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
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