Academy Staff & Coaches

We are very proud to be a leader in Youth Development for this country and take our responsibility as the most successful soccer club in U.S. History very seriously. We have many programs in our Academy including our U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-16 and U-18 Youth teams, U-20 Super-20 League team, U-15 Academy Developmental Training Program, Summer Academy Camps and Clinics and our Winter Academy Camps and Clinics. All of our programs are appropriately designed for the level and age of the participants. Read more . . .

John Maessner, Director of Youth Development

Front Office

John Maessner
Director of Youth Development
202-587-5447
jmaessner@dcunited.com

Urbano Castro Jr.
Coordinator, Youth Development
202-587-5498
ucastro@dcunited.com

Greg Steininger
Manager, Academy Camps
202-587-5468
gsteininger@dcunited.com


Super-20 Team Coaches

Daf Evans
Head Coach

Tommy Park
Assistant Coach


U-18 Academy Coaches

Judah Cooks
Head Coach

Jeff Kinney
Assistant Coach


U-16 Academy Coaches

Roberto Da Silva
Head Coach

Desmond Armstrong
Assistant Coach


U-15 Academy Training Program Coaches

  • Micah Cooks
  • Tom Torres


Goalkeeper Coaches

  • Boyan Yankulov
  • Kyle Swarts


Athletic Trainer/Strength & Conditioning

  • Pete Calabrese, Strength & Conditioning
  • Zachary Delgado, Atheltic Trainer