Seattle United

A local product of Redmond, Washington, Jeff comes to Seattle United after four years playing with Seattle Pacific University. Jeff will coach the Boys 98 White team for the 2011/2012 season.

Jeff began coaching 5 years ago in the Lake Washington Youth Soccer Association, and most recently trained with NW Nationals and coached Hamilton Middle School.

As a player, Jeff grew up playing for Crossfire Premier, winning a Washington State championship as well as a Tampa Bay Sun Bowl championship. In high school, Jeff played for Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, WA, and won a Kingco title his senior year. He was also voted the Seattle Times State Player of the Year as well as the KingCo Player of the Year, after completing a career where he lead the KingCo conference in points in each of his three seasons.

As a guest player, Jeff played for the Oregon United Soccer Association during his U-19 and U-23 teams, winning Oregon state championships both years, and a national championship during the U-23 campaign.

In college, Jeff started all four years at Seattle Pacific University, earning the captaincy and team MVP honors his senior year. He was selected to the First Team All-West Region, as well as the First Team All-GNAC conference teams. In 2006, Jeff was also selected to captain the US Amateur National Team in between his junior and senior year of college.