Guillermo A. Valencia is in his fourth season as an assistant coach with the New York University women’s soccer program. Just as he has since joining the staff before the 2007 campaign, he will continue to oversee the squad’s goalkeepers while helping with training sessions.
Valencia’s assistance helped the Violets go 10-9-1 last fall and earn a spot in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Metro Tournament championship game.
"We're very excited and lucky to have ‘Memo’ work with our goalkeepers,” NYU head coach Werner T. Dasbach said. “He is a fantastic GK trainer who brings a wealth of professional playing experience, as well as coaching experience from all five boroughs of New York City. Memo is one of New York's top GK trainers.”
In the spring of 2010, Valencia was appointed GK Assistant Coach with the U17 U.S. Men’s National Team. He has extensive experience coaching in the greater New York City area on the collegiate, high school and club levels, and currently serves as GK Coach with Blau Weiss Gotchee Cosmos and the New York Soccer Club. Valencia also served as the GK coach at Columbia University, where he worked with Dasbach, from 2002-05.
Valencia is also well established in area high schools, having been the goalkeepers coach at Riverdale H.S. (2003-06) and Greenwich H.S. (2005-06). In addition, he has served as the goalkeeping clinics director for organizations including Larchmont Soccer (2004-06), the Greenwich Soccer Association (2004-06), the Westchester Youth Soccer League (2004-06), the Manhattan Soccer Club (2002-06), and White Plains Soccer (2001, 2004-06).
Valencia also possesses professional playing experience, both nationally and internationally. He was a goalkeeper for America de Cali (1990-95), Cartago Futbol Club (1995) and Deportivo Pereira (1996-2000) in his native Colombia, before playing for minor-league soccer clubs America Pumas and Potros Marte in 2001. He has also suited up for the Westchester Flames (2003-04) and Long Island Rough Riders (2005) of the United Soccer League (USL).
A native of Pereira, Colombia, and resident of Englewood, NJ, Valencia holds both a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) “B” License and a USSF Goalkeeping National License.
