Michael Rabasca

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Michael Rabasca
Personal information
Full name Michael Rabasca
Date of birth (1969-06-22) June 22, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth United States
Team information
Current team
 LA Galaxy
(director of cognitive performance)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2018–2019 Toronto FC II

Michael Rabasca (born June 22, 1969) is an American soccer coach who serves as the director of cognitive performance for the LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. He previously served as head coach of Toronto FC II in USL League One. [1]

Career

Rabasca played soccer during his time at Sachem High School North and also played college soccer with the New England Nor'easters. [2] [3]

In 1996, Rabasca was a coach at Marcos de Niza High School. [4] He became involved with the Desert Vista High School boys' soccer program in 1997 as their head coach. [5] Throughout his tenure with the high school team, he led them to three state titles. [5]

In 2014, he worked with the Toronto FC staff under head coach Greg Vanney. [6] Initially, he was assigned to work with the club's academy team and later joined the first team staff as the director of the high-performance department. [7] Rabasca received his first managerial stint in 2018 for Toronto FC II in USL League One. [8] [9] He left the reserve team in 2020 after two seasons at the helm. [10] Following his departure from the reserve squad, he returned to the first team to his original department. [7]

In 2021, Vanney recruited him to join his staff with the LA Galaxy as his cognitive performance director. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "USA - M. Rabasca - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  2. ↑ Vaccaro, Chris R. (8 April 2024). "Michael Rabasca, '87, talks about sachem's impact on his pro soccer coaching career | Sachem Report". www.sachemreport.com. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "LA Galaxy Soccer Operations Staff Bio - Michael Rabasca profile". lagalaxy. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Davidson, Neil (7 December 2016). "Hiring friends has proved to work out well for TFC head coach Greg Vanney". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 Skoda, Jason (17 March 2014). "DV's Rabasca leaving for job with MLS's Toronto FC". Ahwatukee Foothills News. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Hiring friends has proved to work out well for TFC head coach Greg Vanney". The Globe and Mail . 7 December 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Michael Rabasca - Director, High Performance profile". torontofc.ca. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Michael Rabasca named Toronto FC II Head Coach". torontofc.ca. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Kloke, Joshua (1 November 2018). "On the road, in the hotels, and on the make-shift pitches of second-tier professional soccer". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "TFC II has new head coach, Mike Munoz". torontosun. Toronto Sun. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "LA Galaxy Announce Sports Science and Performance Department Staff". OurSports Central. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2025.


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