Jon Burklo

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Jon Burklo
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Burklo
Date of birth (1984-03-08) March 8, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Colorado, United States
Date of death 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Metropolitan Oval
Youth career
1998-2001 Wharton High School, FL
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002-2005 Liberty University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005 Richmond Kickers Future 4 (0)
2006 Cincinnati Kings 0 (0)
2007 Atlantis 7 (2)
2007 RoPS 12
2007 JIPPO
2008 Wilmington Hammerheads 9 (1)
Managerial career
2014 Corinthians FC of San Antonio
2023 El Paso Locomotive FC (assistant)
2024- Metropolitan Oval (U19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jon Burklo (born March 8, 1984) is an American soccer coach.

Burklo is married and has a son and daughter. He was, formerly, the 1st assistant coach with El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship. [1] Prior to taking the position with El Paso Locomotive FC, he was the MLS Next Academy Director for RISE Soccer Club in Houston, Texas. Additionally, he has held coaching positions with Saint Louis FC Academy/St Louis Scott Gallagher as an academy coach and program director as well as having served as head coach for Corinthians FC of San Antonio in the NPSL for their inaugural season in 2014, helping the team to a South Central Conference Final appearance.

He played his club soccer with Black Watch. [2] He went on to play soccer at Liberty University from 2002 to 2005. In 2005, he spent the collegiate off season with the Richmond Kickers Future of the fourth division Premier Development League. [3] In 2006, he was on the roster with the Cincinnati Kings of the USL Second Division (now called USL League One), [4] Burklo moved to Europe where he signed with Atlantis FC in the Finnish Ykkönen (Second Division) in January 2007. He had played seven games when the team announced it had no money to continue paying its players. Burklo was then released from the team and in April 2007, he signed a one-year contract with RoPS in the Ykkönen. [5] On August 28, 2007, he moved to JIPPO back in the Ykkönen. [6] In 2008, Burklo signed with the Wilmington Hammerheads (now USL League One of the USL Second Division. During the season, he also spent time with the D.C. United and Houston Dynamo reserve teams.

In 2024, he joined the Metropolitan Oval Academy, serving as both Technical Director of the academy and as the U19 MLS Next head coach. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "El Paso Locomotive Hire Jon Burklo as an Assistant Coach".
  2. ↑ Black Watch Soccer Club Archived 2008-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ 2005 Richmond Kickers Future Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ 2008 Cincinnati Kings Archived 2006-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ RoPS palkkasi amerikkalaispakin Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Jonathan Burklo Jipon riveihin
  7. ↑ "Directors & Staff". Metropolitan Oval Academy. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
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