Andy Mittler will coach the U9 girls first team for the club this season and serve as the club’s new General Manager.  Andy also serves as assistant coach for the Region 3/4 PDP program.

Ivan Kepcija
SRS Club Director

SRS would like to announce the hiring of Ivan Kepcija as our Club Director. Ivan, a native of Croatia, comes to SRS from Walnut Creek Soccer Club where he has been coaching for the past 4 years and is excited to start working towards the betterment of the San Ramon Soccer Club. Ivan has also been involved in coaching Holy Names University men’s soccer team, where he also played during his collegiate career. Currently, he holds the position of Associate Head Men’s Soccer Coach at the institution and is the director for region III-IV in Norcal’s Player Development Program.

He is an alumni of Graduate School of Kinesiology from Saint Mary’s College of California, where he obtained his master’s degree in Sport Science. He holds the USSF A coaching license and is working towards obtaining his UEFA A license with the Croatian Football Federation. Ivan also had the privilege to learn from European world-class clinicians and observe the operations of several professional clubs across the world (such as ACF Fiorentina, Dinamo Zagreb, CEFAR Barcelona, Estudiantes La Plata, Olimpija Ljubljanja), and is looking forward to bringing this knowledge to the community in San Ramon.

Ivan brings with him his passion for the game and scientific background and will be implementing a curriculum based on recommendations from US Soccer and the Long-Term Athlete Development Model, which looks at an athlete from a holistic perspective. Beyond igniting and spurring the passion for the game in each player, the focus of the club will be human and player development. Viewing the sport as a micro-cosmos of life, transferring valuable life lessons and skills to our play will be a part of our striving (passion, organization, discipline, developing social skills such as friendship, leadership, etc). On the field, our players will be expected to share the love for movement, the ball and the game, which will lead to an attacking-oriented, possession-based style of soccer. Should be fun to watch in years to come.

He is excited for the opportunity to work with the San Ramon community in achieving these goals on and off the field.

• San Ramon Soccer observes a Zero Tolerance Policy when it comes to behavior towards players, coaches and referees during games and practices.
  
• SRS coaches and parents are meant to be role models of professional and courteous behavior. This also goes for coaching from the sidelines. Coaching is only allowed from the technical area of the field, i.e. the coaches area near the players and by coaches and assistant coaches only. Parents should not be coaching players from the sidelines in REC or COMP.
  

• Parents and coaches in violation of the Zero Tolerance Policy will be brought before the SRS Disciplinary Committee and further action will be taken, including possible suspension from future games. Furthermore, if a ref needs to suspend a game due to verbal abuse, that game will be declared a forfeit.

For issues involving poor behavior, please send an email to azuri-refs@sanramonsoccer.org.

Here is all you do:

1. Make sure you have at least 6 from your team and sign up for the date you want (use your team name).
2. Show up to the game about 20 minutes before KO.
3. Have a team representative introduce them self to the coach (they know all about this and love it!!)
4. ALWAYS wear your SRS or AZURI gear
5. Have fun!! The games are exciting and FREE!! The kids have so much fun.

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