Directors & Staff

Directors of Coaching and Administrators

MATTHEW MOUNTFORD

Executive Director of Coaching

814-923-1135

Bio:

Emily Glick

Scheduling Director & PSI Tournament Director

419-708-9248

Bio:

Emily grew up in London, Ontario, Canada. She was a three sport letter winning athlete in high school helping the Vikings to 2 gold medals in cross-country, 1 gold medal in hockey and 2 gold medals and a silver in soccer. Emily served as the team captain her senior year in soccer and was named MVP. Emily played on the London United Soccer Club playing in many showcase tournaments in the United States and won a gold medal playing for Team Ontario in 2009. Emily earned a full scholarship to the University of Toledo and helped the Rockets to two MAC championships. She studied Middle Childhood Education and recently obtained her Masters in Special Education and is currently working in Sylvania Schools. Emily is married to her husband, Travis. They live in Holland with their 3 boys; Chase, Jonah and Tucker. Before coaching at Pacesetter, Emily was the Director of Coaching at Anthony Wayne United and also coached at the highschool.

Bartley J. Lydy II

Youth and Academy Director

419-206-9031

Bio:

Bartley John Lydy II moved to Toledo, OH at 10 years old. Bartley grew up playing CYO soccer for the Toledo Diocese. Former 1st Team All-District (Division 2) and 1st Team All-League (NLL) player from Rossford, Class of 2011, Coach BJ now has a decade of soccer coaching experience. 6th year as the Varsity Head Coach of Whitmer High School Boy's Soccer Program: 2017 TRAC Coach of the Year, 2018 NWOHSSL Coach of the Year, and for the first-time in school history, a Sectional Championship in 2020! Representing the Toledo district, BJ is a State Staff Head Coach for Ohio's Olympic Development Program.

Coach Lydy began with Pacesetter Soccer Club in 2020, running Academy Clinics with Eddie Baker and various Winter Camps. Not long before coaching every age group of the Youth on the boy’s and girl’s sides. In his familiarity with the players in the Club, Lydy helps cover training sessions, games for ECNL, PreECNL, GLA teams. At 30 years young, Coach Lydy is pursuing a career in coaching, progressing within the USSF licensure as a natural progression to the collegiate, professional-level. He holds his Advanced National Diploma from the United Soccer Coaches. Outside of the beautiful game, John earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University.

Sam Tiongson

U15-U19 Girls HS Director

317-441-9211

Bio:

Originally from Carmel, IN. Sam played for Carmel United Soccer Club for her entire club career winning multiple State Championships, reaching a Regional Semi-final, and an ECNL National Championship. Sam played her collegiate soccer at The University of Toledo as a goalkeeper for 4 years. She has been coaching at the club level in the Toledo area for the last 5 years, whilst also serving as an assistant coach for the boy’s teams at St. Francis De Sales High School (2017), Ottawa Hills High School (2018), and Sylvania Northview High School.

Matt Johnson

U15-U19 Boys HS Director

734- 787-9893

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Coaching Staff

Allen Newbold

USSF D, Goal Keeper 1 & 2
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
allen.newbold11@gmail.com
319-431-3072

Bio:

Coach Allen grew up playing Soccer in St. Louis. Played one year of soccer in College before joining the United States Army. Coach Allen played and coached soccer throughout his time in the Army. Retireing from the Army after 23 years he moved to Toledo to continue his coaching career. He has coached at varias High Schools around the Toledo Area, Currently on the Notre Dame Academy coaching staff. Coach Allen has been coaching soccer for 20+ years.

Eric Haecker

USSF D
Hometown: Westlake, Ohio
Ehaecker18@gmail.com
440-728-0928

Bio:

Grew up playing for Internationals. Went to St. Edward High School and was a 2 year starter for Varsity. Moved to Toledo in 2010 to attended the University of Toledo. Played club soccer for 4 years and was President and Captain for 3. Starting coaching in 2014 for Glass City soccer and was eventually the Director of Coaching for the club in 2018. In 2019 coached at Anthony Wayne United for two years and then arrived at Pacestter in 2021. Coached at Cardinal Stritch High School Varsity for 4 years, assistant coach for 3 and head coach for 1. Went to become St. Francis assistant coach from 2019- 2021. Currently coaches youth teams at Pacestter.

Chip Smith

USSF D
Hometown: Celina, Ohio
csmith@nda.org
419-206-0275

Bio:

Coach Smith has been coaching in the Toledo are since 1997 at both the high school and club level. He has been coaching with Pacesetter since 2003 on both the boys' and girls' sides.Coach Smith has made various stops at the high school level including St. Francis de Sales, Anthony Wayne HS, Northview HS, and he is currently the head coach at Notre Dame Academy where he also teaches English.Coach Smith is also an ODP staff coach.Coach Smith lives in West Toledo with his wife, Kristin, a special education teacher, and his two daughters, Morgan and Emma. Emma is a member of the 2010 Pacesetter Pre-ECNL team.

Michael King

USSF Grassroots
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
michael@mskingdesign.com
513-293-2132

Bio:

Michael was born in Cincinnati and moved to Sylvania at 10 years old, which is when he joined Pacesetter as a player. He spent the remainder of his youth career at the club, as well as playing for Sylvania Southview as a 2-year varsity captain and a state finalist in his sophomore year. Michael rejoined the club as a coach in 2020 and joined the staff at Bowling Green High School as a Girls Assistant Coach for the 2021 season. He is currently working towards his USSF D license.

Dave Flanders

D License

Hometown:
D_flanders@hotmail.com
419-699-5690

Bio:

Dave Flanders is originally from Worcester, MA and now lives in Sylvania, Ohio. Dave grew up playing for Pacesetter Soccer Club and was a standout player for Southview High School. Dave went to the University of Toledo for college and is currently working in the medical administrative field. Dave has coached with Pacesetter for three years and is also a key member of Andy Kufel's Sylvania Southview High School coaching staff. Dave is married to Tina and they have a son Luca and another young one on the way.

Jake McVicker

USSF C
Hometown: Monclova, Ohio
Jake.mcvicker@savagemcvicker.com
419-215-3005

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Lana Bell

Licensure Coming Soon

Hometown: Waterville, Ohio
Email: Lanambell94@gmail.com
Phone:419-705-8532

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Kevin Omore

Licensure Coming Soon

Hometown: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
omorekevine@icloud.com

205-586-9602

Bio:

Sobour (Kevin) Omore was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He Started playing soccer at the age of 5 at Kabi FC Academy in Abidjan until the age of 18. Played in the OISSU high tournaments in Abidjan for 7 years while attending Saint Jean Bosco high school and La Farandole Internationale. Kevin participated in many U-19 showcase tournaments in Tunisia and Ghana and as a Kabi FC players facing professional side such as Étoile du Sahel. He then, move to the U.S and Attended Minot State University, The University of Alabama At Birmingham and ended transferring to Lourdes University Sylvania, OH in 2015. Kevin played two seasons at Lourdes and made it to the playoffs his first year. During his last season (2016), Kevin Played in 14 matches, making seven starts, for the Gray Wolves … scored seven goals and handed out one assist for 15 total points, second most on the team. Kevin started his coaching career helping coach Barry Spitzer with U-15 at Pacesetter in 2015. Seven Years later, Kevin is back coaching Pacesetter 2014 Boys Black and 2014 Boys White. Kevin can be found still playing soccer locally in Sylvania/ Toledo through multiple men’s soccer leagues.

IGOR SILVA

Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Email: igoracorinte2018@gmail.com
Phone:567-408-0592

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Jake Kirchoff-Sleet

Hometown: Staffordshire, England
kirchoffsleet@gmail.com
419-262-6065

Bio:

Jake originates from Staffordshire, England where he played for various clubs including Coventry City and Leicester City. During his time in the academies, Jake was privileged enough to play at Villa Park, St. George’s Park, and compete in the FA Youth Cup. He was picked to represent Birmingham County for three consecutive years where he assisted in earning the County Championship. Jake achieved multiple Player-of-the-Year and Top-Goal-Scorer awards during his time at the Semi-Pro/Pro levels. In 2013, Jake moved to The United States where he competed his first two years in the NJCAA. He earned All-Region First Team awards in both seasons. The next two years he played at Lourdes University competing in the NAIA. During his first year at Lourdes University he was awarded All-State First Team and in his second year he was awarded Academic All-American First Team. Jake finished his collegiate career with 50 goals and 25 assists, including the first goal to be scored in the history of the Men’s Soccer Team at Lourdes University. In the summer Jake played for the Toledo Villa Men's team. Currently, Jake resides in Sylvania with his wife Bailey and three children Kylie, Oliver and Theo.

Kenan Newbold

Hometown: St. Louis, MO
kenan.newbold11@gmail.com
Phone: 319-651-1252

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Eddie Baker

Hometown: Guyana, South America
edmundbaker2@gmail.com
419-283-9154

Bio:

Edmund Baker was born in Guyana, South America migrating to America in 1977. He played club soccer for various clubs in Guyana and at 18 years of age he was selected for the Guyana National Team. Eddie represented Guyana for 12 years from 1964 to 1976. During his time playing for Guyana he did his coaching license through Guyana federation in 1974. He also has his National Diploma from the NSCAA and his USSF D License. In 1978 while in the U.S he was selected as the Guyana National Team Head Coach for the world cup qualifiers. Eddie worked worked in New York for 24 years and in 2002 relocated to Toledo, Ohio. Upon his arrival in Toledo he had stints coaching at Perrysburg HS as well as Bowsher High School and also coached for Pacesetter Soccer Club where he has been on staff for over ten years. The legend of Eddie Baker continues to mold children in the Northwest Ohio area.

John Clark

USSF D

Hometown: Liverpool, England
Email:johnjclarke1959@gmail.com
Phone:419-234-6867

Bio:

Originally a native of Liverpool England, where he played professionally before a series of injuries that ended his playing career prematurely. Following his playing career he became a staff coach with Umbro USA and has assembled an extensive coaching resume with spells at Brunel University as a player/coach, 2 years at Perrysburg SC, 3 years at Lenapee Valley in NJ, 8 years at Toledo Celtics as both a coach & Director of Youth Development and 20 years at St Francis de Sales HS in the roles of Head Coach, Technical Director and Assistant Varsity Coach before joining Pacesetter in 2021. He will also become Assistant Varsity Coach at Notre Dame Academy in the fall of 2022.
He holds an English FA Badge, USSF D in addition to several NSCAA and USC Coaching Diplomas and is currently working on his Advanced National Diploma. He graduated with BSc Honors Degrees in Applied Chemistry and Physical Sciences from Brunel and Oxford Universities respectively and a MBA from University of Minnesota.
In 2011 he was recognized by Ohio North as OYSAN DOC of the year.
John is married and has 3 grown children, Chris, Gabi and Colin and resides in Perrysburg with his wife Shannon who is a Senior Agency Field Specialist with State Farm Insurance.

Jared Lyle

Hometown: Sylvania, Ohio
Email: jlyle@pacesettersoccer.netPhone:419-262-4226

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Mike Maciolek

Grassroots

Hometown: Livonia, Michigan
Email: Michael.j.maciolek@gmail.com
Phone:734-564-1524

Bio:

I am originally from Michigan where I grew up playing for the Michigan Wolves. After college I started coaching with a Michigan Rush as well as a goalkeeper coach at University of Detroit Mercy. I moved to Ohio in 2015 and was with Pacesetter for 2 seasons as the goalkeeping director as well the coach of 2 teams. During my time at Pacesetter I was fortunate to be part of the inaugural Toledo Villa FC working with the men's and women's goalkeepers. After Pacesetter I was so the Perrysburg Soccer Club for successful seasons.

My wife Caite who the Varsity coach for girls coach at Notre Dame Academy reside in Toledo with our son Brooks and our dog Finnigan.

Steve Smucker

USSF B
Hometown: Ottawa, Ohio
Smuckers@bathwildcats.org
419-890-7316

Bio:

Coach Smucker is nearing the end of his first year with the Pacesetter Soccer Club. Smucker’s connection with soccer started at Central Christian High School where he completed his senior season as an All-Conference and All-Ohio selection in 1987. From there he traveled to Hesston College, KS, where he was named team captain and received All-Conference and All-Region selections. He completed his collegiate career at Goshen College in 1991. From Indiana, Coach Smucker moved East to the greater Philadelphia area where he taught and coached at Dock Academy. It was during this time that he accrued several soccer licenses as well as a State High School Soccer Championship and a master’s in kinesiology from Temple University. In 2002 Smucker and his young family moved to Bluffton, Ohio, where he taught and coached the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Bluffton University. He was also the boy’s high school Director of Coaching for the Findlay Soccer Club (Now Pacesetter South). In 2010 Smucker went back into teaching and returned to coaching at the high school level. In 2012 he was named head coach at Bluffton High school. In 2022, after five district titles, seven consecutive conference championships, and a 2019 state finals appearance, Smucker transitioned to coaching high school girls’ soccer in the Lima Bath school district, where he teaches middle school physical education. Smucker keeps his sanity by spending quality time with his wife, Judy, while watching Star Trek and various sitcoms. They have two children, Tristan and Sophia, a senior and sophomore at Goshen College. Both played soccer under Smucker’s coaching, and Tristan still plays at the collegiate level.

Majd Ali

Grassroots

Hometown: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Email:alisvsoccer@gmail.com
Phone:419-490-1393

Bio:

Born and raised in Kuwait where I attended The American School of Kuwait. Played on the soccer varsity team for 4 years and was MVP and Co-Captain senior year. After playing for Al-Yarmouk Club U-16's for 3 years, I signed my professional contract at the age of 16 to play with the first team for my final 2 years in Kuwait before coming to the USA and attending University of Toledo. Played soccer for UT during the 4 years I was there and Co-captained them my Jr and Sr years. My proudest moments were being the head coach for the Southview girls soccer program for 9 years, winning the first ever NLL title in school history in 2022, and 2x Division 1 coach of the year thanks to the great group of girls in the program. This will be my 3rd year as a pacesetter coach and looking forward to many years to come.

Kim Nagel

Licensure Coming Soon

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Email: knagel03@gmail.com
Phone:419-340-3780

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Matt Brown

National F

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email: mattybrown13@gmail.com
Phone:517-750-7336

Bio:

Matty was born in Toronto, Canada, and he currently resides in Sylvania, Ohio where he serves as an assistant coach for the Lourdes University men’s soccer program.

Brown arrived at Lourdes from Spring Arbor University, where he was an assistant coach and head reserve coach for the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

Prior to Spring Arbor, Brown was an assistant coach for two seasons at the University of Saint Francis (Ind.) where he began his collegiate coaching career.

Brown also served as the head soccer coach for Livonia FC, a position he began in 2021.

Matty's playing experience includes with Prostars League 1(Canada), Masters FA League 1 (Canada), Buxmont Torch NPSL & Toledo Villa FC NPSL.

Scott Rissler

USC Level 1 GK

Hometown: York, Pennsylvania
Email: rissler.scott@gmail.com
Phone:717-858-5743

Bio:

Currently serving as an assistant coach for the Women's Soccer team at Bowling Green State University (2020-Present) where my primary responsibility is looking after the GKs. In addition I took over coaching the Club Women's Soccer program at Bowling Green in 2021 and will be going into year 3 in this role. My career with Pacesetter also started in 2020 as a staff coach which has now led me into taking on duties with the goalkeepers.

Prior to stepping into the coaching world I played 5 seasons at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA where I obtained a degree in Forensic Science. My club playing career was highlighted by spending 2 seasons with DC United MLS Academy.

Brynn McGarvey

Grassroots

Hometown: Boise, Idaho
Email: brynnrosemcgarvey@gmail.com
Phone:425-281-9035

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Jayson Taylor

USC Goal Keeping Level 1 & USSF Grassroots

Hometown: Toledo, Ohio
Email: attyjaysontaylor@sbcglobal.net
Phone:419-654-0911

Bio:

Coach Taylor started playing soccer for Maumee Youth Soccer, mainly playing goalkeeper exclusively, going on to play for Maumee Express, and then started playing for Pacesetters in 1985. He was a 4 year letterman goalkeeper for Springfield High School, playing for Toledo Rangers and Toledo Celtics during the off season, including indoor soccer at the old Toledo Sports Arena. Following high school he served in the Army as an Airborne Ranger with the Special Operations unit the 75th Ranger Regiment. He currently is the Girls Varsity Soccer assistant/ goalkeeper coach at Springfield High School, works with Lourdes University womans Soccer goalkeepers, in addition to working with Pacesetter's goalkeepers. Coach Taylor is also an Attorney in the Sylvania area, holds a dual law and masters in business degree, composes music for independent films, and is married with 3 children.

Josh Dickinson

USSF Grassroots

Hometown: Doncaster
Email: dickinsonjc@tiffin.edu
Phone:567-230-2052

Bio:

I am assistant coach at Tiffin Women’s Soccer - A Division II school in the NCAA. I am also coaching both the 06s and 08s ECNL-RL teams at Pacesetter Soccer Club.

I grew up in England where I played at Rotherham United a professional soccer team until the age of 18.

I came over to the United States in 2016 and played collegiately for the University of Findlay. Where I won multiple all conference and all region awards.

I played for Toledo villa in the UPSL, NPSL and USL2

Board of Directors

The purpose of the board of directors is to create and review a statement of mission and purpose that articulates the club’s goals, means and primary constituents served. Further, the board is responsible for selecting, supporting and evaluating key personnel of the club. The board must ensure effective planning to be able to ensure adequate financial resources for the club to fulfill its mission. The board must protect the assets of the club and provide proper financial oversight that includes annual budgeting and ensuring that proper financial controls are in place.
Additionally, the board has the responsibility to build a competent board, to articulate prerequisites for candidates, to orient new members and periodically and comprehensively evaluate their own performance.
Finally, the board is charged to ensure legal and ethical integrity and to enhance the club’s public standing.

BOARD MEMBER SELECTION
The Club Code of Regulations defines the number of the board members that can serve. Board members are selected to serve on the board to replace vacant seats or to expand the board membership up to the maximum number of trustees as defined by our Code of Regulations. At times, board members are selected to serve based upon a specific skill or expertise needed. At other times, the board looks to identify an individual who is currently and actively supporting the club’s initiatives through volunteer efforts and attendance at monthly board meetings.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Individuals interested in getting involved are encouraged to contact the committee chair in the area in which they wish to serve.

Office Hours

Monday to Thursday - 9:30-3:00
Friday - Closed