During 2012, the Capital Soccer Club Staff has become even bigger and stronger than ever before. Placing a priority on player and team development, the Capital SC coaches are teachers of the game who understand the importance of education, economical training, healthy competition, vision planning, communication, organization, and a willingness to strive and succeed. Throughout Vermont, Capital SC is known for possessing a unique value in which the players are challenged; yet supported in a dynamic and creative atmosphere.

2011-2012 Capital SC Staff Bio’s

George A. Cook. george@capitalsoccer.net

Coach Cook is the President of Capital Soccer Inc. and Director and Co-Founder of Capital Soccer Club Inc. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in both Business and Education at Castleton State College, Coach Cook earned his Master’s Degree in Educational Le adership from the University of Vermont. During his time at Castleton, he was a four year varsity letter winner and Captained the squad in 1993. From 1994-2002, Cook was the Head Coach of Girls Soccer at Montpelier High School where he led the Solons to the Verm ont State Finals twice and the Semi-Final’s four times. In 1996, he was voted the “Vermont Large School Coach of the Year”. While coaching at MHS, he served as the head coach for the Twin State Match vs New Hampshire and the team won the prestigious match in 1997. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach at The University of Vermont and also served as Interim Head Soccer during his tenure there. During his time on the sidelines in Burlington, the Catamounts enjoyed some of the most successful moments in the past 15 years.

Originally from Hartford (CT) Cook is an alumni of the Oakwood Soccer Club, one of Region 1’s most successful clubs. Cook holds the prestigious “A” license from the United States Soccer Federation and the “Premier” Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. These are the two highest levels of certification a soccer coach can receive in the United States. It is believed that less than 10 coaches in the entire state of Vermont possess both.

From 2004-2006, Coach Cook was the head coach of one of Capital SC’s most successful teams. No team, in the history of the club, has won more games and trophies than that team which produced many current collegiate players.

Peter Kim. peter@capitalsoccer.net

Originally from Buffalo (NY), coach Kim came to Vermont in 1989 to attend UVM, and moved to Central Vermont after graduating in 1993.  He is a founder and Co-Director of both Capital Soccer Inc. and Capital Soccer Club Inc.  In 1999, the same year he and George started Capital Soccer, he returned to his alma mater to earn his Master’s Degree in Public Administration.  Upon completion, he was recognized with the prestigious Marshall E. Dimock Award for Scholarly and Professional Achievement.

Peter is the Head Coach of the nationally ranked Middlebury College Women’s Soccer team and was the NESCAC Conference “Coach of The Year” in 2004, 2006, and 2009. Since his arrival time at Midd, the Panthers have regularly been at the top echelon in the NCAA Division III, and he soon became the program’s winningest coach.  His teams have never missed a conference post season, and three times in six years the team advanced to the final 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Peter is a holder of the United States Soccer Federation “A” license and NSCAA Premier Badge  He is an Associate National Staff Member of the NSCAA where he serves as Vermont’s Technical Director. A USSF Region 1 ODP Staff Coach, Peter was voted as Vermont’s “Outstanding Contributor To Youth Soccer” in 2001.

Coach Kim’s CSC teams have won more hardware than any other, including the Vermont State Cup, Needham Memorial Day Tournament, the TD Bank Seacoast United Tournament, the John Smith Inter Bandits Cup, the Suffield Invitational, as well as several other indoor and outdoor leagues and tournaments.  In 2010 he led the Capital U15 Girls to a third-place finish at the Oakwood Premier Invitational, and the Vermont State Cup Championship.  The season finished with a 1-1-1 record at the USYSA Region I event in West Virginia.

Eric Bagley ebagley@capitalsoccer.net

One of Capital SC’s most valuable assets, Coach Bagley is a Director with the organization. He is one of very few Central Vermonters to have earned the “Advanced National Diploma” from the NSCAA. He also holds the “D” license from the United States Soccer Federation.

Eric is a staple at all Capital events and is involved in every aspect of the program. His leadership, intelligence, organization, and dedication have been a key factor in taking the club to the next level.

Coach Bagley currently serves as the head coach of girl’s soccer at Montpelier High School where he has been named Capital Division coach of the year three times and was voted as Vermont’s “Large School Coach of the Year” in 2008 and Vermont’s Division 2 Coach of the Year in 2011. Since he has taken over the program, the team remains an elite member in Vermont High School for Division II winning the State Championship in 2007 and reaching the semi-finals of the State Playoffs each of the last seven years. Each year since his involvement in MHS, the team has competed for the Vermont State Championship.

Collectively, “Bags” is the person behind the scenes who makes everything happen and clearly is one of Vermont’s most knowledgeable coaches. A coach who challenges his players, Bags will coach the U16 boys and U11 Boys this season.

Steph Mead steph@capitalsoccer.net

Coach Mead begins her 8th year with the Capital Soccer Club, with the privilege of coaching the U13 Boys and the U14

Girls.  In her time with the club, Coach Mead has worked with nearly every age group from U10-U18, and on both the girls’ and boys’ sides.  Coach Mead led the U17 girls to a State Cup victory in 2008 and was on the sidelines when the U12 Boys team competed in the 2011 Regional Tournament in Pennsylvania.

Originally from Rochester, NY, Coach Mead played her club ball with the Rochester Ravens Youth Premier Program.  As former captain at UVM, she earned a starting spot in the Vermont defensive unit as a freshman and never left the lineup. She played in all 72-career games, earning 69 starts. As a senior, Mead anchored a Catamount defense that posted a 1.35 goals against average as a team and allowed just 26 goals in 2004, the best mark since 1996. She was named to the America East All-Confere

nce Second Team in 2004. Mead also earned a spot on the Brown and Gold All-Tournament Team in Laramie, Wyoming after helping the Catamounts win the tournament championship.

Coach Mead graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and was presented with the Seman’s Trophy by the UVM Athletic Department as a senior. The prestigious honor is presented to the senior male and female student-athletes who have

demonstrated a high level of athletic achievement and who earned the respect and regard of fellow students for leadership, loyalty, and service to the university.  The UVM Women’s Center and Women’s Studies Department named Mead the Student-Athlete of the Year in 2005. The honor is presented annually to a female student-athlete who has made significant achievements in her sport, academic and service to the campus community.

Mead served as the assistant coach with the University of Vermont division 1 women’s program from 2007-2009.  For 3 seasons, Coach Mead was responsible for the team’s video analysis, recruiting, and assisting with travel accommodations, as well as on-the-field defensive tactical play.

Coach Mead currently serves as the Vermont Olympic Development Program (ODP) U15 Girls.  She also holds the National Coaching Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). In 2011, Mead was honored with the

Capital Soccer Club’s “Impact Award” for her hard work and dedication to the club’s youth players.

 

 

Don Haddox don@capitalsoccer.net

Coach Haddox joins the Capital Soccer Club for his first year this upcoming season to guide both the U-12 and U-13 boys’ teams. He has lived and coached in Vermont for the last six years, and as the Head Coach of the Harwood Union High School boys program, led the team to their first State Championship in the last 20 years in 2007. Following that successful run with a State Runner-up title the following season, Coach Haddox has developed a reputation as routinely developing teams that control possession and play a simple, highly skilled match that often dominates opponents. Each season that he has been at Harwood, Coach Haddox has helped several players develop the fundamental skills and match understanding that have placed them into college programs across the country.

Born and raised in Northeastern Ohio, Coach Haddox played his entire career with top programs in the soccer-rich area, including AC Puma, Falcon Elite and The Internationals. Following a college career that saw Coach Haddox both captain his squad and earn All-Conference honors, his career ended with a second torn ACL while playing semi-professionally for the now defunct Wadsworth ACE squad in Ohio. Not wanting to be fully removed from the beautiful game, Coach Haddox began refereeing in earnest, rapidly “moving up the ranks” and officiating top matches and tournaments across the country, including multiple State Cup Finals and the prestigious Dallas Cup. Eventually needing to again see the game from a win or lose perspective, and as a competitor, drove him to begin coaching and helping develop players to hopefully love the game as much as he does.

Coach Haddox states: “I am really happy and excited to be joining such a rich coaching staff here at Capital. The vision and energy that Peter, George, Eric and the whole staff bring to the game is infectious and I feel lucky to be an invited part of such a great group of individuals. I can’t wait to start the season and hopefully bring a new world of understanding and love of the game to the 13 and 14 year old boys.”

Jon Hammond jon@capitalsoccer.net

The goalkeeper is a special player who requires individualized and unique instruction. There may be no better instructor of goalkeepers in our area, than Coach Hammond. “Hammy” has been a long serving member of the Capital coaching staff and is tremendously popular with our players as he is able to balance professionalism and personality perfectly.

A graduate of Johnson State College, Coach Hammond was a regular in goal for the Badgers during his four year career there. Jon holds the NSCAA “National Diploma” and is the Head Coach of Girls Soccer at Harwood Union High School where he was named Vermont’s “Large School Coach of the Year” in 2010.

A tremendous communicator, Jon has been one of Capital’s largest assets since his involvement in 1999.

Mark Ewald mark@capitalsoccer.net
High school all state keeper in VA. Played at U of Md and football at JMU. Graduate with a bachelors degree from JMU. Fan of Italian and Dutch style of play. Have coached youth soccer for 11years. JV coach at Harwood 1 season and Assistant coach and keeper for Harwood Boys Varsity for 5 seasons ( 1 State Championship and 1 State runners up) . Hold a USSF “F” license and a state goal keeping license. Licensed USSF official for 5 years.

“I am excited to join Capital Soccer. I am really looking forward to helping the clubs keepers being the best in the state and teach the most important position on the field. I am really excited to work with Jon and help develop our kids and help Capital be know for the play of their Keepers.”

Josh Mallery josh@capitalsoccer.net

Coach Mallery first began playing soccer with the Barre Youth Soccer Association at the age of Eight. In 2002, at 13 he joined Capital Soccer Club and played with Capital until he graduated from the U19 program. Josh played Three years at Spaulding High School and finished his senior year at Montpelier High School. Josh showed a passion for coaching with the club at a young age. During his senior year at Montpelier he was the third participant ever to partake in the coaching internship program that Capital Soccer offers. Josh went on to play his collegiate soccer at Johnson State college.

Coach Mallery has been coaching summer camps and clinics with Capital since 2005, this is his first year coaching with the Club during the season. He will be assisting George Cook with the U15 girls and Casey Grimes with the U14 girls.

In addition to his assistant coaching responsibilities with CSC, Josh was a lead instructor for the club’s fall “Technical Academy” and an assistant coach with our “strength and conditioning” program. Josh will also be a familiar face at the Central VT Memorial Civic Center this fall as one of the lead coaches of the clubs indoor clinics.

Keith Raines keith@capitalsoccer.net

Keith Raines joins the Capital Soccer Club staff for the 2012 club season. Coach Raines was a High School All-American at Southington High School and was a teammate of Club Director George Cook at Oakwood Soccer Club. Following high school Coach Raines went on to play his collegiate soccer at Plattsburgh State University. Following college Coach Raines Semi-pro soccer with the Worcester Wildfire in the USL.

Following a successful playing career Coach Raines went on to start the Soccer United Soccer Club. Keith was the club director for 8 years. Keith also led the AuSable Valley Varsity Girls coach for 7 years where he won 5 League Titles and had an overall record of 88-32.

Coach Raines holds the USSF National Youth Liscence, National D, NSCAA Regional and Advanced Regional Licenses. He will coach the U15 girls and the U10 Youth Academy.