Our training staff is made up of former college players, current college players and current high school players.
Natalie Smith
Natalie began coaching at 17 at her hometown club, Meadville Soccer Club, with a U-12 team. Smith played collegiate soccer at Pomona College in Los Angeles, CA. In 2004, she became the student assistant coach, where in her final year, they qualified for the NCAA DIII playoffs for the first time in the program's history. During her time in Los Angeles, Smith also coached one season at San Dimas High School. In 2007, Smith was the head coach at College of Mount Saint Vincent, where she was named HVWAC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year. She has also played and coached at summer camps in Vancouver, Canada and Charlotte, NC. She currently works as the Operations Manager and Club Liaison for Sky Blue Soccer, the New Jersey pro women's soccer team for the new league debuting in 2009.
Rachelle recently graduated from Tufts University in Medford, MA with a B.A. in Child Development and plans to go on to obtain a Doctoral degree in Physical Therapy in the near future. At Tufts, she was a member of the Tufts Women’s Rugby team and has been for the past two years. Rachelle also attended The Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ where she played soccer, basketball and softball; she graduated a seven-letter varsity winner. Her soccer team won three consecutive Prep-A State Championships, and also went undefeated in her senior year. As a sophomore, Rachelle was a member of the first softball team to ever win a Prep-A State Championship for The Peddie School. She received All-Prep recognition in both sports. Although sports are one of her greatest loves, she also believes that academics are very important and strives to achieve excellence in that field.
Rachelle loves to work with children of all ages. She is currently a part-time teacher at Eden, a center for children with autism, in Princeton and has also worked with high school aged children in the NJ SEEDS program. She is working for JET as a trainer and has done Monroe Rec Clinics and West Windsor Rec Clinics. She will be doing travel team training in Monroe as well. Rachelle holds a NYSA F license. She worked at the Peddie Soccer Academy for 2 years and also at Strength and Agility Camp in Cranbury (2005). She loves to coach and hopes to do so more frequently after completing school.
