manta staff
MANTA UNITED STAFF
Manta’s coaching staff includes many seasoned coaches with a broad background of experiences and all bring their own style of coaching, but all follow the “Manta Way”. As a club, each team/age group will have one head coach. However, the club will feature several “staff coaches” that will assist with several teams in order to ensure that coaches are familiar with the players throughout the club and a consistent level of coaching across teams/age groups.
TONY CATANZARITE
CLUB DIRECTOR
BOYS DIRECTOR | HEAD COACH
DOUG PAUL
HEAD COACH
ALBERTO CRESPO
HEAD COACH
FRANCO TIERI
HEAD COACH
SANDY FINDLEY
GIRLS DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH
BEN KUNKEL
STEVE BLATNICA
DAVE LAGUARDIA
HEAD COACH
MIKEY SCHMID
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH
DAVID RUBIS
MATT NIGRO
FRANCO BARILE
KARLY SMITH
HEAD COACH
SEAN MCCUE
GRACE SILVERSTRO
JOE HERMAN
SEAN GIGUERE
HEAD COACH
JOSH KAWA
KATIE O'DONNELL
STAFF COACH
RILEY MADDEN
ALYSSA SOLTIS
HEAD COACH
JUSTIN BURTON
DAVE PELLAND
BRIAN JUNGEBERG
HEAD COACH
JOE EMERY
STAFF COACH
DAVE EIDENMILLER
CHAD LONGFIELD
JALAL IGNEIM
MATT DZIEDZICKI
STAFF COACH
RICH BALLENTINE
TIM HEISLER
KENNETH RUSSO
STAFF COACH
JAMIE OTTER
JULIAN SHIRLEY
NICK HEYNIGER
SARAH BASKEY
GOALKEEPER COACH
ANDREA CATANZARITE
JEN KERR
KELLY JUNGEBURG
JEN AMBURN
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
MICHAEL KERR
STAFF COACH
JOHN BENA
HEAD COACH
ROSS MINICK
STAFF COACH
COLIN FABIAN
HEAD COACH
CALEB ELDENMILLER
STAFF COACH
LAUREN SMIMOV
STAFF COACH
ABOUT MANTA UNITED...
Manta United is the newest youth soccer club in Northeast Ohio and will begin in the fall 2020 Season. Manta United will initially field boys and girls teams ages 2005 (U14) and younger, with a true focus on development of young players. Manta makes its home on a multi-field outdoor complex in Strongsville as well in its own Manta field house for indoor and year round training opportunities.
Manta’s founder, Tony Catanzarite, is the men’s head coach of Walsh Jesuit High School and has put together a Manta club coaching staff with many years of experience at the youth, high school, and college levels.