Jed is the founder and current president of La Finca Futbol Training Institute. He was the director of Marbletown, NY’s Rondout Soccer Club from Fall 2018 to Spring 2020, where he and his team initiated a progressive training program for young players 3 to 10 years old, including ball mastery games and parental involvement. Jed grew up in Greenwich Village in the early ‘80s where he and his older brother learned to play soccer in Washington Square Park. He played for the Istria Blue Angels in the Cosmopolitan League. His competitive career ended playing in college for the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. Jed is also the founding Director of Reentry and current Senior Advisor to Reentat the Bard Prison Initiative, Bard College. A member of the BPI faculty since 2003, Tucker is an anthropologist who has written and lectured about the long term impacts of going to college while in prison.

Alan is a native of Cork, Ireland with nearly two decades experience coaching youth soccer. In 2020, Alan formed Players First, a player-centered, supplemental training program fine-tuned to the top level players’ needs beyond the regular club/training environment. Alan’s professional experience includes Club Soccer and the Pro game. He has completed multiple high level coaching licenses from professional organizations including FAI, USSF and UEFA. He is currently working on his UEFA A license.

Liam has coached soccer in the US since 2012. He graduated with a major in Sports Fitness and Coaching and has earned the FA Level 1 and 2 badges and the UEFA B license. Liam Started coaching soccer at the age of 16 after a spell as a player with premier league team, Arsenal F.C. From there he continued playing for QPR F.C. in the second tier of English football, and then moved on to play semi-professional football in the National League, the fifth highest tier of the English soccer pyramid. Liam grew up in London and started playing organized soccer at 6 years old for his local club, Barnet Youth F.C. He currently resides in Shelton, Connecticut with his wife, Brooke and son, Archie. And he recently played for Hartford City, F.C.

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Modou played competitively for Ulster County Community College in 2021 and 2022. He is currently playing for the Kingston Stockade, competing in the semi-professional, The League.

Paul played locally for ODP, 2011-2014, including the 2014 Regional Team; Fordham University, D1 for 4 years; Southern New Hampshire University, Fall of 2022; NPSL team, Stockade FC in 2019-20 season; USL2 team, Hudson Valley Hammers in 2021-22 seasons He played internationally for Serie D teams, Italy - A.C. Legnano and Varese Calcio Trials with a Serie B team - U.S. Cremonese and Serie A team - AC Milan

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