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Gus Valeriano

Assistant Coach

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Valeriano joined Chad Duernberger’s staff in Spring 2023. He gained a variety of coaching experience after graduating from California University of Pennsylvania in 2020. He’s served as Director of Goalkeeping for Real JFC since August 2020, handling responsibility for all goalkeepers, both boys and girls, who compete in MLS NXT, Girls Academy and EDP Leagues. He’s organized, planned and executed training sessions and oversaw film review. He served a year each as Goalkeeper Coach at Camden County Community College and Stockton University, while also gaining experience as an individual and group trainer for Fearless Futbol and owner/founder of Gus’s Goalkeeping.

Valeriano also brings 20 years of goalkeeping experience, including over a year training with both the Philadelphia Union and Philadelphia Union 2. He also played for the Ocean City Nor’easters and Lehigh Valley United of USL 2 during the Summers of 2017-19, while competing for California University of PA from 2016-20. Prior to his collegiate playing days, he competed with the South Jersey Elite Barons, who ranked in the Top 25 in the country. Valeriano graduated with a degree in criminal justice, specializing in Homeland and International Security. He holds a Goalkeeper Level 1 Diploma and a USSF F License.

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