Chicago City Staff is comprised of full time, USSF Licensed & SafeSport trained coaches.

OUR TEAM OF DIRECTORS AND COACHES ARE AN EXPERIENCED, HONEST, AND HARD WORKING GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE ALWAYS DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING. TO ENSURE THEY ARE PROVIDING OUR PLAYERS WITH THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TRAINING ENVIRONMENT ON AND OFF THE FIELD IT IS ESSENTIAL AS A CITY MEMBER THAT THEY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION

Professional

  • Coaches are all USSF Licensed
  • Continue to develop their craft every year through Coach Development training on and off the field
  • Attend local governing body meetings
  • Train for and attain the next highest license

On The Field

  • Provide a safe and fun environment 
  • Create and develop students of the game
  • Build team chemistry & players confidence
  • Provide individual and team challenges to learn
  • Create activities that players will fail 
  • Arrive 30mins before practice to set up

Off The Field

  • Intro email with the season expectations
  • Team meeting with parents and players
  • Individual Development Plans set out for each player
  • Player/Parent seasonal Coach conference
  • Weekly email updates on training and game reports
  • Monitor player progress throughout the season
  • Schedule, train, and coach all games of assigned team

Mental Health

  • We work with Adler University to brainstorm how we as an organization and coaches can help and coach the mental aspect of soccer and life in general. 
  • Coaches have been trained on Mental Health First Aid. 

SafeSport

  • All coaches are SafeSport trained, certified and complete a background check. 
  • SafeSport is an organization focused on ending all forms of abuse in sport.
  • All coaches are mandated reporters and have undergone training to look out for signs of possible abuse. 

MANAGEMENT

Nick Mulvaney

Founder & CEO

Heather Bickerton

COO & General Manager

Simone Lodge

Administrative Assistant
Community Lead

Marie Zenere

CFO

STAFF

Charlie Latshaw III

USL Academy Director

Craig McDonald

Technical Director
Mini City & U8-U10

Ryan Rogak

Technical Director U10- HS
Head of Player & Coach Development

Orin Gilchrist

Head of Mini City

Pedja Maksimovic

Community Engagement

Shelby Kindl

Coach

Jaime Viveros

Coach

Edgar Camberos

Coach

Tyler Roey

Coach

Arturo Hernandez

Coach

Omer Hadzic

Coach

Kyle Ortman

Coach

Ben Galvez

Head of South Location

Darren Davis

Director of West
(Bloomingdale & Batavia)

Tom Paparounis

Head of College Player Pathway

Nicklas Kanzok

Coach

Slavo Rafailovic

Coach

Tony Doughty

Coach

Gabe Sanford

Coach

Alex Rosales

Coach

Jack Bartlett

Coach

SPECIALIST TEAMS

Ignacio Sola

Head of Sports Performance

Tom Paparounis

Director of Goalkeeping

Dr. Mary Kate Casey

Club Performance Specialist
& Physical Therapy Partner

Dr. Jeremy Alland

Club Physician
Midwest Orthopedics at Rush