Carlos Lopez
During my Freshman year in high school, my first job was as an athletic director at an after school program in my home town of Los Gatos, CA. My responsibilities were to organize
games for the kids to play, make sure all were involved and active. In my older years and post rugby playing days, I found myself getting involved with coaching. I started coaching my
kids both in youth soccer and rugby in Washington state. After moving to Scottsdale in 2010, I continued to coach both sports and still do so to this day. I love coaching the youth as it
gives me a way to give back my knowledge of sports and hopefully play a role in character building of our younger generation.
My coaching style is more situational play based and raising the soccer IQ in each player I coach. I strive to raise confidence levels and abilities in my players and instill values that they can use in many aspects in their future. I strive to develop player awareness on the field (on and off the ball). Instill in my players that hard work pays off on game day and in life.