Albertin Montoya

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Albertin Montoya
Personal information
Full name Alberto Montoya
Date of birth (1975-02-19) February 19, 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Camagüey, Cuba
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC (head coach)
Youth career
MVLA SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1995 North Carolina State
1996 Santa Clara
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995 San Francisco United All Blacks
1997–1998 San Jose Clash 1 (0)
1997 → Raleigh Flyers (loan) 24 (3)
International career
United States U17
United States U21
Managerial career
1999–2006 California Storm (co-head coach)
2003 San Jose CyberRays (assistant trainer)
2005–2007 Santa Clara (assistant)
2008 United States U18 (assistant)
2008–2009 Stanford (assistant)
2009–2010 FC Gold Pride
2011–2012 United States U17
2022 Washington Spirit (interim)
2024– Bay FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albertin Montoya (born February 19, 1975) is a soccer coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Born in Cuba, he represented the United States internationally at youth levels.

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Youth and college

Montoya played at Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club for a decade, coached by his father. [1] Montoya played for North Carolina State for his first three college seasons, earning Atlantic Coast Conference First Team selections in 1994 and 1995. [2] He transferred to Santa Clara University for the 1996 school year, earning West Coast Conference First Team selection as well as finalist nominations for the Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club player of the year awards for his senior season, where he led the Broncos to their first ever outright WCC Championship. [3] [4]

Club career

In 1995, Montoya started his playing career with the San Francisco United All Blacks in the 1995 USISL Premier League season. [5] After his time in college, Montoya was selected fourth overall in the 1997 MLS College Draft by the San Jose Clash. He spent two seasons with the club, the first on loan in the 1997 USISL A-League season with the Raleigh Flyers. [6] Albertin was out of contract after his initial season, but was picked up by the Clash in the 1998 MLS Supplemental Draft. [7] In his second Clash season he made his first MLS appearance, though he suffered a serious knee injury in the match which effectively ended his career, taking three years of recovery and multiple surgeries. [8] [9]

Coaching career

Montoya's first professional head coaching role was with FC Gold Pride in Women's Professional Soccer. The club joined the league as a late founding club, having initially been planned to join as an expansion the following year. [10] The team finished the 2009 WPS season in last place out of seven clubs. The following year the team reversed their fortunes by winning the double, finishing first place in the regular season as well as winning the 2010 WPS Championship. Montoya earned a finalist nomination for 2010 FIFA Women's World Coach of the Year. [11] The club folded just a couple months after the season ended, and Montoya was free to find another coaching position. [12]

As a coach, Montoya coached the United States women's national under-17 soccer team from 2011 to 2012. [13] [11]

He was the interim head coach of the Washington Spirit late in the National Women's Soccer League 2022 season. [14] [15]

On September 27, 2023, NWSL expansion team Bay FC announced Montoya had been appointed as the team's first head coach. [16] Montoya had initially been a consultant in finding a head coach but was ultimately selected by the organization for the role. [9]

Personal life

Montoya is married to Erin Montoya, a former player in the Women's United Soccer Association and alumna of Santa Clara University. [17] They have two children, Allie and Mikey. Allie currently plays for Stanford Cardinal women's soccer. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Albertin Montoya – MVLA Soccer". mvlasc.org. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ North Carolina State. "NC STATE WOLFPACK MEN'S SOCCER 2016 - ALL-TIME RECORDS" (PDF). Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Player Bio: Albertin Montoya". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Player Bio: Albertin Montoya". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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  7. ↑ mlssoccer. "1998 MLS Supplemental Draft | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Bay FC announces inaugural head coach: 'This guy is going to sell the stadium out'". The Mercury News. September 27, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Ingemi, Marisa. "'This is my life': Albertin Montoya's twisting journey to Bay FC coach". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  10. ↑ Lauletta, Dan (September 24, 2015). "The Lowdown: Remembering FC Gold Pride – Equalizer Soccer" . Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  11. 1 2 Ingemi, Marisa. "Bay FC hires Albertin Montoya, former Santa Clara player, as head coach". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Washington Spirit Names Albertin Montoya Interim Head Coach". Washington Spirit. September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Washington Spirit Names Mark Parsons New Head Coach". Washington Spirit. November 21, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
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