: Meet The Coach
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Honors: 2000 USOC National Developmental Coach of the Year in Soccer; 1999 USYSA National Girls' COY; also 1999 USYSA Region One, NSCAA East Region, and VYSA Girls' COY; 2001 Fairfax County Champion of Character; Outstanding Young American, Whos Who Among High School Teachers.
Credentials: NSCAA Premier, Advanced National, and National Diplomas, Goalkeeper I/II and Director of Coaching Diplomas
ODP: Region One ODP staff coach (also experience with VYSA ODP);
Publications: interviewed for and contributor to "Vision of a Champion" (A. Dorrance/G. Averbuch, 2002); author, Creating a Team Culture of Player Development (NSCAA Soccer Journal March/April 2006)contact Ashu for a copy of this article as it includes numerous ideas to help coaches with their teams; interviewed for and appears in The Man Watching (Tim Crothers, 2006); team publications include fitness packet, juggling grid, minicamp matrices, college process; continue to communicate with coaches around the country regarding youth soccer development.
Other Positions: staff coach at UNC-Chapel Hill girls' soccer camp (also experience at U. Notre Dame, U. Virginia, Duke U.); also coached VA state champions and regional placements BRYC Attack and BRYC Electrasee college placements below (also experience with Clifton Park SC and training for other club teams through camps and coaches interests in our programs), assist in developing U9 BRYC teams Blues and Breeze, helped coach Chantilly Intermilan to U19G State and Regional Championships 06 (placed 3rd at Nationals), NSCAA Virginia Girls HS All-America Chair; HS experience with WT Woodson (2x VA State Champion), The Potomac School, Shenendehowa; SoftSport match analyst (WWC99, USNT, WUSA, MLS, College); Institute of Championship Soccer Staff/Consultant.
BRYC ELECTRA/ATTACK COLLEGE PLACEMENTS (BRYC Blue Thunders older sister graduated teams, also coached by Ashu) Akron, Arizona, Boston Coll, Boston U, Campbell, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Concord, Converse, Cornell, Delaware, Duquesne, Eastern Carolina, East Tennessee St, Elon x2, Emory, George Mason, Georgia, Hofstra, Jacksonville, James Madison, Lehigh, Longwood, Mary Washington, Massachusetts (UMass), Messiah, Penn St, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Queens (Charlotte), Richmond, Rider, St. Josephs, Tennessee, Univ of Maryland at Baltimore Cty (UMBC), Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington x2, Villanova, Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth x3, Virginia Tech x2, Western Carolina, Wellesley, West Virginia, William & Mary x4, (several other players assisted through guest playing opportunities with us and references through club, ODP, HS). Numerous college coaches have seen the teams play around the country. This exposure and several connections to college coaches, have allowed players high visibility, multiple visits, several opportunities, and offers, and substantial scholarship monies to players. Note: this list only includes colleges of players that finished their junior and/or senior years with us as the teams graduated. There are other players that were helped through guest-playing, references, referrals via HS teams, etc. Other colleges represented on Intermilan 06, but not included here (HS players are not included since the college soccer process is done via club soccer).
Also selected to provide players for the making of "Playing the 1-4-3-3" instructional DVD (T. DiCicco and A. Dorrance; Reedswain Publishers, 2005). Players were from the now graduated teams BRYC Electra and BRYC Attack.