Team Contacts

Head Coach - Tony Buchler tbuchler1@yahoo.com Team Manager - Earl Deamond EDeamond@msn.com Phone: 609-516-4706

BIOS

Tony Buchler - Head Coach

Twenty plus years in administrative, coaching and training positions within youth soccer which includes exposing teams to top level competition attending and winning many premier and college showcase tournaments throughout Region I & II and assisting players to become student-athletes in college/university. Olympic Development Program - Boys         1990 U-14 Central Area ODP Coach         1991 U-15 Central Area ODP Coach         1991 U-16 State ODP Team Coach         1991 U-16 State ODP Team Training Staff         1992 U-16 Central Area ODP Coach         1992 U-14 State Team Evaluator         2004 U-13 State Team Evaluator         2005 U-14 State Team Evaluator         2006 U-15 State Team Evaluator Administrative         1989/90 Treasurer / German-American Kickers SC         1990/93 President / German-American Kickers SC         1995/98 College Scout / Moravian College – NJ/Pa.         2004/05 College Scout / Delaware Valley College – NJ/Pa.         2007 Author - So You Want To Play College Soccer Coaching/Training Experience German-American Kickers 77’ Boys / U-10 – U-23         1987 – 1997 Head Coach         U-14 Central Jersey Soccer League Champs         U-15 South Jersey League Champs / Premier         U-16 South Jersey League Champs / Premier         U-16 State Cup Semi-finalist         U-17 MAPS League Champs         U-17 State Cup Runner-up         U-18 MAPS League Champs         U-18 Mercer County Men’s Summer League Champs         U-18 State Cup Champs         U-18 Region I Cup Runner-up         U-19 GSSL U-20 Champs         U-20 GSSL U-23 Champs         U-20 State Cup Champs / U-23 Voorhees Magic / FC Magic 82/83’ Girls U-15 – U-17         1997 – 1999 Trainer / Head Coach         Club Training Staff         U-15 (Voorhees Magic) South Jersey League Champs / Premier         U-16 (FC Magic) South Jersey League Champs / Premier         U-16 State Cup Runner-up         U-17 JAGS League Champs         U-17 JAGS Tournament Champs         U-17 State Cup Runner-up         Ron Celestine, Director Upper-Ninety Soccer Schools         Coaching Staff 2002 – 2004         Thomas Rafferty, Director High School Pre-season Camps         Northern Burlington Boys Varsity 2009         New Egypt Girls Varsity 2009 Youth Soccer Alliance & Youth Soccer Academy         Coach/Trainer - Spring 2007 – present         Coach - Summer Select U-14 boys 2008         Socrates Nicolaidis - Director Playing Experience 1975 Rider College 1975 - 1984 •        New Jersey Americans / Reserves •        German-American Kickers 1st Team / GSSL •        Abruzzi SC Select/NY / Regional Men’s Super League •        Extension SC / NJ Men’s State Cup Champ & Open Cup Team License National ‘D’ Level Some of the colleges and universities Tony’s players have attended: University of Pennsylvania        North Carolina State Marshall University               Syracuse University Seton Hall University               Kean College Rutgers University               Boston College Penn State                     Elizabethtown University The College of New Jersey      American University Fairleigh Dickinson University        University of Akron Carnegie Mellon University        University of Connecticut

Socrates Nicolaidis - Associate Head Coach/Tech. Dir.

Multiple coaching and training positions within youth soccer which includes exposing teams to top level competition attending and winning many premier and college showcase tournaments throughout the country and assisting players to become student-athletes in college/university. Administrative         Owner and Director of Youth Soccer Alliance         Part owner of YSA Indoor @ The Coliseum Coaching/Training Experience Mt. Laurel United Comets – U-18 Girls Participated in some of the most prestigious tournaments in the area including WAGS, Jefferson Cup, Disney Showcase, Las Vegas Showcase and many other tournaments where the top teams in the country play. Many of the players are currently committed to college teams. Noted team success includes: 2008 U-16 New Jersey State Cup Finalists 2008 U-16 Las Vegas Showcase Champions 2007 U-15 Score at the Shore Finalists 2007 U-15 US Club Soccer Region B Super Group Finalists 2007 U-15 New Jersey State Champions 2007 U-15 US Club Regional Finalists 2007 U-15 Region 1 Finalists 2007 U-15 Jefferson Cup Champions 2006 U-15 Raleigh Shootout Champions 2006 U-14 EPIC Tournament Finalists 2006 U-14 FC Delco Tournament Semi-Finalists 2006 U-14 PDA Tournament Semi-Finalists 2005 U-14 PAGS Premier League – 2nd Place 2005 U-14 New Jersey State Cup Semi-Finalists 2005 U-14 BSA Thanksgiving Tournament Finalist 2005 U-13 Soccer Centers Premier Indoor Tournament Champions 2004 U-13 MCYSA League Champions 2004 U-13 W. Deptford Thanksgiving Tournament Champions 2003 U-11 FC Delco Co-Champions 2002 U-11 and 2000 U-9 SJGSL Olympic Division Champions 2002 U-10 Jefferson Cup Finalists South Jersey United FC Comets U-14 Girls 2009 TBAA Pre-Season Kick-Off Tournament Champions 2009 Endless Summer Tournament Finalists 2009 West Chester Summer Classic Champions 2009 PAGS and JAGS leagues Playing Experience South Melbourne FC Metropolitan Select Team Victorian State Team Coached by Dave McLaren former EPL club Aston Villa first team coach and Tommy Docherty former EPL club Manchester United Manager. Licenses International ‘A’ Level USSF National “B” Level USSF National Youth Football Federation Australia National Level 3 Some of the colleges and universities Socrates’s players have attended: LaSalle University          James Madison University         George Washington University         Drexell University         Rider University         Duquesne University         Iona College

Noel Niederkorn - Assistant Coach

A former member of the Drexel University Dragons and a graduate of Paul IV High School. She is also a product of the Meford Strikers club soccer program.

Aimee Bresani - Assistant Coach

A former member of the University of Maryland Terrapins and a graduate of Bishop Eustace Preparatory School. She is also a product of the FC Pennsylvania Strikers club soccer program.

Salvador (Salvy) Baldino - Goalkeeper Coach

Youth Soccer Alliance Goalkeeper Coach and an Assistant Soccer Coach and Goalkeeper Coach at Princeton High School. He is a graduate of Princeton High School and Wingate University. He is a product of Princeton Soccer Association where he played under coaches Jorge Roman and Chris Mayer. Salvy also played for the Princeton Union under current Princeton University Men’s Soccer Head Coach, Jim Barlow. Salvy coached at Princeton SA for one year before joining Life Skills Through Soccer FC in the 2006. Salvy was the General Manager of the New Jersey Wildcats, a USL W-League team from 2006 to 2008. He holds an NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma, United States Soccer Federation National “C” License, an NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma and is CPR/AED/First Aid certified.