United Soccer Coaches Convention 2020

Andrew Donnery
CEO
Elk Grove Soccer


Andrew Donnery has extensive soccer experience as a player and directing coaching activities both in England and the United States. Andrew has worked with several U.S. organizations, and has consulted and presented to over 70 organizations and 100-plus conferences in the U.S., United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. He has an MBA and holds numerous coaching qualifications, including the following: UEFA A License, UEFA International Coaching License, UEFA 12-16 Youth License, UEFA 17-21 Youth License, USSF National Youth License, NSCAA Premier License, NSCAA Master Coach Diploma, NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma and the English FA Academy Manager’s License and the US Soccer A - Youth License. Donnery also wrote a book, Let the Kids Play, designed to put the fun back in the game with a collection of enjoyable, stimulating and developmentally appropriate exercises for young players. Over the years, he has placed players into Division I college programs, state and regional Olympic Development Programs, and the U.S national team. Donnery served as the state ODP director for Cal North and designed the third largest league in the country. He currently directs the NSCAA Director of Coaching Diploma and co-authored the NSCAA Advanced DOC course. Recently, he was appointed as a technical advisor to Bermuda FA Academy and coached the U17 Bermuda FA team. In the last few years he has worked with the US Olympic Committee and International Olympic Committee working with coaches around the world – recently he has worked with coaches from the Marshall Islands (Beach Volleyball), Sierra Leone (Basketball), Bahamas (Judo), Latvia (Volleyball), Malaysia (Taekwondo) and El Salvador (Rowing). Andrew is currently the CEO of Elk Grove Soccer and Academic Director of the United Soccer Coaches Master Coach.

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