2022 MIKE BERTICELLI EXCELLENCE IN COACHING EDUCATION AWARD
Felicity Day
Felicity Day , a longtime United Soccer Coaches coach educator , becomes the 23rd person to receive the prestigious recognition from her peers . The award is named in honor of Mike Berticelli , the former United Soccer Coaches Vice President of Education and men ’ s coach at the University of Notre Dame who passed away in 2000 . Day serves as Coach Developer for many of the association ’ s educational courses in Massachusetts and across the country .
“ Being named the recipient of the Mike Berticelli award is quite an honor ,” said Vince Ganzberg , United Soccer Coaches Director of Coaching Education . “ Felicity has been a member of the United Soccer Coaches instructional team for 19 years . During this time , she has always presented outstanding content to all of the coaches she has been in front of . While her delivery of content is outstanding , it ’ s her demeanor and professionalism that is most prevalent . Her receiving this award solidifies her standing as one of the best coaching educators for United Soccer Coaches .”
In addition to giving her time to the association , Day is the Vice President of Steel Experience and a coach developer at Steel Sports , as well as the head coach of the 2009 Girls Steel United Boston . In her spare time , she volunteers with Athletes Unlimited ( MA ), an organization that runs soccer programs for children with disabilities .
Day ’ s professional experience spans many roles over the course of 20 + years , including player for Arsenal Ladies in London ( 1998-99 ), head women ’ s soccer coach at Nichols College ( 1998- 2001 ), Owner and Director of Coaching at John Smith Soccer Academy in ( 2002-18 ), head girls soccer coach at Weston High School ( 2007-09 ), and Director of Education at FCUSA Soccer Club ( 2018-20 ).
Day has been a member of the association since 1998 . A longtime student of the game , Day has earned her United Soccer Coaches Master Coach Diploma / University of Delaware Master Coach Certificate , the highest diploma offered by the association . Additionally , she has earned her UEFA ‘ C ’ license and USSF ‘ C ’ license .
MIKE BERTICELLI EXCELLENCE IN COACHING EDUCATION AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS
2000 |
Jim Lennox |
2001 |
Anson Dorrance |
2002 |
Tony Waiters |
2003 |
George Perry |
2004 |
Peter Gooding |
2005 |
Doug Williamson |
2006 |
Jeff Vennell |
2007 |
Schellas Hyndman |
2008 |
Peter Broadley |
2009 |
Dave Saward |
2010 |
Nancy Feldman |
2011 |
Barry Gorman |
2012 |
Laura Kerrigan |
2013 |
Kim Sutton |
2014 |
Paul Payne |
2015 |
Paul Marco |
2016 |
Bill Steffen |
2017 |
Cyndi Goodwin |
2018 |
Jason Neumann |
2019 |
Roy Dunshee |
2020 |
Neil Hull |
2021 |
Deborah Raber |
16 76th Annual United Soccer Coaches Awards Banquet