Met Oval Staff
The Metropolitan Oval Academy is an elite talent development environment based around the youth center of excellence with locations in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island. Met Oval has placed more youth players in MLS and Int'l academies (45+) in the past four years than any other club in the region, cementing itself as one of the top talent developers in the nation. With our highly licensed coaches and a bespoke curriculum, we will continue to make our stamp on the U.S. soccer landscape.

Filippo Giovagnoli - Technical Director | UEFA A License

Yannick Salmon - Director of Coaching, u17 MLS Next Coach | USSF B License, USSF DOC LICENSE

Clare O’Dea Bacon - Director of Operations

Giuseppe Rossi - U19 MLS Next Coach | UEFA A LICENSE, USSF A License

Maurizio Infante Brighi - U16 MLS NEXT Coach, U11 Pre-academy | USSF B License

Stefano Gandini - U15 MLS NEXT COACH, u10 pre-academy | USSF B License

Kevin Konijnenburg - U14 MLS Next Coach, Phase 1 Director | USSF B License

Juan Rojas - U13 MLS Next Coach | USSF B License

Jeff Bolivar - Met Oval East Director | USSF D License

SERKAN GUVENC - U19 & U17 NAL COACH | USSF B license

Olti Rakip - U16 & U15 NAL COACH | UEFA A license

Juan Peralta - U14 & 13 NAL coach, U12 PRE-ACADEMY | USSF C License

Stefano Niccoli - U9 Pre-academy

Carlos Villa - u8 pre-academy

Nico Andersen - Head of Performance

Sebastiano Mana - Head GK Coach | Goalkeeping Advanced National Diploma

Daniel Milicevic - performance coach, Asst. gk coach

Juan Cruz - asst. gk coach