Tim Oswald

Tim Oswald continued to raise the bar for Rutgers-Camden soccer in his second season as the Scarlet Raptors’ head coach. For the second consecutive season, Oswald’s team finished in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Top 4 during the regular season, reached the NJAC playoffs, won 13 games and capped its campaign by winning the ECAC Metro championship.

        In his two years with the Raptors, Oswald has posted a 26-11-9 record (5-1-1 in playoff matches) and captured a pair of ECAC Metro titles, making him the only coach in program history to end his year with a post-season victory. Oswald also is constantly upgrading the Raptors’ rugged schedule to face the top teams in the country. In his 46 games at Rutgers-Camden, Oswald has coached 21 times against nationally-ranked teams, leading the Scarlet Raptors to seven wins and seven ties against that rugged competition.

        Rutgers-Camden finished the last two seasons as the No. 6 team in the final NSCAA Metro Region rankings. The Raptors received votes toward the d3kicks.com national poll both seasons.     

     Oswald turned in perhaps his finest coaching performance during the 2007 season. He led the Raptors to a 13-7-3 record and their second straight ECAC Metro title in the wake of the tragic loss of their top player, Pat Baldiserra. The All-America midfielder was killed in an automobile accident during the summer of 2007, prior to his senior season.

        The 2007 Scarlet Raptors posted two wins and three ties against Top 25 teams, produced four All-NJAC players and four NSCAA Regional All-Americans. They also saw three players named to the 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Men’s Soccer Team. One of them, senior Rodney Guishard, was named as the Performer of the Year on the Inquirer’s Academic squad. Guishard also finished tied for 32nd nationally in assists per game (0.50, with 11 assists in 22 games).

        All those accomplishments earned Oswald the Edward C. Cialella Coach of the Year honor at the annual Rutgers-Camden Athletic Banquet in May, 2008.

        In his first year as the Scarlet Raptors’ head coach, Oswald led Rutgers-Camden to a second-place finish in the NJAC standings, guided his team to a berth in the NJAC tournament and capped the season by winning their first ECAC Division III Men’s Metro Soccer Championship. Rutgers-Camden’s 1-0 victory at New Jersey City University (November 12, 2006) gave the Raptors the first ECAC crown in program history. The victory also helped Rutgers-Camden receive a vote toward the final d3kicks.com Top 25 national poll of the year.

        Rutgers-Camden posted a 13-4-6 record in Oswald’s maiden season with the Raptors.  His goalies placed 11th nationally in Division III in saves percentage (.884) and 39th in goals-against average (0.70).

        Overall, Oswald’s team featured six all-conference players, a pair of Philadelphia Inquirer all-academic stars and Rutgers-Camden’s first NCAA All-American, when Baldiserra was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas NCAA Division III All-America Third Team.

        Over the summer of 2007, Oswald added another credential to his coaching resume, serving as an assistant coach for the Ocean City Barons’ Premier Development League team. He joined the staff of first-year BaronsHead Coach Mike Pellegrino and helped Ocean City reach the Eastern Conference semifinals. He stepped back from coaching with the Barons in 2008, but served as the recruiting coordinator for the squad.

        Oswald brought plenty of credentials to his head coaching job at Rutgers-Camden. A standout soccer player at Father Judge High School in Philadelphia, he earned All-Catholic honors and added All-Area recognition from the Northeast Times in 1996. He was an integral part in helping the FJHS squad reach the Catholic playoffs after a hiatus through the 1990’s.

        Oswald continued his soccer career as a midfielder/forward at Elizabethtown College, where the Blue Jays earned national rankings during all four of his years, including Top 5 rankings during his junior and senior seasons. The Blue Jays played in three straight MAC championship games, winning the 1999 title and earning a trip to the NCAA tournament. They finished 60-17-2 over Oswald’s four years at Elizabethtown. During his senior year he earned conference Player of the Week, First-Team All-Conference and All-Academic MAC honors. In 53 career games, he notched 15 goals, 18 assists and 48 points at Elizabethtown.

        Oswald received his B.S. in Elementary Education from Elizabethtown in 2001 and his Master’s in School Counseling from Widener in 2003.

        Oswald served three seasons as an assistant coach at Arcadia University from 2003-05, helping the Scarlet Knights achieve Division III Top 25 national rankings each year. Arcadia reached the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship game all three years, winning the PAC title in 2004 and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament. His mentor, former AU coach Tom Carlin, is now the Head Coach at Villanova University after a brief stop at Northwestern University.

        Prior to coaching at Arcadia, Oswald spent the 2001 and 2002 seasons assisting at Widener University. In his second season at Widener, the Pioneers achieved the highest NSCAA regional ranking in the history of the program and earned their second-ever ECAC post-season berth.

        Oswald owns his NSCAA National Diploma, which he passed with distinction. On the club level, Oswald has served as a club coach for the South Jersey Barons (New Jersey), FC Bucks (EPA), PSC Coppa (Pennsylvania), and the Montgomery United Soccer Club (Pennsylvania). He has won seven state championships (outdoor and indoor), a U.S. Club Regional Championship, and will be attending the 2008 Super Y National Championships with his South Jersey Barons U-17 Black team this November in Tampa, Florida. He has been an ODP U-14 assistant coach with EPYSA as well.

        Oswald, who lives in West Deptford with his wife Denise, works as a guidance counselor at Ridley Middle School (PA).

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Wayne Grocott

Wayne provides the TeamDynamics staff with another coach with international experience and a professional coaching background. He has been a Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) head coach for the past three seasons. He began his WPSL coaching career in 2006 when he was named the Head Coach of the expansion Northampton Laurels. During the Laurels inaugural season, he guided the franchise to a second place finish in the Southern Division of the Eastern Conference and a berth in the WPSL playoffs. In 2007, Wayne moved over to direct the Philadelphia Liberty to a 3rd-place finish in the WPSL’s Eastern Conference - Mid-Atlantic Division. 2008 finds Wayne taking over the reigns at the CDSA Future.

Prior to joining TeamDynamics, Wayne served as the Head Coach of the Ocean City Barons team (USL/PDL) in 2005 - moving over from their women’s side, the South Jersey Banshees. Wayne directed the Banshees, in their inaugural season of 2001, to a second-place finish and berth in the conference finals. From there, Wayne moved to the Cape Code Crusaders (USL/PDL) for a successful 2002 season before returning to the Barons/Banshees in 2003. While with the Barons/Banshees, Wayne also directed teams in their youth academy.

Wayne has extensive coaching experience in the UK. Wayne has coached for the professional team Barnet FC of the English Soccer League Division 2 for their Football in the Community Scheme and also for Norwich City FC of the English Championship League in their School of Excellence. During his playing career - which lasted 14 years - Wayne trained with Brentford (currently Division 2 in the English League) and with Cambridge United FC (currently Blue Square Premier division of the Football Conference).

Wayne holds a UEFA "B" Coaching License, a USSF "B" Coaching License, and an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma. He will be taking his USSF "A" License in 2008.

Wayne is a native of the North of England but lived in North London for 20 years. Wayne and his wife, Kristina, reside in Sicklerville, NJ.

Seamus O'Connor

Seamus O’Connor has established himself as a talented coach on the youth, collegiate, and professional levels. He recently completed a stint as Head Coach of the CDSA Future, a Dover, DE entry in the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) - the 2nd ranked league in the world for women. Competing with local high school and Division III college women in a league featuring players from the US Women’s National Pool, National Pool players from other countries, and Division I players from some of the nation’s top programs, he directed the Future to a very respectable 5th place finish that included 5 one-goal losses.

Prior to the Future, O’Connor directed Immaculata University ’s Men’s program to a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference’s quarterfinal play-off appearance in only the start-up program’s second year in existence. The Mighty Macs posted a 7-10 overall record with a cast of freshmen and sophomores whose season featured road upsets over Cabrini College and Wesley College - two highly regionally ranked teams.

In 2003, he led the Reading Rage of the USL/PDL to an 8-8-2 record - the Rage’s first .500 or better record in many seasons - and a near-miss appearance in the US Open Cup.

On the youth front, O’Connor was the Director of the Super Y League program for the Reading Rage where he oversaw the running of five boy’s teams - two of which qualified for the Super Y League National Finals.  O’Connor was selected as Head Coach for the U16 Boys team to represent the Mid-Atlantic Region at the Super Y League National ODP Camp. Additionally, he assisted CHC Assistant Coach Jody Roberts in the development of Philadelphia Soccer Club’s Coppa United into a top 35 team nationally. Coppa United was an EPYSA State Cup finalist, a Jefferson Cup champion, and appeared in the Dallas Cup, Surf Cup, and Super Y League National Finals in addition to playing the Chinese U17 MNT to a 1-1 draw.

O’Connor graduated from Athlone Institute of Technology in in 1997 where he was the starting goalkeeper for three seasons. While in college, he trained with League of Ireland clubs Athlone Town and Longford Town . His soccer education includes an FA of Ireland Coaching License, FAI Goalkeeping License, NSCAA National License, NSCAA Level 1 and NSCAA Level 2 Goalkeeping License.

Seamus, a native of Galway, resides in Blackwood, NJ with his wife, Alexandra and son, Shay.

Matt Driver

For nearly two decades, Matt has been recognized as a guiding force in the area of player education and development in the United States. He is the author of "Coaching Dynamics - Effective Coaching and Management of Top Level Teams" and is the star of three best selling DVD’s - "Block Defending and Counterattacking Schemes", "Speed of Play with Matt Driver" and "Transitional Play with Matt Driver".

Matt is the former first assistant coach of the New England Revolution (MLS) where he assisted Steve Nicol in taking the team from last place in the Eastern Conference to becoming the Conference champion and to the MLS Cup final where the Revolution lost to the LA Galaxy in front of 62,000 screaming fans at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. Prior to his years with the Revolution, Matt was acknowledged as the most successful  coach  in  the USL D3 Pro league for leading the South Jersey Barons to several conference titles, a regular season national title, and an appearance in the national championship match.

Most recently, Matt has emerged as the person responsible for the eastward expansion of both the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) - the 2nd-ranked league in the world for women - and the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) which makes each now truly a national league. As the founder and head coach of the AC Diablos Women, Matt has posted a two-year combined record of 16-3-1 and has reached the WPSL East Coast Final both years. As the Men’s coach in their debut season in 2007, he directed that team to a 5-4-1 record and an appearance in the East Coast Final.

The Glasgow, Scotland native also has served as the Delaware State Director of Coaching for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) and the Director of the Delware Youth Soccer Association’s (DYSA) Olympic Development Program (ODP).

As a professional player, Matt began in what are now the Coca-Cola  Divisions  of  the  English  Premier League (EPL) where he enjoyed stints with both Bury and Burnley before moving on to SC Herford in the German Bundesliga. He then came to the States to compete for the Albany Capitals and the Boston Bolts of the now defunct American Professional Soccer League (APSL). 

Matt is the holder of a Scottish Football Association A-I license, a Brazilian A License, a USSF A License, and NSCAA Premier and Advanced National Diplomas. He lives in Egg Harbor Twp., NJ with his wife Karen. 

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Bo Roman

Former National team player for Paraguay