Angelo Capuano completed his first season as the Director of Soccer Operations in 2022.

Before Denver: 

Prior to joining the DU staff, Capuano spent the last five years with Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) in Chicago. Most recently he served as a Men’s Soccer Head Recruiting Coach, where he was tasked with educating and guiding men’s soccer players and their families through the collegiate recruiting process. Utilizing his pipeline of coach connections, knowledge of the game, and understanding of NCAA rules and regulations he successfully placed roughly 700 student-athletes at Colleges and Universities throughout the United States. Capuano also served as NCSAs Men’s Soccer Team Lead where he assisted in the training of new hires and helped implement best practices and procedures across the men’s soccer department. Along with his day to day responsibilities he also worked closely with Product Developers to improve the coach-facing side of their tech platform, Events to market the NCSA brand across the club and collegiate soccer landscape in the US, and Marketing / Operations to deliver key messaging to target audiences through online webinars and in-person speaking engagements.

Angelo earned a Bachelor of Science in Business – Marketing degree from Wright State University in Dayton, OH. He was a four-year player for them appearing in 41 matches over his career. He was awarded with Wright State’s “Greg Andrulis Award” in 2012 as a Junior for exemplifying team leadership and dedication to the program. Also during his collegiate career he competed with AFC Cleveland at a semi-professional NPSL level.

Playing Career:

As a prep player at Massillon Perry High School in Ohio, Capuano was a four year Varsity letter-winner and 3 year captain. He was voted All-Ohio in 2009 as a Senior and graduated as a 2x First Team All-Region, County, and Conference award winner. He remains the only player in Massillon Perry’s history to sign a Division 1 national letter of intent to play soccer in college. Club-wise he played one season for the Cleveland Internationals USSDA u18 squad, and prior to that was a State Cup Champion with Ohio Select Futbol Club based out of Cleveland, OH.