The Team

Coaches who show up for your kid

Every YFA coach holds a current coaching licence and a Working With Children Check. More importantly — they know every player’s name, their game, and what they’re working on this month.

Coaches

Coaches who know your kid’s name

  • MS

    Marco Silva

    Head Coach & Director

    AFC B Licence · 15 years developing junior players

  • AO

    Amara Okafor

    Development Squad Lead

    FA C Licence · former NPL Victoria midfielder

  • SM

    Sofia Marino

    Girls' Program Lead

    FA C Licence · Football Victoria female coach scholar

  • JN

    Jake Nguyen

    Goalkeeping & Mini Kickers

    FA Goalkeeping Cert · grew up playing in Wyndham Vale

Our coaching philosophy

Maximum touches. Small groups. Questions before answers — we coach players to solve the game themselves, because that’s what the best academies in the world do. And every session ends the same way: with kids who can’t wait for the next one.

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