Sam Matthews

Coaching Experience:

• Coaching license:English FA2 (USSF C Equivalent)
• Years of coaching experience: 4
• Coaching grassroots team in the UK – AFC Varndeanians, Mile Oak Wanderers
• Holiday courses and summer camps
• Academy coaching for Russell Martin Foundation
• Sub-contracted coaching for EPL teams (Brighton,Chelsea & West Ham United)
• Squads participated in international tournaments eg.Gothia Cup

Collegiate/Professional Playing Experience:

• English county leagues (amateur)

Favorite team:

• Liverpool

Hobbies:

• Soccer
• Soccer
• More soccer!

How do you hope to inspire your players?

Despite never making a professional playing career for myself, playing soccer and being a part of teams has had a tremendous impact on my life and undoubtably made me the person I am today. What I want most for the players I coach is for them to reap those same rewards. Soccer taught me self-discipline and self-control, it taught me how to remain composed in moments of high pressure and it has taught me how much more you can achieve when your efforts are put towards a team goal rather than individual accomplishments. I can’t think of any other area of life where children can hone these crucial skills so frequently and in a safe, controlled environment. I believe that good coaching produces good players, and a byproduct of good players is good people.