I began my coaching with Eugene Timbers FC following a playing career that included playing at South Eugene HS and Yale University. I have coached a range of ages, boys and girls, and at all levels from U6 up to competitive U18 USYS National League boys teams. After starting out coaching with ETFC I moved to Alabama where I coached for Mobile United FC for several years, and for Gulf Coast Rangers FC. I started a futsal organization to introduce the sport to the Mobile area, and have been involved in grassroots efforts to introduce school age kids to soccer and futsal. I have a USSF E license, Futsal Level 1 diploma, and have participated in various futsal coaching webinars, courses from Spain and Brazil. I am currently taking the USSF D license course to be completed in March 2021. I have worked at public schools in various roles within special education for seven years in addition to coaching futsal and soccer.

Andy Everett is a native of Eugene and graduated from South Eugene High School. He then attended The University of Washington in Seattle and coached at both the Middle school and High School club Level. After returning to Eugene, he started coaching for ETFC in 2006. In addition to coaching club soccer with ETFC he was the JV2 coach for the South Eugene Boys from 2007-2011. Andy has coached both boys and girls from the youngest Little Timbers up to U-13’s. When he isn’t coaching or playing soccer, he’s sneaking off to the mountains to ski with his family.

I have played soccer since I was 10 years old and was a goalkeeper from the very start. I began playing club with ETFC for Gabriel Hernandez at 17 for the U18 Azzuri team. I played with Azzuri for one season and then the Boca Juniors Black team under Joe Beeler. I played one U19 Season for Westside Timbers Copa under Coni Constantine. We won the 2016 State Cup and made it to the Farwest Regional Semi-Final where we lost to FC Golden State Force who won the National Championship for the 3rd year in a row.

After club I played for 3 years at Corban University under Head Coach Aaron Lewis and fellow goalkeeper Jordan Farr as a mentor. I was a training player for the PDL team Lane United in Summer 2017. In 2018 I played for the EPL WA team Vancouver Victory under Logan Emory. In 2019, I played for Lane United as a first team Goalkeeper during their USL League 2 debut. In 2021, I worked and trained with the IDA Valencia academy. I have worked with professional GK coaches such as Steve Reese, Austin Pack, Paul Barren at NW Soccer Camps, Joe Beeler with ETFC, and Lindsay Parley who played for the University of Oregon women’s team, as well as professional Goalkeeper coaches in Spain. I have experienced the youth system in the US as a goalkeeper, and understand what high school goalkeepers need to do to build their resumes and skill sets to set themselves up to have a better chance of playing in college and beyond. I hope to use these experiences to help better prepare young goalkeepers to reach their goals.

Daniel grew up in a military family and moved around a lot, but where ever he moved soccer was always there. Daniel played in competitive clubs in Florida, Germany, Arizona, Hawaii and New Hampshire. He played high school soccer at Lebanon High School in New Hampshire. He helped Lebanon High School have multiple winning seasons, and helped lead them to a State Runner up Title. Daniel’s coaching career began at 19 years old with him assisting a premier girls team in Hawaii. After moving to New Hampshire he began coaching at Derryfield School where he helped the school win 3 State Championships and was on the NH ODP coaching staff.

Currently, Daniel is coaching multiple GA teams at EMFC and is the Director of Operations for the club. Daniel is also an assistant coach at Bushnell University and the Head Coach for the University of Oregon Men’s & Women’s Club Soccer teams. The University of Oregon Women’s Club team has won two National titles, and has two National Runner’s Up appearances with Daniel as their Head Coach.

I grew up in Eugene playing for EMFC and South Eugene High School. I played one year of college soccer at Concordia (OR), before transferring back to the University of Oregon and focusing on school and club soccer. As a goalkeeper, that is one of my focuses in coaching, though I enjoy all aspects of the game and enjoy seeing players get better whilst enjoying the sport. I’m graduating in Spring 2023 with a BS in Economics and Finance from the University of Oregon.

Coach Gabriel Hernandez is a veteran soccer coach with 15 years of club and high school coaching experience. Coach Hernandez coached the Eugene Metro Futbol Club 97 Boca Juniors White, and 92 Dynamo boys. He currently coaches the 04 Santos Premier. He was also an Assistant Coach for the EMFC U21 Select Team in the 2009 Friendly matches with Club America and Bayern Munich. Coach Hernandez also worked for five years as the Marist Boys Varsity Assistant Coach.

As a local high school player, Gabriel was a four year letterman at North Eugene where he earned 1st Team All League Honors as a senior. He then moved on to play professionally for two years with Club Deportivo Motagua (C.D. Montagua) in the Honduran 1st Division.

My full name is Guglielmo Attanasio but everybody calls me Gu. I was born in Italy and lived for 24 years in Milan. There is no other way to say it, I love soccer and that is why I coach it. Each of my coaching session reflect that, because the passion for the sport is what I try to sparkle the most in the kids.

I’m loud, proud, passionate and funny but not casual in my coaching, because that’s how I got it in Italy when I was a kid. I played soccer on and off throughout my life in Milan for several non-professional clubs (Dindelli and Frascati CEP to name a couple) but mostly when I was a kid.I also worked/studied as fitness trainer in Italy and here in Eugene at Lane Community College.

I started to coach the Little Timbers here in Eugene several years ago and I loved it. Recently I started to work with the Development Academy, the U11 and the U16 boys as assistant coach and I love it even more. I want to wrap up my bio with a quotation from one of my favorite soccer players, Gennaro “ringhio” Gattuso

“When I watch Pirlo playing soccer, when I see him with the ball between his feet, I wonder if I can even consider myself as a real soccer player”

Haley grew up in Eugene and played soccer since she was little. Haley is currently a student at the University of Oregon. Haley played on one of the first EMFC girls teams, the EMFC Edge. She was a 4-year varity player at Marist HS and played in 2 state final games. She also played for NCAA Division II team Western Oregon University in her freshman year before transferring to the University of Oregon. She works as a coach in the Little Metro program, has assisted Director of Coaching, Jurgen Ruckaberle and currently works with several of our EMFC teams.

Halle is currently the Head Coach of the Women’s Team at Bushnell University, Meadows holds a National “D” License and previously was the Head Coach at Southwestern Oregon Community College, where she was named NWAC Southern Region Coach of the Year in 2022, and at her alma mater Frontier High School in Bakersfield, CA. She also was just added to the coaching staff for the Lane United FC’s USL W team.

Meadows’ playing career took her to the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota for a year before she returned to her hometown for a couple of seasons at Bakersfield College.

Ian is originally from Amherst, Massachusetts where he played high school as well as club soccer with the Junior Pioneers. He played for Lane United FC in their first year as a PDL team and has played for the University of Oregon Men’s Club Soccer team for the past four years. This past season they received a bid for the NIRSA club tournament in Arizona and went undefeated and won the National tournament for the first time. He has coached for ETFC for the past three years. Ian has taken a leadership role in our Little Timbers program this fall and managed one of our locations for this program.

Born, raised and educated in the Basque Country (Northern Spain), Iñaki played at youth level in the historic club of Arenas de Getxo (one of the Founding members of La Liga) and started helping his dad (former professional player) coaching U17-U19 Teams. Iñaki continued playing soccer at the club level and in community college while completing his graduate studies in the U.S. 

As a coach, Iñaki brings a wealth of soccer experience across many different levels. In the U.S., Iñaki has led and/or been a member of coaching staff with high school, club soccer, former development academy, ECNL and college. After spending a year at the University of Virginia women’s soccer program as a Video Analyst and Operations Assistant, he is currently an Assistant Coach at the University of Oregon women’s soccer program. Iñaki keeps his relationships with Spain and has been a member of the Santutxu FC U19 Boys, competing against La Liga teams such as Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Osasuna. Currently he is supporting 3rd Division pro team SD Deusto as Video Analyst. 

In Eugene, he has coached at Marist HS and South Eugene HS, as well as at Eugene Metro FC: from 2016-2019, the Rovers and Valencia Boys U16, U17 and U19 teams. 

Jaime Aguayo has been playing soccer since the age of six years old, after moving from Mexico. Jaime graduated from Henley high school, Klamath Falls, OR in 2014. While at Henley, he played four years of varsity soccer as well as tennis, and track and field. He also played four years of competitive soccer for Rogue Timbers in Medford, OR. His collegiate career began in Rogue Community College, before finishing his last three years at Northwest Christian University. Jaime graduated in 2019, obtaining his Bachelor’s of Science in Education. He currently teaches middle school math and science at Prairie Mountain School, and coaches Boys Varsity Soccer at Churchill High School, and also coaches at ETFC as well.

James grew up in Topanga Canyon, near Los Angeles. He attended and played soccer for Palisades High School. Following that, he completed a double major in English and Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He moved to Seattle in 2015, after graduating.

James began coaching club soccer with Seattle Celtic in 2016. James coached at Celtic for four years in a variety of age groups. Following his move to Eugene in the summer of 2020, James was hired to coach the girls JV team at South Eugene High School. In 2021, James took over as head coach of the Varsity Girls Soccer program. James began coaching with ETFC in January 2022. 

James is a big supporter of the US men’s and women’s national teams. His current favorite players to watch are Lindsay Horan and Weston McKennie.

John is originally from Smithtown, NY. Prior to playing goalkeeper for 4 years at St. Joseph’s College, John played for various clubs in the Long Island Junior Soccer League and at St. Anthony’s High School. After living in North Carolina for over 8 years, John, his wife and 3 children moved to Eugene in July 2019.
He holds an NSCHAA Level 3 Goalkeeper and US Soccer E coaching license. John was a North Carolina Football Club (NCFC) Youth Goalkeeping coach and has worked at NCFC’s College Showcase, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Goalkeeper Camp, NC State Wolfpack Soccer series GK camp as well as a staff coach for Focus Goalkeeper Academy. John has also coached Triangle Futbol Club Alliance.

Jonny is originally from Bakersfield, CA where he grew up playing competitive club soccer. He started his coaching journey at Frontier High School and at South Valley Surf. Jonny then went on to coach at Southwestern Oregon Community College for two years. He then made his way up to Eugene and is currently the Assistant Coach for the Men’s and Women’s Soccer Programs at Bushnell University.

Jorge grew up in Springfield, Oregon and has played soccer as far back as he can remember. After graduating from Thurston High School with academic and all-league honors, he played collegiately with George Fox university (2 years) and Bushnell University (2 years).
Outside of ETFC he is coaching at Thurston High School and helps his family’s restaurant El Pique in Springfield. As a minority coach he is working earnestly to establish himself as a mentor and leader in the Hispanic, Latino, and Mexican communities of Lane County and is positioning himself within the greater Oregon soccer community to advocate for the next generation of soccer playing minority youth. 

Leslie grew up in Eugene, OR and began playing for EMFC during her eighth grade year for Akers 04 Premier. During her junior and senior year she played for Azul (WPSL), and most recently she played for the Lane United Women’s team, it was their inaugural season in the USL W. Additionally she graduated from Churchill High School in 2022 where she played varsity all four years. She continued her soccer and academic career at the University Of Puget Sound (fall 22’) before transferring to Western Oregon University (fall 23’). Leslie began coaching during her junior year of high school coaching with our Little Metros program. Since then she has worked with our Junior Academy, boys U12-U15 premier teams as an assistant coach. Currently she is earning her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science while pursuing her USSF D and C license through the IGT Grant (from OYSA).

Liberty Siegle started her club career with FC Willamette before joining one of EMFC’s inaugural teams. She returned to FC Willamette for a few seasons in high school, but made her way back to EMFC to wrap up her club days. A player since 5 years old, Liberty sought any opportunity to be involved in the game. This led her to volunteer with TOPSoccer, eventually winning the OYSA TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year award, coach camps and clinics at her schools, and go out for goalkeeping since they got extra practices during the week. In an effort to integrate more with the sport, she became the youngest certified referee in the state of Oregon at 12 years old. As a referee, she rose through the ranks and ultimately ended her DIII playing career at Willamette University to pursue refereeing at a higher level. Liberty returns to Eugene after 3 years in Sitka, Alaska, where she coached, served on the board, and was the Director of Operations at Sitka Youth Soccer during a pivotal merger with Rush. She looks forward to assisting with the youth programs and helping to identify and develop referees in the club.

Lily grew up in Eugene Oregon and began playing for EMFC when she was in 2nd grade for the Lyon Premier 2003 girls team. Lily was a member of the Lyon girls team when they won State Cup in 2021. She also played for South Eugene High School as a 4 year Varsity starter where she earned multiple awards. Lily continued her soccer career playing for University of Puget Sound for 1 year before returning to Eugene to complete her nursing prerequisites at Lane Community College.

Mackenzie grew up in Stayton, OR where she attended Stayton High School and began playing soccer her sophomore year. She played for the varsity girls soccer team all three years and was on the varsity track & field team as a thrower for 4 years. After high school, Mackenzie furthered her education at Chemeketa Community College and played for the women’s soccer program for two seasons before transferring to Oregon State University. At OSU, she extended her playing career through the Women’s Club Soccer team for two seasons and graduated with a Bachelors in Kinesiology. Mackenzie currently works at Corvallis High School as an educational assistant in Life Skills. She also coaches the JV girl’s soccer team as well as the throwers in Track and Field. Mackenzie enjoys volunteering her free time to the unified programs in Corvallis High School and also the Special Olympics of Oregon.

Originally born in Rochester,NY, my parents moved to Brazil when I was 15 Months old. In Brazil I grew up in Recife, capital of Pernambuco where I start playing soccer. I was a four year Letterman at Salesiano High School, where I also started my coaching career as assistant coach. During college, I started playing Futsal and end up playing amateur Futsal for Clube Nautico Capibaribe, a professional soccer team in Recife.

I earned my Bachelor degrees in Medical technology from the Federal University of Pernambuco.

Move to Eugene in 2002 and in 2007 joined the Boys Scouts Soccer program for Latinos as a Head Coach and Coordinator of the program through 2009.

Michael is a returning coach, who grew up playing for a local club that went on to win three state championships. He played at South Eugene High School and was part of the 2002 State Championship team. At the University of Oregon, he earned a degree in Human Physiology, while helping the UO Club soccer team win multiple regional tournaments and a national championship. He has a deep commitment to youth health, and will be furthering these efforts as a teacher at Yujin Gakuen Japanese Immersion Elementary school.

As a coach, he returned to South Eugene High School to lead various Junior Varsity teams for eight seasons. Over the past 15 years, Michael has also been able to coach a wide variety of recreational and club teams throughout our community, including our youngest Little Metro group, a co-ed middle school team, and his UO club soccer team. Michael has also been a referee and encourages everyone to join and support our local referees and their associations.

Pete Peterson has been with Eugene Timbers FC since 2008 and coached at almost every age in the club. He is our Junior Academy Director and College Preparation Advisor. He is also the head coach of boys soccer at South Eugene High School and an assistant men’s coach at Lane Community College. He has coached collegiately at Northern Michigan University, University of the South – Sewanee and University of Oregon.

Pete’s mission is to teach players to play the game of soccer at the highest level they are capable, using methods that inspire and motivate them to be their best – both on and off the pitch. He holds a USSF B license and has a master’s degree in Recreation & Sports Science in Soccer Coaching from Ohio University.

Porter serves as the Youth Technical Director, directing the Junior Academy, as well as overseeing U11 – U12 Premier and Competitive teams. He began coaching with EMFC in 2011 while still a student at the University of Oregon. He has previously directed the Little Metros program, run camps, and been both an assistant and head coach to numerous teams throughout the years.
Porter grew up in Benicia, California. His youth playing included time with Benicia Arsenal and Diablo Valley SC. He played with Cal -North ODP teams, attended Super -Y League National Camp, and won 3 State Cup Championships. His first coaching experience came with Benicia Arsenal, Benicia High School, and UK International soccer camps. Porter holds a USSF ‘C’ License in addition to numerous diplomas, and regularly participates in online coaching courses.

My name is Rodrigo Torrellio, and I am from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where I grew up playing for different clubs, including Blooming, a first division team where I played in the U16. Then, I moved to Eugene my junior year, where I played for the South Eugene Varsity boys and served as team captain my senior year. In college, I played junior college soccer at Southwestern Oregon Community College, where I achieved All-Conference honors, which then led me to play D2 soccer at Roberts Wesleyan University in Rochester, NY. I also played semi-pro soccer for OVF Alliance and Roc City Boom for the past three years. Currently, I am finishing up my degree in Humanities and Legal Studies at the University of Oregon. I coach the JA Academy girls and the U13 comp boys, and seeing them develop and fall in love with the game brings me a lot of joy.

Ryan grew up in Florence, Oregon and is a 5^th generation Lane County Resident.  Ryan played Soccer, Football, Basketball, Golf, Baseball and Track and Field while growing up in Florence.  He also played Intramural Soccer, Football, Basketball and Golf at Oregon State University and Colorado State University.  Ryan started coaching in the early 90’s.  He coached Kidsports Soccer for 4 years before starting with ETFC in 2021.  Ryan completed his USSF Grassroots License in 2021 and then completed his D License in 2022.  Ryan coaches with the Junior Academy and helps assist with Manchester City as well as coaching Basketball, Flag Football and Baseball.

Eugene Native and played for one of the club’s first teams in 2006. Played for South Eugene High School before attending Whitworth University and playing collegiate D3 Soccer for 4 years before graduating in 2016. During college Sam earned honorable mention all conference as a freshman, 2^nd team all conference as a sophomore, 1^st team all conference and first team all region as a Junior, and 1^st team all conference and 2^nd team all region as a Senior. Sam was coaching numerous camps and at the at the beginning of 2016 he joined Little Timbers coaching staff and continued over the summer with Akers Red, Lyon Red, and Lyon Black. Currently Head Coach of Akers Red.

Sara has been playing soccer since the age of 3– and it has given her formative life experiences every year since the beginning. Originally from Southern Oregon, she grew up playing against the Metros for the Rogue Valley Timbers, and playing at the 3A level for her high school St. Mary’s of Medford. She played DIII soccer at Lewis and Clark College in Portland for 5 years (thanks to COVID), and was a member of the team that tied the record for most wins in a season. She was also a walk-on member of the Lewis and Clark track team during her time there. She played for ETFC Azul in 2022, and for Lane United in their inaugural season into the USLW in 2023. The beautiful game has also taken her overseas, having played in Denmark and Sweden as a youth soccer player, and in Granada, Spain more recently. Her college coach described her as a “soccer junkie,” which is the perfect description of her love of the game. 

Having been a coach’s kid, Sara got to learn the ins and outs of coaching from a young age. She has worked with all ages and abilities, from TOPSoccer to 6A high school summer trainings. As a coach, she believes that hard work and sportsmanship will yield more positive results in the long run– and she believes that, while winning is a nice byproduct of hard work, the most important thing with soccer, and any sport, is that you’re having fun. Summed up, her ethos with soccer is to “play hard and have fun!”

Sebastian (Seb) was born in Eugene and attended South Eugene High School. He played for multiple local clubs prior to the formation of EMFC; Lane AFC, South Eugene Strikers, Oregon West, and McKenzie United. As a club player he competed in 6 State Cup Finals games, 4 Nomads Coaches Showcases, the Far West Regionals, and the USA Cup. His South Eugene HS team played in back to back State Finals, winning the 1998 State Championship. They were ranked 4th in the country by USA Today and recently inducted into the South Eugene Hall of Fame. He played collegiately at Sonoma State University in California, then graduated from the University of Oregon. 

This is Seb’s 11th year coaching with EMFC. He joined the club in 2013 and has 15 years of coaching experience. With EMFC he has coached boys and girls of every age, from Little Metros to U19. He was the South Eugene HS girls Varsity head coach for 4 seasons where he was named Southwest Conference coach of the year in 2017. He also served as the TOP Soccer program director for 7 years and received the OYSA TOP Soccer coach of the year award in 2016. Currently he is the 3v3 Challenge Cup director, head coach for 14G Junior Academy, and head coach for 2 Girls Academy League teams 10G Sporting Premier and 11G Barcelona Premier.

Ty grew up in Eugene and participated in youth soccer through Kidsports. He played soccer at South Eugene HS and graduated in 1994. He was an Assistant Golf Professional from 1998 to 2008. He coached at South Eugene HS both as JV soccer coach and a Varsity Golf coach. Ty coached soccer for Kidsports in various age groups from 2007 to 2017 and he was the head coach for the Churchill boys program. Ty ran our Little Timbers program and will now direct the Discovery Program. Ty is married to his his high school sweetheart Sara Taggart and they have 3 kids together who all play soccer.