Highland Youth Soccer Trainers
HYS partners with Force Soccer Academy (FSA) and Highland High School (HHS) soccer programs to develop skilled and technically proficient soccer players. The vision between HYS and our professional trainers is to develop the technical skills necessary for players to be ready for high school soccer, while cultivating an environment in the Highland community that teaches players the way to compete with passion, sportsmanship and respect for themselves, others, and the game.
Rick Holland
Coach Rick is a Force Soccer Academy trainer and will be working with
four of the Highland Youth Soccer travel teams for the fall season:
U9G Surge, U11G Avalanche, U10B Lightning and U12B Crew.
Rick played semi professional soccer in England for two
years and has coached soccer for over 13 years in England as well as the
United Sates. In addition to Ricks National D coaching license he maintains
several coaching certifications.
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Brad Small
Coach Brad is a Force Soccer Academy trainer and will be working with
two of the Highland Youth Soccer travel teams for the fall season:
U12G Fire and U13G Lightning.
Brad played soccer for the Highland High School boys program and then went
on to play for Liberty FC and Great Lakes Futsal. Brad has been coaching with
Force for 5 years and joined the HHS Girls Soccer program last year.
Brad currently holds a National F coaching license.
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Jules Turiczek
Coach Jules is a Highland High School Girls Soccer coach and she will be
working with the U10G Tornadoes team for the fall season.
Jules has been playing soccer for 20 years. She started playing soccer as a
youth in then moved on to join the Internationals club team and eventually
she played for the Highland High School girls team. Jules continued
to play soccer while earning her nursing degree from Ursuline college.
She coached for the Internationals Soccer club for 5 years and joined the
Highland High School girls soccer coaching team in 2015.
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Brendan Fuller
Coach Brendan is a Force Soccer Academy trainer and will be working with
two Highland Youth Soccer travel teams for the fall season:
U10G Heat and U15G Thunder.
Brendan played soccer from U11-U18 with Akron Metro Futbol Club
as well as four years at Firestone High School. Brendan currently holds a
National E coaching license and has three years experience as a USSF official.
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Bryce Alexander
Coach Bryce is a Force Soccer Academy trainer and will be working with
two Highland Youth Soccer travel teams for the fall season:
U9B Fire and U12B Earthquakes.
Bryce has been playing soccer for 13 years and in addition to playing on the
Highland High School boys team he has also played with multiple clubs
including Cleveland United/PSA and N.O.E.
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Rhys Cannella
Coach Rhys is Force Soccer Academy trainer and will be working with the
Highland Youth Soccer Youth Development program for the fall season.
Rhys played at Tiffin University - First Team All American - 2ry Captain.
He currently holds a National D coaching license and has coached for Urbana
University.
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Bill Zufall
Coach Zufall is currently the head varsity coach for Highland High School girls
soccer and he will be working with two HYS travel teams for the fall season:
U11G Lady Hornets and U9B Hornets.
As a youth Zufall competed in ODP, played overseas in Germany and has played
in many major tournaments. In college he played for the University of Akron and
Wake Forest University. He then played professionally for the Columbus Invaders
and Cleveland Caps. Coach Zufall has an extensive coaching credentials
which include many awards, National D license and certifications.
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