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Joining the Cerritos College staff for his
first second year as the goalkeeper coach is
Chris Lekavich. He has over 25 years of
playing and training experience at various
levels of the sport. In his training he has
been able to improvise, adapt, and overcome
all deficiencies existing in goalkeepers'
forms prior to his training. Lekavich’s
training methods greatly improve the
athletic skill and levels of his
goalkeepers. Because of this, many of his
students have been scouted to play for
higher level teams, offered scholarships to
colleges, and have won various prestigious
titles and tournaments.
His coaching career consists of training
goalkeepers for various clubs and privately.
He was the goalkeeper trainer for Cerritos
United Soccer Club and Cerritos High School.
Lekavich is now the current trainer for F.C.
Irvine and F.C. South Coast Bayern. He is
also the goalkeeper trainer for Huntington
Beach High School and Cypress High School.
Lekavich also trains the keeper for an
indoor arena soccer team and has trained
approximately 50 or more private students
ranging in age from 8 years old to 39 years
old.
Lekavich went to Marina High School and
played on both the junior varsity and
varsity teams, where he was a two-time
all-league and All-CIF selection. Lekavich
then went to Golden West College, where he
continued to play soccer and began his
pursuit for a college degree. He also played
on the DSV Danubia Men's League team, until
he entered the United States Marine Corps
(USMC) in 1992.
While in the USMC, he played for various
teams throughout his service before being
honorably discharged in 1996. The teams
Lekavich played for while in the Marine
Corps include: Marine Team - Rota, Spain,
School of Infantry Soccer Team - Camp
Pendleton, West Coast All Star Team, All
Marine Corps Team; and the Honorable Mention
All Service Team.
In 1996, Lekavich received a full athletic
scholarship to California State University
of Fullerton to play Division 1 Soccer. He
was formally trained in goalkeeping at Cal
State Fullerton by Zack Abdel (a former
Egyptian National Team goalkeeper and a
holder of Class A Bundishliga coaching
license; former goalkeeper trainer for the
LA Galaxy; current trainer for Chivas USA
and the US Men's National Team). Lekavich
graduated Cal State Fullerton with a degree
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