Experience and qualifications

Steve Holroyd

Having recently finished a three-year stint as coach of the MLU Sandsharks girls team, Steve brings many years of playing and coaching experience to the position.  Prior to coaching in MLU, Steve coached travel soccer in the Greentree program from 1996 to 1999, and also coached travel soccer in Maple Shade for several years.  In 1981, Steve—at the age of 16—coached Maple Shade’s U-12 team to an undefeated season which saw them not yielding a single goal in league or tournament play before losing the South Jersey championship to Willingboro on penalty kicks.

A graduate of Maple Shade High School, Steve was an all-county defender in a league featuring future professionals Peter Vermes (Delran), Bobby Joe Esposito (Riverside) and Glenn Carbonara (Vineland).  He currently plays with Winslow Classic in the South Jersey Masters O-35 League.

Steve is also a passionate historian of the game, having written a number of articles on U.S. soccer history in magazines and on the internet.  He was a contributor to The Encyclopedia of American Soccer History by Roger Allaway and Colin Jose, and his research on the first American professional soccer league (in 1894) has been cited in National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball And The Rest Of The World Plays Soccer by Stefan Szymansky and Andrew Zimbalist.

Steve currently holds a NJ SYSA F license.  He lives in Mount Laurel with his wife Dorothy and three children.

Wayne Grocott

MLU is proud to introduce Wayne Grocott as its new Technical Director.

Wayne hailing from England has been involved in soccer most of his life. After moving to the United States, Wayne quickly became a fixture in the minor league coaching ranks. He has been a Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) head coach for the past three seasons. He began his WPSL coaching career in 2006 when he was named the Head Coach of the expansion Northampton Laurels. During the Laurels inaugural season, he guided the franchise to a second place finish in the Southern Division of the Eastern Conference and a berth in the WPSL playoffs. In 2007, Wayne moved over to direct the Philadelphia Liberty to a 3rd-place finish in the WPSL’s Eastern Conference – Mid-Atlantic Division.

Wayne has also served as the Head Coach of the Ocean City Barons team (USL/PDL) in 2005 – moving over from their women’s side, the South Jersey Banshees. Wayne directed the Banshees, in their inaugural season of 2001, to a second-place finish and berth in the conference finals. From there, Wayne moved to the Cape Code Crusaders (USL/PDL) in a supporting role for a successful 2002 season before returning to the Barons/Banshees in their undefeated 2003 season. While with the Barons/Banshees, Wayne also directed teams in their youth academy. 

 Wayne has extensive coaching experience in the US and UK. Wayne has coached for the professional team Barnet FC of the English Soccer League Division 2 for their Football in the Community Scheme and also for Norwich City FC of the English Championship League in their School of Excellence. During his playing career – which lasted 14 years – Wayne has also trained with Brentford FC (currently Division 2 in the English League) and with Cambridge United FC (currently Blue Square Premier division of the Football Conference). Wayne holds a UEFA “B” Coaching License, a USSF “B” Coaching License, and an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.

   Fred King

Coaching Licenses

USSF B License

Click here for more on Fred King  http://scarletknights.com/soccer-women/coaches/king.asp                             

     Gabrielle  Ditchey

Coach Sloan's past experience includes various leadership positions at many different levels of professional and developmental soccer organizations. Sloan served as an assistant coach for the Philadelphia Kixx from 2004-08, concentrating on strategy analysis; player development; technical and tactical training sessions; and scouting. He was with the Kixx since 1996 as a professional indoor soccer player and served as the team's captain. He also assisted in coaching the men's soccer team at Philadelphia University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since 2002, Sloan has run his own developmental soccer program called the Kevin Sloan Soccer Academy Inc. where he focuses on the development of young children’s motor skill development through the sport of soccer for ages 4-18. 

Coach Sloan’s has played 21 years of professional soccer, playing both outdoor and indoor soccer winning national championships in 1990 and 2002. He enjoyed careers playing for the Maryland Bays, Tampa Bay Rowdies (ASL) and Baltimore Blast, Philadelphia Kixx (MISL) where he was an All-Star in every league he participated in. Coach Sloan has been a representative for the US National Futsal team.

Bill Green

Bill Green has been playing soccer since he could walk, with the majority of his young time spent here at MLU.  Since growing up around the program he got involved at an early age, being part of the Youth development program, helping full time trainers with the YDP soccer players.  Bill continued playing soccer growing up and after graduation from Lynchburg College in 2009, joined the MLU soccer club and has been training ever since.  He loves studying the game of soccer and has traveled all over the world watching different cultures play and experiencing soccer from a different perspective.  Bill looks forward to expanding both his knowledge and passion for the game and cannot imagine a better place to do so then Mt. Laurel Soccer Club.

Leala Cybulski

3 year player at Kean University

Degree in Health and Physical Education K-12 Kean University

Erin Durisin

Erin is in her third year with the Youth Development Program. She has been involved with MLU since she was 5 years old and played in a similar program. She now teaches pre-school and has been fortunate to know some of the program players as young students.

Steve Cicali

Playing Career

Delran High School

2 time State Champions

High School All American

South Jersey Hall of Fame                                     

South Jersey All Century Team

Rutgers University

4 Year Letter winner

National Championship Finalist 1990

Final Four 1989

Youth Soccer Coach

Rutgers Soccer School 1989-1992

For the past 10 years Coach Steve has trained several area teams and individual players and has earned a reputation of developing very highly skilled players

Rob Mikulski

Coaching Licenses

National Soccer Coaches Association of America ( NSCAA) National Diploma

Dutch C license *(KNVB)

Brazilian C license **(BRUSA)

New Jersey Youth F license

Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) Person training certificate

*What does KNVB stand for on Holland? Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond (Royal Dutch Soccer Association).

**stands for Brazil/USA

Coaching Experience

MLU Professional Trainer 2000 to present (11yrs) (Travel, recreation, and Youth Development Program

Assistant Coach Mercer County Community College

Head Coach JV Bishop Eustace

Former Professional Trainer for MLU Blast for 6 years ranked #1 in New Jersey at U11 Girls ( JAGS, MAPS, Jefferson Cup, Delco and more)

Playing Experience

Former Professional Soccer Player for New Orleans Storm ( A-league)

Former Professional Soccer Player for South Jersey Barons (USISL)

Former College Player at Mercer County Community College (Back to back National Champs)

Former College Player at University of South Carolina Spartanburg ( NCAA Runner up)

Played Youth Soccer at one of the top clubs in Stockholm, Sweden

Pat Morris

Licenses and Certifications

USSF National "D" License

NSCAA National Youth Diploma

NSCAA State and Regional Goalkeeping Diploma

Coaching Experience

Trainer of multiple youth soccer teams, small groups and individuals

Coach of summer select teams

Assistant coach of U13 Girls Cherry Hill Wildcats

Head trainer for STARS program ages 4-7

Playing Experience

Rutgers Camden 3 year player on the Rutgers Camden Men's Soccer Team

u23 MSSL 3 year player for FC Milmay

Paul VI High School  4 year varsity starter. Captain Senior Year

Education

Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Bachelors Degree Business Management

Career Goals:

Pat recently graduated from the Gloucester County Police Academy and is pursuing a career in Law Enforcement

When asked what is the best part of coaching:

"I love having the opportunity to get out with the kids and show them my knowledge of the game. I am a player at heart and I feel my enthusiasm for the game is expressed in my coaching sessions and it brings a positive learning environment for player development.

                                                             Andy Bairner

Andy Bairner grew up in Scotland, and has been playing soccer for over 20 years. Andy has been coaching soccer for the better of 10 years. Andy was part of the development staff with his home town team, Dundee FC for 2 years. He helped the development of kids from 4 t0 12. Andy also has coaching experience in the USA. He has been part of UK Elite, New York Red Bulls , Team Dynamics and now MLU.

Coaching Certifications

Scottish FA Level 3- Coaching in the game

Scottish FA Level 2- Coaching Young Footballers

Scottish FA Level 1- Early Touches Certificate

NSCAA- Advanced Regional Diploma

NSCAA- GK Level 2

NJ "F" license

Bachelors degree in Sports, Health and Exercise Education

Andy is currently working towards obtaining his National Diploma and Goalkeeping level 3, and should be completed by August 2011.