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BCSPL Coach Bios

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Niall Thomson

Boys U13 (2010) Team 

Surrey United Soccer Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Niall Thompson as the 2010 Boys BCSPL Intakes Head Coach for the 2022-23 season.

 

In addition to his past experience as a professional soccer player, Niall has also been a long-standing coach with the club. He also has past experience with BCSPL Intakes and this experience will come in very valuable for our 2010 boys.

Head Coach

Boys U14 (2009) Team

Frazer Toms

Head Coach

Frazer moved to Canada in 2016 and started coaching at Guildford United Athletic Club before moving over to join Surrey United Soccer Club as a Club coach. Fraser played professional soccer back home in the United Kingdom before retiring in 2003 due to a broken leg. After his playing career ended in 2003, he became a sports coach working with young children in elementary schools in the United Kingdom.

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  • CSA B National License

  • SUSA Men's Premier Coach

  • SUSC Senior Staff Coach

  • SUDA Academy Coach

  • SUSC High Performance Academy Coach

  • Club coach Guildford United 

  • Head Coach 09 BCSPL Boys

  • 2004B & 2006G Metro head coach ​

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Ravi Mehan

Head Coach

Boys U15 (2008) Team 

  • SUSC Coach Development Facilitator (B.C. Soccer Coach Facilitator)

  • CSA Youth Licence

  • B License (Provincial)

  • CSA B National License

  • Bachelor of Education BEd

  • Bachelor of Science BSc

  • Master of Education MEd (Leadership)

  • SUSC Men's Premier Coach

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Ravi Mehan has been coaching for the past 15 years and started working with strong mentors in the lower mainland and built his experience by coaching high level teams (metro and BCSPL programs).  At Surrey United, Ravi Mehan is a member of the development stream, and he has worked with players in the developing stages. He establishes excellent relationships with the club's members, and his knowledge of player development offers them a clear path to advancement.

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  • He has been with Surrey United for the past four years and he establishes excellent relationships with the club's members, and his knowledge of player development offers them a clear path to advancement. With his commitments to the club, he is currently the coach of the Surrey United BCSPL 08 Boys team.

  • He’s been playing since he was 5-year-old. Being raised in a small community of Quesnel he was able to lead his high school team to provincials in the lower mainland region. Making the first all-star team during his high school years was a great accomplishment during this time. Playing in both the VMSL and Fraser valley leagues gave him more experience as a player. He is looking forward to working with the Surrey United Premier Team.

  • In addition to coaching and playing, he works as an educator in the Langley School District with a Degree in Science/Math and a Master’s in Leadership studies.

  • He believes that “for any skill set, always teach the “why” behind it”.

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Ronan Kelly

Head Coach

Boys U16 (2007) Team 

  • Guided South Melbourne FC U16's to 2nd place after 8 games in the NPL

  • Coached South Melbourne FC U16's to victory over professional youth side Melbourne City FC

  • Provincial Champion with Fusion FC 02 Boys (First time in Fusion FC history on the boy’s side)

  • Provincial Runners up with Fusion FC 01 Girls

  • Two-time Coastal Cup Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

  • Two-time Metro league Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

  • Qualification for Metro Provincials with VFC 03 boys

  • Qualified for National Championships with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

  • Nationally ranked for the entire season with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

  • 2nd place finish in the Fraser Valley U’21 league with Coastal FC U21’s

  • Current SUSC Assistant Technical Director

 

Ronan has over 6 years experience of coaching at several different levels: youth, university, and adult. He achieved his Uefa B license 3 years ago and is currently completing his UEFA A license through the IFA (Irish Football Association). 

Head Coach

Tom Lowndes

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  • CSA B National License 

  • UFV Men's Soccer Head Coach (2015-Current)

  • Head Coach Abbotsford Middle School Soccer Academy

  • Assistant Coach - Baker University (2012-2013)

  • 2018 Premier Provincial Cup Champions - 2001 Girls 

  • 2017 BCSPL League Cup Champions - 2001 Girls 

  • 2018 & 2017 Premier Provincial Cup Finalists - 2003 Boys 

  • Canada West Final Four - Bronze Medal UFV - 2015 

 

Tom is currently the Head Coach of the Men's soccer program at the University of the Fraser Valley. He has led them to two Canada West final four appearances and in 2015 his squad won the Bronze medal, the highest achievement for the program to date. 

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He holds a Bachelor of Science from Baker University (Kansas) after completing a successful career as a student athlete. He was a First-Team All Conference All Star for his junior and senior year and reached the NAIA National semi-finals ending the year with a #3 National Ranking. After graduation and completing his eligibility, Tom remained in Kansas and was an assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs at Baker. In 2012 he was apart of the coaching staff which took the women's program to the NAIA National Sweet Sixteen, and coached two All Americans during this time. ​

 

Tom has coached at Surrey United for over 6 years, during this time he has been an academy coach whilst also helping with our SGU Metro program and playing on the Men's Premier team, Tom currently coaches our 2003 boys and our graduating 2001 girls team. 

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Tom currently holds a CSA National B License and will pursue his CSA National A License in near future.

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Boys U17 (2006) Team

Boys U18 (2005) Team

Graham Roxburg

Head Coach

Current:

 

  • Head coach of Trinity Western University Women’s Soccer program 

  • 5 time National Champions, 7-time Canada West Championship

  • 4 time Canada West Coach of the year, 1 time CIS, National Coach of the year 

  • Director of Spartan Soccer Academy - current 

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Former Coaching Roles:

 

  • Head Coach, Team Canada at FISU Games (World Student Games) in 2009 (Serbia) and 2011(China) 

  • Coach of Men’s Fraser Valley Action PCSL 1996 to 2010 

  • Assistant Coach: TWU Men’s Soccer program, 1993, 1996-1998 

  • Coached International Travel team through AIA and TWU that has played Professional/National teams from Thailand, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Russia, India, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.


Coach Licensing/ Education: 

  

  • Masters of Leadership – TWU (2016) 

  • Bachelor of Arts – Wheaton College (1993) 

  • Advanced National Diploma from United Soccer Coaches Association (formerly NSCAA) 

Ari Adams

Head Coach

Girls U13 (2010) Team

  • United States Soccer Federation National “B” License

  • Assistant Coach – Simon Fraser University women (2011-2014)

  • Surrey United Academy Staff (2009 – current)

  • U14 National Finalist (2016)

  • U15 National Champions  (2017)

  • Current SUSC Assistant Technical Director - Female Development

 

Ari enjoyed a highly successful soccer career with Simon Fraser University Women’s Soccer from 2007 to 2011 where she was a starter for 4 years and team captain for the last two years. She is well known in our club and has played on our Women’s premier team since 2008, winning multiple Provincial championships and a National Championship in 2011. In addition, Ari has been part of our technical staff since 2009 and has worked in our academies throughout that time.

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Girls U14 (2009) Team 

Mariah Wright

Head Coach

  • CSA C-license

  • Community Stream Workshops

  • Multiple certificates in Multi-Sport training

  • Respect In Sport 

  • SUSC SUDA Staff Coach

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Accomplishments:

- Women's Varsity Soccer Team - MSVU (2017-2022)

  • 2x CCAA All-Canadian (2017/2019)

  • 2x ACAA/AASC First Team All-Conference (2017/2019)

  • ACAA/AASC Rookie of the Year (2017)

  • ACAA/AASC Female Athlete of the Year (2020)

  • ACAA/AASC Women’s Soccer Champion Team (2018)

  • ACAA/AASC Alumni Award (2022)

 

Mariah Wright grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and started her career specializing in technique and body mechanics with individual players. For the past 7 years, she has been coaching various groups including youth, men and women’s teams. She is associated with the Black Canadian Coaches Association as a mentee.

Ari Adams

Head Coach

Girls U16 (2007) Team

  • United States Soccer Federation National “B” License

  • Assistant Coach – Simon Fraser University women (2011-2014)

  • Surrey United Academy Staff (2009 – current)

  • U14 National Finalist (2016)

  • U15 National Champions  (2017)

  • Current SUSC Assistant Technical Director - Female Development

 

Ari enjoyed a highly successful soccer career with Simon Fraser University Women’s Soccer from 2007 to 2011 where she was a starter for 4 years and team captain for the last two years. She is well known in our club and has played on our Women’s premier team since 2008, winning multiple Provincial championships and a National Championship in 2011. In addition, Ari has been part of our technical staff since 2009 and has worked in our academies throughout that time.

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Muchtar Ganief

Head Coach

Girls U15 (2008) Team

  • BCSA Provincial B License Coach

  • Surrey United Development / Select Coach - 7 years Staff

  • Coach for Surrey United - 2.5 years

  • Youth Coach with NDSC & Surdel Girls - 5 years

 

Muchtar has been coaching youth teams at North Delta, Surdel and Surrey United for over 12 years. While at Surrey United, Muchtar became involved with the Development program and has had great team success along with developing some highly technical and skilled players for the last 6 years, most recently the Select 1 2007 boys team. He has also been on Surrey United Technical coaching staff since 2017. 

Girls U17 (2006) Team

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Ronan Kelly

Head Coach

  • Guided South Melbourne FC U16's to 2nd place after 8 games in the NPL

  • Coached South Melbourne FC U16's to victory over professional youth side Melbourne City FC

  • Provincial Champion with Fusion FC 02 Boys (First time in Fusion FC history on the boy’s side)

  • Provincial Runners up with Fusion FC 01 Girls

  • Two-time Coastal Cup Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

  • Two-time Metro league Runners up with VFC 03 Boys

  • Qualification for Metro Provincials with VFC 03 boys

  • Qualified for National Championships with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

  • Nationally ranked for the entire season with KPU as Assistant coach (first time in KPU history)

  • 2nd place finish in the Fraser Valley U’21 league with Coastal FC U21’s

  • Current SUSC Assistant Technical Director

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  • Ronan has over 6 years experience of coaching at several different levels: youth, university, and adult. He achieved his Uefa B license 3 years ago and is currently completing his UEFA A license through the IFA (Irish Football Association). 

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Girls U18 (2005) Team

  • BCSA Provincial B License Coach

  • Surrey United Development/Select Coach - 7 years Staff

  • Coach for Surrey United - 2.5 years

  • Youth Coach with NDSC & Surdel Girls - 5 years

 

Muchtar has been coaching youth teams at North Delta, Surdel and Surrey United for over 12 years. While at Surrey United, Muchtar became involved with the Development program and has had great team success along with developing some highly technical and skilled players for the last 6 years, most recently the Select 1 2007 boys team. He has also been on Surrey United Technical coaching staff since 2017. 

Muchtar Ganief

Head Coach

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