Tiago St. Clair

Position: Coach B13 Blue

Email: tiagosaintclair@gmail.com

Phone: 714.933.0322

Coaching Philosophy:
I like my team to play free, creating from the back and a lot of 1 2s, crossing and resetting. No kickball.

What influenced you to coach?
My children

Football Experience:
Former Professional player in Brazil( Brasilis FC)
College player in California LBCC
Street soccer and indoor soccer player for the last 15 years.

Coaching Experience:
10 + years as a private coach
8 years at the club level (Flight 2,3,4)

Education/Licenses:
US Soccer 11v11 - 9v9 - 7v7

My 3 Favorite Things About Coaching:
I enjoy watching the kids develop showing me their passion for the game and the adrenaline during the tough games.

Fun facts about me:
I’m a born center back but moved to forward due to scoring a lot of goals as a defender.
I rather play indoor or street soccer instead of 11v11
I named my oldest child Tiago Jr thinking he could be an offensive player and he ended up being a defensive player.

Favorite coaching moments:
Winning SoCal fall league 2 years in a row and seeing my 9 year old scoring on a flight 2 team 3 years older than him.

Favorite Football moments:
My favorite moment of all the time is watching the Brazilian national team from 2002 play the Joga Bonito against big countries.

Favorite all-time players:
Ronaldo 9
Ronaldinho
Neymar
Zidane
Kaka

Favorite team:
São Paulo F.C.

Other interesting things about me:
I love energy drinks, I will never say no to In'N'Out, I don’t like watching soccer on tv (only at the stadium), I’m a father of 3 boys.