JHONNY ARTEAGA
CLUB FOUNDER
US SOCCER FEDERATION NATIONAL 'B' COACHING LICENSE
US SOCCER FEDERATION GRASSROOTS COACHING LICENSE
US FUTSAL STATE COACHING LICENSE
TECHNICAL RESOURCE FOR US FUTSAL - CONNECTICUT JUNIOR SOCCER ASSOCIATION
DIRECTOR OF COACHING FOR JA ELITE SOCCER ACADEMY OVERSEEING ALL PROGRAMS
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR DARIEN SOCCER ASSOCIATION
FORMER ASSISTANT COACH FOR IONA COLLEGE MENS SOCCER PROGRAM - NCAA DIVISION 1
BEGAN COACHING YOUTH SOCCER IN 2007 (OVER 15 YEARS OF YOUTH COACHING EXPERIENCE)
CONTACT: jaelitefc@gmail.com
COLIN HODGE
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
COLIN HODGE GRADUATED FROM DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY IN 2008 WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND MARKETING. AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, COLIN WAS A TWO-YEAR STARTING DEFENDER AND PIVOTAL IN HELPING THE TEAM WIN TWO CACC TOURNAMENT TITLES, TWO CACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND EARNING THE PROGRAM'S FIRST BERTH IN THE NCAA DIVISION II TOURNAMENT IN 2005, WITH A REPEAT APPEARANCE IN 2006.
COLIN WENT ON TO BECOME THE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY CHARGERS IN 2008 AND WAS HIRED AS THE HEAD COACH IN MARCH 2012. COACH HODGE LED THE TEAM TO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP FOUR TIMES, WINNING THE TOURNAMENT TITLE TWICE. HIS TEAMS ALSO MADE TWO NCAA EAST REGIONAL APPEARANCES IN 2009 AND 2010 AND WON THREE CACC REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2008, 2014, AND 2020.
COLIN HAS COACHED USL LEAGUE TWO PRE-PROFESSIONAL SOCCER AT THE MANHATTAN SOCCER CLUB FOR THREE SEASONS AND LED THE 2022 TEAM TO BECOME METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS.
AS A HEAD COACH AND ROLE MODEL, COLIN HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO PREPARE STUDENT-ATHLETES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE ON AND OFF THE FIELD. TEACHING THEM THE VALUES OF RESPECT, RESILIENCE, EMPATHY, TEAMWORK, AND SPORTSMANSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY, AND COLIN’S APPROACH ENABLES HIS PLAYERS TO THRIVE AND BE SUCCESSFUL LONG AFTER THEIR SOCCER DAYS ARE OVER.
USSF A LICENSE COACH
DIRECTOR OF SOCCER AND HEAD COACH OF 
SOUTH KENT SCHOOL
15+ YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE
MULTIPLE NCAA II -CACC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
USL LEAGUE 2 HEAD COACH
FORMER COLLEGE SOCCER PLAYER
CONTACT: jaelitefc@gmail.com
KARSTEN SMITH
HEAD COACH
KARSTEN SMITH IS A FORMER PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER WHO POSSESSES A SPECIAL GIFT WHEN IT COMES TO COACHING FUTURE GENERATIONS. A STUDENT-ATHLETE FROM 2006-2010, GRADUATING WITH A BS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETING. SMITH MOST PREVIOUSLY SPENT TIME COACHING FOR NEW YORK CITY FC YOUTH PROGRAMS.
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL YOUTH PLAYING CAREER GROWING UP IN LONG ISLAND, BY HIS SENIOR YEAR IN 2005, HE HAD RECRUITERS FROM UCONN, WEST VIRGINIA, PRINCETON, WAKE FOREST, UNIVERSITY OF ALBANY, HOFSTRA, STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY AND AMERICAN UNIVERSITY REACHING OUT TO PLAY COLLEGE SOCCER. NOT KNOWING TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS PROCESS, SOMETHING HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE HIS PLAYERS TODAY ARE UP TO SPEED WITH. KARSTEN COMMITTED TO AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WHO OFFERED HIM A FULL SCHOLARSHIP AND OFFICIALLY ENROLLED AS A STUDENT ATHLETE FOR THE MEN'S SOCCER TEAM AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, A DIVISION 1 NCAA PROGRAM.
POST COLLEGE, KARSTEN WAS EAGER TO TAKE HIS GAME TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL TO FULFILL HIS CHILDHOOD DREAM. FOLLOWING STINTS IN BOTH FRANCE AND VIETNAM, HE WENT ON TO SIGN HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT WITH FC NEW YORK OF THE USL (THE SECOND TIER OF PROFESSIONAL SOCCER IN THE USA). KARSTEN WENT ON TO PLAY PRO SOCCER FROM 2011 - 2018.
USSF D LICENSE COACH
10+ YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE
YOUTH PROGRAMS WITH NEW YORK CITY F.C
FORMER DIVISION 1 COLLEGE PLAYER
FORMER PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER
CONTACT: jaelitefc@gmail.com
TONY ROCHA
HEAD COACH
TONY ROCHA IS A RECENTLY RETIRED PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER WHO SPENT 8 YEARS PLAYING IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER.
ROCHA DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR SOCCER AT THE EARLY AGE OF 5, HE WENT ON TO PLAY CLUB SOCCER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL YOUTH PLAYING CAREER, ROCHA THEN WENT ON TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA WHERE HE PLAYED COLLEGE SOCCER FOR FOUR YEARS AND GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN GENERAL STUDIES.
IN 2016, ROCHA WAS SIGNED MLS CLUB, ORLANDO CITY SC, WHERE HE PLAYED FOR THREE YEARS BEFORE BEING TRADED TO NEW YORK CITY FC. IN 2021, ROCHA WON THE MLS CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WITH NYCFC. AFTER THREE YEARS WITH NEW YORK, ROCHA PLAYED HIS FINAL PROFESSIONAL SEASON WITH ORANGE COUNTY SC IN THE USL.
COACH TONY IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HIS COACHING EDUCATION PROCESS WITH US SOCCER.
CONTACT: jaelitefc@gmail.com