Lewis has served as a youth coach, manager and Academy director in Europe and the United States, and as a coach instructor for the U.S. Soccer Federation. Over the course of his career, Lewis has coached and mentored players who have gone on to represent their national team, such as ...
Uribe joins the Fire after almost two seasons with the New England Revolution where in 2022 won the first ever National Championship for the Revolution at the U-19 level. Uribe, who is USSF National A licensed and has racked up over 30 years of coaching experience...
Castellanos was added to the Chicago Fire Academy staff in the Spring of 2023.
Castellanos comes to the Fire from the New York Red Bulls where he most...
Talbi joins the Fire after coaching for Empire United in Western NY as a Development Academy head coach. With Empire, in 2016, he also launched and ran the strength and conditioning program. During his time in WNY Talbi was also the head coach at Hilbert College and spent time as the...
Choquette joins the Fire Academy after serving two years at club affiliate Chicago Fire Juniors City and is starting his third year as an assistant at the University of Chicago. Before that, he was coaching in Connecticut at Oakwood SC, the same club he played at growing up. He enjoyed...
Brady joined the Fire after three seasons at Northern Illinois University, where he served as full-time assistant coach as well as the Director of Coaching for Northern Illinois FC (2013-14). Prior to that, Brady was as an assistant coach at Hastings College in 2011-12. Brady holds a...
A native of Woodland, Calif., Boyden enters the role having most-recently served as the Youth Technical Director of Chicago Fire Youth Soccer, the youth affiliate of Chicago Fire FC, since October 2021. It is Boyden’s second stint with the Chicago Fire, having coached various Chicago Fire...
Nash began his professional coaching career in 2004, spending 5 years at Rangers FC (Glasgow, Scotland) as a community coach, progressing to coaching in the Rangers Academy (U8-U10) and interim Head Coach of the Rangers Ladies senior team.Moved to America in 2009, and served in...
Onion played collegiately at Nebraska Wesleyan and also coached at his alma mater.Playing experience includes Chicago Fire Academy U13, U14, & U15/16.
Chicago Fire YSC U16 & U17. Time in Europe with the AFC Bournemouth...
A Macedonian international, Dimov’s playing career included appearances in the UEFA Europa League with FK FCU 55 of Macedonia in 2001-03. Since then, his influence as a goalkeeping coach has been wide-spread...
Cardoso is a former professional goalkeeper from Brazil, playing 18 years for S.E. Palmeiras, one of the biggest and most traditional clubs. He started at the Palmeiras youth academy when he was 13-years-old playing at all levels. He also represented the U-17 Brazil National Team, and signed his...
Steinmetz joined the Fire in 2021 after serving as Director of High Performance for Saint Louis FC/Saint Louis Scott Gallagher’s 1st Team and Academy, a club he joined in 2016. During that time he created the club’s...
Manley completed his master’s in athletic training from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a licensed athletic trainer. His last year at UNCG was spent with UNCG Men’s Soccer and Elon University Athletics. He then went on to work with Nashville SC before joining us at Fire. He...
DeVries joins the Chicago Fire FC Academy in early 2023 after previously working with Division I college athletics in Florida. Originally from Greenwood, IN, he is a graduate from Indiana University Bloomington. He completed his B.S in Neuroscience in 2020 and graduated with a M.S. in...
Felix joined the Chicago Fire FC Academy as PASS Coordinator after spending 6 months with the organization as an extern. He completed his Bachelor of Psychological Science degree from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia...
Perrin joins the Fire as the Senior Coordinator of Academy Operations, coming all the way from Southern Maine. In Maine, Perrin worked as the Soccer Operational Coordinator for Seacoast United Soccer Club...
Rojas joined the Chicago Fire FC Academy as a Senior Coordinator, Academy Operations after spending 1 season with the club as a Brand Ambassador during gamedays with the first team.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Aurora...
Rachael completed her MSW at University of Chicago in 2019 and is a licensed psychotherapist who is focused on helping young footballers navigate their development pathway. She has previously...
Stanton joined the Chicago Fire FC as Head of Education in 2022 after spending 8 years with the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. While at Parker, he spent the majority of his time an Academic Advisor and Head Coach of the Girls Varsity Soccer program. Also serving as the Varsity...
Hernandez, a dedicated language teacher with a passion for education and a wealth of experience in language instruction spanning over 24 years. Throughout his career, he has had the privilege of teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) and Spanish as a Foreign Language in both the...