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Joining the
Falcon coaching staff is Guillermo "Memo"
Gonzalez, who comes in with professional
playing experience, who last played
midfielder for the Los Angeles Galaxy in
Major League Soccer for four seasons. In his
four years in MLS, Gonzalez did not see much
playing time due to youth team commitments.
Over his first two seasons, he played 12
games, and played none at all during his
third and fourth seasons. He was waived by
the Galaxy during the 2007 pre-season.
Gonzalez
graduated from the Bradenton Academy in
2003, which is a full-time residency program
for the US Under 17 Men's National Team.
That same year he graduated, he was joined
by pro players Eddie Gaven and Freddy Adu.
At the time, Gonzalez became one of the
youngest players in MLS history to be
drafted when the Galaxy chose him as a
Project-40 player with the eighth overall
pick of the 2003 MLS SuperDraft. Gonzalez
spent most of his first year in the pros
with the Under-17 US national team, playing
at the Under-17 World Championship in
Finland. He also played on the US National
Under-14, Under-15 and Under 20 teams.
His coaching
experience now includes working with an
Under-14 and Under-10 Boys teams, while he
has also been a coach for an Under-19 Boys
Premier team. Additionally, Gonzalez has
been an assistant at Immaculate Heart High
School and with the Under-15 bys team that
was a semi-finalist for the National Cup. He
also founded Memo’s Kids Foundation, which
holds camps for kids, as well as soccer
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