Meet Our Team

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Emily Scheese

GENERAL MANAGER

Emily Scheese, a soccer prodigy with a US Soccer Coaching C License, has coached at Cal State Maritime Academy, Nike US Soccer Camps, Almaden FC, and Aptos Tide Soccer Club. As a leader, she’s developed coaching staff and players, contributing to GLG’s soccer greatness.

Maia Courtois

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Maia, a former competitive soccer player and coach, has coached youth sports and soccer for five years, including three with GLG. She holds USSF licenses for 7v7, 9v9, and 11v11 coaching and is certified as a youth soccer referee and assignor. After graduating from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor’s in Politics, she keeps her mind sharp with the New York Times crossword puzzle.

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Kayli Gaspar

CUSTOMER SUCCESS

She specializes in developing young players' technical skills and game understanding.

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Lexi Schumacher

PROGRAM ASSISTANT

Lexi has been a soccer prodigy for over a decade, playing competitive travel soccer and even calling the shots as a radio sportscaster for the Dominican University of California’s NCAA soccer programs. Now, she’s a coach at GLG, mentoring multiple teams across our recreational and competitive soccer programs.

Our Awesome Coaches

The essence of our programs begins with our coaches.

Sydney Cooke

Kylie Schneider

Alexis Catt

Alexis Wright

Sydney Shepard

Heba Aboufaraj

Cailin Bloom

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Ashley Holguin

Karlie Lema

Veronica Rodriguez

Annissa Byrd

Julia Quinn

Margaret Powers

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Rachael Vasquez

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Reviews

Great organization! Coaches do a great job to make soccer fun while growing the girls' skills and confidence. Not just for highly skilled/competitive girls, also great for more recreational players.

Jorge Montoy

13 days ago

We absolutely love Girls Leading Goals! Our daughter had a not-so-great experience with soccer in Kindergarten and never wanted to play again. She had a friend that loved GLG, so we urged her to give soccer another try. Coach Kylie is amazing. Super sweet and positive, and really teaches the kids well. Not only does my daughter look forward to every practice and game ---> she also asked to be signed up for an ADDITIONAL practice throughout the week. We are huge fans of GLG!

Rich Menendez

4 months ago

The club is very well organized and we love the fact that the focus is not only on soccer, but also general well being of the girls and instilling confidence in them on and off of the field. My daughter is very much enjoying her time with GLG.

Michael W.

5 months ago

Great organization with a great message. Our daughter enjoys the positivity of the coaching staff and it has helped her grow as a person and athlete.

fibberer

5 months ago

We have absolutely loved the coaching philosophy and coaches at GLG. Great program!

Sarah Bertram

6 months ago

Our daughter said this was her favorite camp of the summer, and she had tons of camps she enjoyed.

Benny Wijatno

7 months ago