Olympic Development Program

Coaching Director : John Tomlinson
 

As the Director of all Olympic Development Coach’s, John has brought many new faces to the program. New coaches and new players. This season will mark his seventh year with the Olympic Development Program. 

Once again, our teams were very successful at the ODP Tournament in June, with one team advancing to the ODP Semi-finals for the second time in Rhode Island history (2004 & 2005). Six of our young male players were selected to Regional Teams following camp.  

Tomlinson was formerly an Assistant Coach for the Men’s Soccer Team at Bryant College. He holds a USSF B License.  Tomlinson is the Director of Pro Excel Soccer RI and was a 3 year Pro at Birmingham City FC.

Brian Bradley

After two years of Professional Indoor Soccer with the Cleveland Crunch, Chicago Fire and the Canton Invaders; Bradley continued his soccer career with the APC Rhode Island Stingrays. During that same time, he was the Varsity Coach at Seekonk High School.

Bradley attended and graduated from the University of Rhode Island. As a four-year standout player, Bradley was named Captain in his senior year. Bradley was recognized for his talent during his four years when he was named to the All New England and All Atlantic 10 Tournament Team in his senior year.

Bradley holds a National “B” Coaching License. This season begins his fourth season with the Rhode Island Olympic Development Program.

Javier Centeno 

Javier has been involved in Rhode Island ODP for six years acting in various capacities. In addition to his extensive playing career, Javier is a coach & educator for Project Goal. An after school bi-lingual program for 10, 11 & 12 year olds in the Providence area. A GOAL co-founder, Javier is a Youth Supervisor with the Blackstone Valley Community Action Program and former professional soccer player. He was recently named RI Boys Youth Soccer Coach of the Year. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and Creole, he is a member of the Central Falls Athletic Hall of Fame and is the assistant men's soccer coach at Providence College. A native of Colombia, Javier grew up in Central Falls. A successful coach for Bayside United, Javier bring knowledge and discipline to ODP.

Oscar Delmos

Oscar serves as part of our goalkeeper staff.  He is the Director of Coach’s Education for Soccer Rhode Island, and holds the USSF B License.  He is the former Boys Head Coach for Bristol High School, and has coached several teams for Bristol Youth Soccer.


Joe Dutra

Coming from Pawtucket Youth Soccer for 7 yrs & Select Director for  two of  those years and co-founder of the Pawtucket Storm Elite Teams. During the tenure with Pawtucket, lead the teams to 2 State Titles, runner up twice and had numerous Tournament titles. he was involved with Boys Middle School Program at Wheeler Academy and also Heads up the boys soccer team at St Raphael's High School Academy. He continues to coach locally at the Premier

Level as one of the  Black Watch Staff Coaches there he trains & coaches Under 14 boy he also was the Youth Academy Director, Head Coach of the Under14/13 Boys & The Boys Director of the Mass Stingers. This is Joe Dutra first year as Olympic Development Program Coaching Staff.

Coach Joe is well known for his demanding coaching style  during games and training sessions and  philosophy of quick counterattacks & fast pace style makes my teams exciting to watch. hold a USSF license and is Youth Soccer certified & also a member of NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America).

Brian Fish

Fish returns for his fourth year as a keeper coach for the Olympic Development Program.

He has served as the Assistant Varsity Coach at South Kingstown High School where the team has twice finished first in their bracket and continued on to the State Final Championships.

Fish is a graduate of Roger Williams University with a degree in accounting. A four year member of the Men’s Soccer Team, Fish holds the school record for most shutouts in a season as a goalkeeper. His team has finished first in their Division all four years, and participated in the NCAA Division III three playoffs during 2000 and 2001. They were the ECAC Tournament Champions in 2002.

Fish participated as a player in RI ODP from 1998 – 2000.

Kyle Froberg

Froberg an Assistant Coach at North Kingstown High School, formerly was an Assistant Coach at the University of Rhode Island’s Men’s Soccer Team. He graduated from the Univ. of Rhode Island in 1997. During his four years at URI, Froberg played for the Men’s Soccer Team (1992-1996)  During 1995 & 1996; while Froberg was a member of the team, URI advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In 1992, Forberg was the Rhode Island Freshman Athlete of the Year .He played for the North Kingstown High School and was named to the 1990 and 1991 All State Team. Froberg is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Personal Trainer. This will be Kyle’s fifth year.



Steve Froberg

Froberg is the Boy’s Varsity Coach at North Kingstown High School. Involved as a coach in the Northern Lightning Soccer Club, he most recently coached a U19 Boys team. Prior to coming to North Kingstown High School, Froberg was the Assistant Coach at Rhode Island College (1995-1997)   Froberg played for the APC Stingrays following his graduation from the University of Rhode Island having played during his four years at the University. His abilities as a stand out player and leader lead to him being named Captain in his Senior year.

Froberg is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer. He begins his sixth season as an ODP Coach; and this year begin a Strength and Conditioning Program for our players. Froberg holds a USSF "C" License.

Peter Gallo

Peter is a member of goal keeping staff for the second year.

Luke Hovey

Hovey is a graduate of  Bryant University.  Hovey was a four-year veteran in the midfield who started all 17 games his last for the Bulldogs. Hovey scored one goal and had one assist for a total of 3 points in his junior season. Hovey played for Toll Gate High School were he was a Second Team All State Selection in 2001. Hovey was a four-time all-division selection. Won eight varisty letters in scocer as well as indoor and outdoor track and field.

Mike Gruelich

Mike joins the Olympic Development Program this year for the second season. He brings a tremendous amount of energy to our developmental group.

Juan Montavano

This is Juan’s year with the Olympic Development Program.

He has been involved in soccer as a player, coach and referee for over 20 years. Juan played at the collegiate level for “La Agraria” University in Lima, Peru. He also played L.A.S.A. for the East Providence team, which became champions in 1981. He  joined the Unites States Navy playing for the fleet against NATO countries (England, Italy, Spain) from 1983 through 1986. He has played for different amateur teams in New Jersey and Rhode Island until 1997. Juan coached the EWG Boys team (1998) and was an assistant coach for the Saint Raphael JV Girls varsity team (2003). He graduated from Salve Regina University with a M.S. in Management and speaks fluent Spanish and has a good understanding of Portuguese as well.

Ian Poole

Ian joins ODP for the first year with our development group.  Ian attend Roger Williams University where he played all four years.  Prior to his attendance at Roger Williams, Ian was a member of the North Kingstown High School team.  Ian, during his youth soccer years, played for North Kingstown Youth Soccer, South County Youth Soccer, and Bruno United.

Mike Trudeau

Trudeau has been the Assistant Men's Coach at Bryant University since 2003. 

Prior to coaching at Bryant, Trudeau was an Assistant and Goalkeeper Coach at Bishop Hendricken High School (1992 - 2003), Head JV Coach at Bishop Hendricken (1998 - 2003), U15 Boys Coach for Bayside United (2000) and Boys U15 and U16 for Bruno United (2004 - 2006).

Trudeau has also been the Head Coach of the J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center's Unified Special Olympics soccer team since 1997.  During this time he also served as Coach for Rhode Island's only 11-a-side team that competed at the 1999 Special Olympics World Games in Raleigh, NC.

He holds a USSF "D" license.  He played Division II college soccer at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, NH. 



Keeper Coach     James Williamson

Williamson continues this year as a keeper coach for the program.

Williamson attended Rhode Island College (a 2003 graduate), and played for their Men’s Soccer team. The starting keeper for three years, he was recognized for his leadership abilities being named Captain for two years. He received the MVP Award, was named to Second Team All Conference. With Williamson in the net, Rhode Island College played in 3 consecutive play off series. Since his graduation, he has continued to assist the Rhode Island College Men’s Soccer Team by providing coaching for their goal keepers. He is also the coach of the Cranston West Boy’s Soccer Team.

A teacher at North Smithfield High School, Williamson can also be seen on the field as an Assistant Varsity Coach for the Boys Soccer Team as well. The JV team for which he is responsible improved their record this year to 11-1-4 with 13 shutouts. During the Spring Season, Williamson is the keeper coach for the Black Watch Premier Club.

Williamson played at North Kingstown High School from 1993-1997 where he was a Captain and was recognized with 1st Team All State honors. Williamson participated as a keeper in the Olympic Development Program prior to attending college during 1994 and 1995. He has also been a participant at Joe Machnik 1 Goal Keeper Camps and the Brown University Goal Keeper Camps.

 
Darius Shirazdi

Darius begins his fifth season with the Olympic Development Program. He holds a "B" USSF National Coaching License.  Shirazdi is the Executive Director for Project Goal, an after-school program designed to assist young girls and boys with tutoring and soccer instruction. Shirazdi has worked with the New England Revolution as Director of Hispanic/Cape Verdean Community Affairs and Marketing and remains the Youth Development Coach. During 2000, Darius worked with the DC United team as a New England Regional Scout.

As a dedicated coach, he has also participated with the following teams: Goff Middle School, -Head Coach Boys Team (1999); Lasalle Academy, -Junior Varsity Boys Head Coach , - 1998 Citizens Bank JV Tournament Champions, (1996-1998)

Rhode Island Stingrays (United Soccer Leagues Division 3 Professional Team, New England Revolution minor league affiliate) -General Manager/Assistant Coach/Director of Soccer Operations (player personnel and camps)

Darius was a member of the Clark University (Division III) soccer team from 1990 – 1994. He was recognized as the Most Improved Player from 1991 – 1993. He then went on to become the Assistant Men’s Coach at Clark University in 1995.