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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 19, 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Portland, Oregon, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1987 | Portland Pilots | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | F.C. Portland | ||
| 1989–1990 | Portland Timbers | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2021 | Utah Valley University | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Greg Maas (born January 19, 1966, in Portland, Oregon) is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent his youth, collegiate, and professional playing career in Portland. In addition to winning the 2024 Oregon Youth Soccer Association Administrator of the Year award, Maas was inducted into the Utah Soccer Hall of Fame on November 15, 2024.
Maas was the first-ever head coach of the Utah Valley University (UVU) men's soccer team, starting the program from scratch in 2013 before the inaugural 2014 campaign in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Coach Maas turned the program into an immediate competitor in the WAC, earning an NCAA at-large berth in the team's second season in 2015 and claiming the WAC regular season championship in 2016. Maas finished his tenure at UVU with an impressive 67-44-10 record, and was named the 2016 WAC Coach of the Year. At Utah Valley, he produced 12 All-Region, 20 All-WAC, two Scholar All-Americans, 11 Academic All-District, three Academic All Americans and one All-American.
Maas also saw his program garner tremendous academic success under his leadership, with Utah Valley receiving the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award in every season of existence. The program also garnered three CoSIDA Academic All-America winners in Paul Hoffmeister (2016), Zach Maas (2019, 2020-21), and Mark Brown (2020-21). Zach Maas is the only Utah Valley student-athlete to have ever been named to the first team, and is also one of only six male student-athletes at the Division I level to receive the CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition multiple times.
Maas attended the University of Portland where he was a standout goalkeeper on the Pilot's soccer team from 1984 to 1987 playing under one of the most respected coaches in U.S. Soccer history—the late Clive Charles. Maas was the first professional goalkeeper to come out of the University of Portland; during the 1985 collegiate off season, he began playing with F.C. Portland of the Western Soccer Alliance (WSA). He would continue to play for F.C. Portland until it changed its name to the Portland Timbers in 1989. He remained with the Timbers until the team folded at the end of the 1990 season. On a side note, the WSA merged with the American Soccer League in 1990 to form the American Professional Soccer League.
Since retiring from playing, Maas has held various coaching director positions. From 1994 to 2001 he served as the Director of Coaching for Lake Oswego Soccer Club, 2001 to 2013 he served as the State Technical Director of Utah Youth Soccer Association and also served as the Real Salt Lake U-17 Head Coach from 2008 to 2012. Maas holds his USSF A License, USSF National Goalkeeper License, USSF National Youth License, and his NSCAA International Premier Diploma; he also serves as a National Staff Coach and Educator with U.S. Soccer, US Youth Soccer, and the United Soccer Coaches. Maas has served over 20 years as a West Region ODP Region Coach with US Youth Soccer, and is a current West Region ODP boys age group head coach. As the U-17 Head Coach for Real Salt Lake (RSL) of Major League Soccer, Maas garnered the 2008 MLS U-17 Cup Championship, finished 3rd in 2009, and were finalists in 2010 losing a hard-fought penalty shootout to DC United.
Maas now serves as the Technical Director and General Manager of Eastside Timbers, a founding member soccer club of the Portland Timbers Alliance. Established in 2001, Eastside Timbers is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides recreational and competitive soccer programs in Multnomah and Clackamas counties. Eastside is a player-centered club serving over 3,000 members and provides playing opportunities to all levels of participants including recreation, competitive, Futsal, TOPSoccer and more.
Greg and his wife, Angie, have two sons, Cody and Zach, and currently reside in Camas, Wa.
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