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Tri-Cities United Soccer Club

2020-2021 U13-U19 COACHING STAFF

Team Name	Coach	License
U12/U13 (2009-2008) Boys Premier	Izzy Operta	USSF D
U13 (2008) Girls Premier	Lisa Buckley	NSCAA Advanced National
U15 (06/07) Boys Premier	Victor Chirica	USSF B
U15 (06/07) Boys Select	Eric Brown	USSF E
U15 (06/07) Girls Premier	Matt Barry	USSF B
U17 (04/05) Boys Premier	Matt Barry	USSF B
U17 (04/05) Girls Premier	Jordan Campbell	USSF D
U17 (04/05) Girls Select	Bettina Chirica
U18 (03-05) Boys Select	Robert Dove	USSF E
U19 (02/03) Boys Premier	Matt Barry	USSF B
U19 (02/03) Girls Premier	Matt Barry	USSF B

IZZY OPERTA

LISA BUCKLEY

VICTOR CHIRICA

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ERIC BROWN

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MATT BARRY

HOMETOWN - WINCHESTER, VA

COACHING LICENSE - USSF B

YEARS WITH TRI-CITIES UNITED - 4

I have been coaching youth soccer for 18 years. I began coaching while I was still in college in Columbia, SC immediately after I finished my playing career. I spent 14 years coaching in Columbia, SC. First for Columbia Soccer Club which later became South Carolina United. As the 2000 Girls Elite coach at SC United the team won the U13 and U14 State Championship and participated in the 2014 and 2015 USYS Southern Regionals.

I coached high school soccer for 13 years while in Columbia, SC. I was an assistant at Irmo HS from 2004-2009. Irmo were Class 4A State Champs in 2004 and Class 4A State Finalists in 2005 and 2009. I was the Head Coach of A.C. Flora HS from 2010-2016 where we were the 2015 Class 3A State Champs.

I moved to the Tri-Cities in June of 2016 to takeover as Tournament Director for FC Dallas TRI (Tri-Cities United). In 2017 as the coach of the 2001 Girls Premier team the team won the 2017 Presidents Cup State Championship, the 2017 Region 3 Presidents Cup and finished 3rd at the National President's Cup. In 2017 I was named Director of Coaching for FC Dallas TRI (Tri-Cities United). In 2019 as the coach of the Tri-Cities United 01/02 Girls Premier team the team were State Finalists and participated in the USYS Southern Regionals. In the 2019-2020 season the 01/02 Girls Premier team participated in the USYS National League Mid-South Conference making it the first team from this area to participate in a USYS National League Conference.