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Starting his second year with the Falcon
coaching staff is Guillermo "Memo" Gonzalez,
who comes in with professional playing
experience, most recently playing 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 clinics. |