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Michael Edwards
Bethesda SC Summer Camp Director
About Michael: Coach Edwards has been with the BSC program since 2016 and currently holds a USSF National ‘F’ Coaches License. In addition to his experience with BSC, Michael has served as a coach for the Clarksburg High School Varsity program and with Walt Whitman’s Junior Varsity team. He played three years of varsity for Paint Branch High School where he was captain for two years and helped the side reach the 4A State Championship title in 2005. In addition, he played three years of college soccer at Hood College. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Shippensburg College and is currently a sixth-grade teacher, and Head Coach at Julius West Middle School, as well as a Boys Varsity Soccer Assistant Coach at Good Counsel High School.
Email: medwards@bethesdasoccer.org
Joshua Kinnetz
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Josh: Coach Kinnetz joined the BSC program in 2018 after a highly successful career in coaching at the high school level through the region. He started his coaching career as the Head Coach of the Watkins Mill Junior Varsity Girls High School team, a position he held from 2004-2005. In 2006 he was promoted to be the head coach of their varsity team, a position that he would hold until 2010. In 2011, he moved on to become the Head Coach of the Girls Soccer team at Northwest High School. In 2014, he would guide Northwest to their first-ever division title and appearance in the regional finals. In 2015, he made a consecutive regional final appearance.
In 2016 he would guide The Jaguars to their second division title and first-ever undefeated season. For his efforts, Josh was nominated for the MACS Coach of the Year. After a successful spell with Northwest Josh was named the Head Coach of Walter Johnson High School’s Girls Varsity Team in 2017, a position he still holds.
In addition to his experience in high school, he has also coached boys middle school soccer for 10 years in Montgomery County. At the club level, he was the U19 Girls Head Coach for OBGC Soccer Club from 2007-2008.
Josh currently holds a USSF National ‘C’ Coaches License, USC National Diploma, & USC Goalkeeping Level 1 Diploma. He played his college soccer at Maryville College in Tennessee where he also earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and History with a Secondary Teacher Licensure. He has a Master’s Degree in Education with a specialization in Literacy and Learning in the Content Area. He currently teaches Social Studies at Sherwood High School.
Email: jkinnetz@bethesdasoccer.org
Kert Mease
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Kert: Coach Mease holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Coaching ‘A’ License. He played professionally with the CISL and the Washington Warthogs after a collegiate career at the NCAA Division I Robert Morris University.
Mease’s extensive coaching experience includes College, High School, Club, DDP and ODP. He also led the Bethesda Freedom to the 2005 Girl’s U-13 Maryland State Cup Championship.
As head coach of the Northwest Varsity Boy’s program for the past 21 years, Mease earned three 4A West Division Titles in 2009, 2011, and 2012, He is a Physical Education teacher at Concord Hill School, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Email: kmease@bethesdasoccer.org
Edgar Zuniga
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Edgar: Coach Zuniga holds a USSF National ‘E’ Coaches license. In addition to his experience with Bethesda, Edgar has served as the varsity head coach for Richard Montgomery High School and as a head coach with Pachuca Football Club and Rockville Knights Football Club.
During his playing career, Edgar was an All-American at Richard Montgomery and would go on to play collegiate soccer at Radford University and Shepherd University. He would also play professionally in the Bolivian First Division and with Real Maryland FC.
Email: ezuniga@bethesdasoccer.org
Bill Moravek
Technical Director
About Bill: Coach Moravek currently serves as an official US Academy Scout for Fulham FC, in England’s Championship and has been with the club since 2011. He lived in London for nearly five years as well, where both his sons played in Fulham’s academy program, during that time frame. His oldest son currently plays soccer at The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Before his work with Fulham, Moravek lived in Fareham, England where he was an official scout for the English Premiership side, Southampton FC from 2003-2005, and was an academy coach for them from 2001-2003. In his time as an academy coach with Southampton, he was fortunate to coach the likes of Gareth Bale of Real Madrid and Nathan Dyer among others. In addition, he worked as an apprentice with the first team under Gordon Strachan who is the former manager of Scotland’s National Team as well as reserve team manager and former England U21 National Team Coach Steve Wigley. He has also worked with Huw Jennings who was the Academy Director at Southampton FC and is currently the Academy Director at Fulham FC and Malcolm Elias, who is the current head of Talent ID at Fulham FC and prior, was the head of Talent ID at Liverpool FC and Southampton FC.
In 2003, Moravek served as the assistant coach for the Jamaican Men’s National Team under Technical Director Carl Brown and Assistant Technical Director Peter Cargill (also Jamaica’s Captain in the 1998 Word Cup), living in Constant Spring, Kingston, which saw him in action against the USA, Nigeria, Paraguay, Cuba, and Brazil Select. He was also an assistant for their Olympic U23s, U20s, and U17s sides. In 2000-2001, Moravek was the head national team coach for the British Virgin Islands and Seba United FC(Currently Montego Bay United)in Jamaica’s Premier Division. His British Virgin Island squad won the Western Union Cup, beating Antigua in the final, in 2000.
He has also coached with the professional side of Maryland Mania of the USL and was an assistant coach at college sides, NCAA Division 1, Longwood University, NCAA Division 2 Shepherd University, and was a Volunteer Assistant at NCAA Division 1, Howard University. In addition, Moravek has also coached with both Virginia and Maryland ODP programs. He has also coached high school in the US, serving as Varsity Head Coach for Notre Dame Academy’s Boys and Girls Teams in Virginia, where his teams won the conference title both years and he was named conference coach each year. He was also the founder and Technical Director of Moravek Soccer School which, for over 20 years, conducted a variety of very successful summer day/residential camps for both boys and girls as well as tots programs and numerous other programs thru out the year. The programs, which were conducted thru Loudoun County Park and Recreation as well as Frostburg State University, had over 1000 participants in attendance, annually.
Moravek has been with Bethesda in a variety of roles since 2008, having served as a coach with all levels and ages of teams. His teams have won numerous tournaments and league titles, including NCSL, Pre-Academy as well as finishing high up in the Academy/MLS Next Leagues, among others. His Academy Teams have consistently ranked near the top statistically with the fewest goals allowed and most goals scored and qualified for playoffs each year, narrowly missing the National Quarterfinals in each of those years. In 2019, his U14 Boys Super Y League team won the National Championship going undefeated throughout the entire season.
Bill was a scholarship athlete for Clemson University’s 1987 National Championship and 1988 World Collegiate winning teams. In addition, he was a member of Clemson’s Gator Bowl-winning football team from 1989-1990. He currently holds a USSF “A” coaches license, which he has held since 1999.
Email: bmoravek@bethesdasoccer.org
Yuri Bogdanov
BU14 South 06
Coach Bogdanov is an experienced, passionate soccer coach and director with a strong understanding of club soccer and the overall age group requirements, guidelines and techniques of the game. He joined Bethesda in 2016 after working with multiple clubs across the region including McLean Youth Soccer (where he also served as their Age Group Director for U8-U12 Boys and Girls Teams) and Arlington Travel Soccer Club. In 2010 Yuri was named D.C. United’s Coaches Association Coach of the Month for his efforts with ATSC.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia Yuri developed as a player in the Zenit St. Petersburg Youth Academy system and would feature for the Russian Youth Regional Team from 1988-1990. He currently holds a USSF National ‘B’ Coaches License and a Liverpool Coaching Diploma. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and Math at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and his Master’s Degree in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University. He currently works as the Director of Data Engineering for Capital One.
Alex Sandoval
Head Coach, BU18 White 02
About Alex: Coach Sandoval played high school soccer locally at Wilson High School in Washington DC and helped the school earn their first regional championship. Sandoval was then drafted early to a semi-professional team, the DC All-Stars. After several successful years, he moved to the fast-paced game of indoor soccer, joining, training and traveling with the semiprofessional indoor Maryland Tigers for a couple of years. Before moving to the Washington Warthogs professional indoor soccer team where a bad knee injury ended his professional career. Coach Sandoval then decided to give back to the sport of soccer by coaching local youth teams, developing local players, and motivating kids to reach their goals. He was the Howard University assistant and goalkeeper coach and has continued coaching players as high as the United States Men’s National Team.
Alex currently holds a USSF ‘A’ Youth Course License and NSCAA Premier Diploma and is currently the Head Coach of the Washington Adventist University Men’s Soccer Program.
Email: asandoval@bethesdasoccer.org
Carl Andrews
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Carl: Coach Andrews has over twenty years of experience coaching some of the top Elite and Premier level teams. He currently holds a USSF National “A-Senior” License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), a USSF National Youth License, and an NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma.
Andrews has played for Santos FC Youth Academy in Guyana, the Santos FC First Team, and the Guyana men’s U17 National Team.
Carl currently coaches Bethesda’s BU13 EDP National League 1 side and the BU15 NCSL Green 04 side.
Carl is also a Professional Architect at Johns Hopkins Health Systems.
Email: candrews@bethesdasoccer.org
Phillip Gyau
Head of Skills Development
About Phillip: Coach Gyau is a former U.S. Men’s National Team (’88-‘90) who earned six caps and was a Player-Coach for the U.S. National Beach Soccer Team.
Gyau played professionally in Belgium and the United States playing with the Washington Warthogs, Baltimore Blast, Tampa Bay Rowdies, the Colorado Foxes, Montreal Impact, Washington Diplomats, and Maryland Bays.
As a college player, Gyau led Howard University to an NCAA National Championship as their leading scorer. He is also currently the Head Coach for Howard University Men’s Soccer Team.
At the club level, Coach Gyau has taken his teams to several Maryland State Championships and a Regional Championship while developing several players in the U.S. Soccer Residency U17 Program.
Gyau’s daughter, Mia-Irene Gyau, played with Bethesda SC Boys U15 Lions, and his son, Joseph played with Bethesda for 8 years before being invited to the U17 National Team Residency Program. Joe currently plays for FC Cincinnati and the United States Men’s National Team.
Phillip is a coach for Bethesda Soccer Club’s Youth Development Program and Senior Boys Program. He currently holds a USSF National ‘B’ Coaches License.
Email: pgyau@bethesdasoccer.org
Simone Mariotti
Soccer Juniors Director
About Simone: Coach Mariotti currently holds a USSF ‘C’ License and has been a member of the BSC coaching staff since 2008.
Mariotti’s extensive coaching experience includes serving as the Assistant Coach King University Men’s Soccer and as the Coach of King University Soccer Academy Men’s Team. At the youth level, he has worked with the Diadora Impact (Boys U10 ,U11, and Girls U10 and Academy) and was a coach at Matthew’s USA Soccer Club (U10, U11, U14, and U18 girls’ teams). He is also the Founder and Director of the Passion Soccer Academy.
Simone is a former midfielder for the Charlotte Eagles, formerly of the United Soccer League. His international experience includes playing for La Rustica, a side based out of Rome, Italy.
Coach Mariotti is fluent in Italian, Amharic (Ethiopian), and Tigrinya (Eritrean). He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Physics and Math and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from King University.
Email: smariotti@bethesdasoccer.org