Most Valuable Player, making 5 All-Star appearances so far.
- He is also an international player for his native Grenada, and has competed for Grenada in more than 20 international matches.
- In 2007, he was named Caribbean Player of the Year.
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Technical Advisor and Clinician: George O'Neill
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- Played Pro in Scotland from 1962 - 1973, with Celtic, and as Captain for Partick Thistle.
- Came to Philadelphia Atoms, and won the soccer bowl that same year.
- Played for National Team on tour of Haiti, Italy and Israel.
- Coached Pro-indoor - Philadelphia Fever.
- Coached many men's amateur teams, youth teams, and the University of Penn. College.
- Region 1 ODP U16 boys head coach
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Technical Advisor and Clinician: Efrain “Chico” Chacurian
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- Member of the National Hall of Fame.
- Turned pro at age 15 with Racing in Argentina.
- In the USA, played on several Pro teams, and had several tours with the National Team.
- Coached many men's professional, college, and youth teams, including Yale University.
- Region 1 ODP U13 Boys team - Coach and Technical Director.
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Technical Advisor and Clinician: Dr Dina Gentile
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- Professor of Sport Management at Endicott College
- Former College coach at Division II and III colleges
- NSCAA National Diploma
- Player Development Officer at Beverly Youth Soccer
- Organiser of Soccer Camps for 19 years on the North Shore
- Published author in Camp and coaching business
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