Tom Atencio became the Hawai’i Soccer Academy‘s Director of Coaching last July, arriving after six years as director of the San Francisco Elite Academy. His three decades in the youth game, after playing for Cal State Fullerton and in the APSL, includes 15 years as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for Tualatin Hills United Soccer Club and Crossfire United in Oregon. He spent a decade on U.S. Club Soccer’s board of directors and has worked in ODP, id2 and scouted for the U.S. youth national team program. He is also the author of “Anatomy of a Winning Culture.”

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