PLAYER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Stuart Duffin is a former player at Bristol City Football Club which play in the English league. Stuart played from 1992-1995 at the Championship division level for “The Cherries”. Following his time with Bristol City, Stuart then played for Stafford Rangers F.C. in the English Conference League, until the end of the 1995 season. After that, Stuart focused his soccer and personal educational development in the USA.

Stuart studied at Hofstra University in New York from 1995-1999, where he received a soccer scholarship. While at Hofstra, he was America East Conference Player of the Year, 1997-98; Regional All-American 1st team selection, Fall 1997; All-America East Conference 1st team selection, Fall 1997 and 1998; Hofstra University Soccer MVP, 1996-97. Stuart’s 50 career goals still stands as school record.

From, 2001-2003, he played for the New York Freedom in the USL D-3 Pro League.

Since moving to Florida in 2003, his soccer career has mainly revolved around local tournament invites although a regular figure in the Copa Latina tournament in Miami. Stuart was voted MVP of the pre-Copa Latina tournament in 2009.

Since 2003 Stuart has been a member of the Mako Soccer Club professional training staff. There, he provided technical training for Mako Soccer Club recreational and select teams.

Stuart was instrumental in developing the Mako Soccer Academy, which is designed to develop young players technical ability from an early age. In 2013, Stuart became the Director of Coaching at Mako Soccer Club and successfully guided the coaches of the club to improve player development and performance levels. The club had its best years of competition at the younger age groups under Stuart’s leadership and also had 3 teams in the round of 16 of State Cup in 2015.

Coaching Highlights:
1992 –1994: Coached at the F.A. School of Excellence in Nailsea, England.
2002: Player Coach of the NY Irish Rovers. Winner of Long Island Soccer league and NY State Cup.

2004 thru 2015 : Head Coach at Mako Soccer club for boys and girls teams at all age groups with many State and National coaching achievements across 7v7, 9v9 and 11v11 groups for both boys and girls teams.

2015: Appointed Director of Coaching at Mako Soccer Club

2016: Appointed Director of Coaching at Martin United Soccer Club U8 thru U12

2017: Appointed Player Development Director at Martin United Soccer Club Boys and Girls programs

Coaching Licenses:
NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma

NSCAA National Diploma

USSF National D license & Ex professional player waiver for USSF C License

DIRECTOR OF COACHING

Richard is responsible for all programs at Martin United. He is also the President of Martin United Soccer Club and joint founder. “El Prez” has his bio available to view on the “directors” page.

Richard has developed players to understand the qualities needed to achieve successful experiences in soccer and in life from grassroots levels thru to regional level competitive events. He has coached teams at all age and gender groups at Martin United. Richard created the Martin United philosophy for player and coaches development and he is responsible for ensuring his coaches and trainers deliver that vision.

Richard leads the development of players in Martin United’s “Micro” player program for players aged U8, U7, U6, U5 and U4.

Richard is the head coach of the 2006 Boys team since August 2020.

Richard just completed his USSF National B license in May 2021.

Coaching Licenses:
USSF National “Youth” License
USSF National “B” License

John was born and raised in the southern part of Germany bordering on France, he played for his hometown team of Maximiliansau before moving on to play for FSSV Karlsruhe which was in the Landesliga at the time. Prior to joining the service John spent a season with FV Lauda which made history by winning the Baden-Wuertemberg Amateur Cup which saw them gain an automatic berth for the DFB Pokal as the lowest amateur team. While in the service John was selected as a member of the All-Army team and his performance in the Inter-service tournament (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) warranted selection to the Inter-service team which represented the US at the 1983 Soldier Olympiad. He also played and captained Jackson FC in South Carolina to the Men’s state title in 1987.

While stationed in Germany John coached a U12 team and never looked back, he continued state side as an assistant to Heidi Ayers, one of the first female A-licensed coaches and they took their U12B to the state final. After relocating to Florida in 1991 John began coaching at Jensen Beach Soccer Club where he was responsible for the U15 and U16 boys program in 1995 he took the U15B to the Regional Div II final while the U16B went to the Div I final respectively. John joined the newly formed TCU in 1996 where his U16B won the state title that year. When he became Head Coach of the South Fork High School program in 1997 he joined Hobe Sound Soccer Club to help build the feeder program and has served as the Director of Training for the past five seasons. His teams have reached the Regional finals on six different occasions winning State on two of them.

Few people have impacted soccer on the Treasure Coast as has John Mullen for more than two decades with Treasure Coast United, Jensen Beach Soccer Club, Hobe Sound Soccer Club, FC Florida, and South Fork High School. Of John’s many successes, notable are his leading Hobe Sound’s 97/98 boys to a Region A Cup championships in 2014 and the finals in 2016. He took on the 99/00 girls at a time when the team was coachless and always puts the best interests of the kids and their overall development first. John has spent the past two years working with a team that includes a player who made U.S. Soccer’s Olympic Development Program as one of the top 20 in the state. As an Army veteran, John displays the skill of quiet leadership in all he does for youth soccer and brings a meticulous work ethic to all he does. As an Arsenal FC supporter, John has developed a resilient patience.

Highlights of John’s Soccer Career Include:

2016 – current : Martin United Soccer Club; Technical trainer and Head Coach

1998 – 2015: Hobe Sound Soccer Club; Trainer and Head Coach

1997 – 2000: South Fork High School; JV and Varsity Head Coach

1996 –1997: Treasure Coast United; Trainer and Head Coach

1993 –1997: Jensen Beach Soccer Club; Trainer and Head Coach

1987: Ft. Jackson SC; Assistant to Heidi Ayers (one of the 1st A Licensed woman in US)

1984 –1986: Nellington Post Germany; Trainer and Head Coach

Playing Career:
1980-1981: FV Lauda, Germany

1977-1980 FSSV Karlsruhe, Germany

1967 – 1977: FVPM1912, Germany

John is looking forward to being a part of helping shape Martin United into a model club that will represent the Treasure Coast and relishes the challenges that come with it.

Coaching Licenses:
USSF “D” #1577

USSF “C” #9215

USSF National “Youth” License

NSCAA National Diploma along with the NSCAA Regional Diploma

Chris Monroe is a head coach and an assistant coach at Martin United.

Chris has risen through the ranks at Martin United from volunteer parent, to assistant coach and head coach. He has been involved in coaching soccer for five years. Chris has a USSF National D license and is a self confessed “club guy”.

Bernardo Quintero is a coach for Martin United.

Bio to follow.

Coach Josh Nolz joins the Martin United boys program and will help with developing our younger 7 v 7 & 9 v 9 age group of boys teams. Coach Josh has already been working within the club at grass roots level in our U8 Academy and also in our U9 competitive team. Josh will be the head coach of the Martin United 2012 Boys team. Josh has an extensive soccer playing career with four years at Virginia Wesleyan College, three years in the A League (now USL) and also a USA national beach soccer team member from 2005 to 2010. Coaching experience is also extensive with younger age players at Beach FC in Virginia where he was responsible for the technical training program, the youth Academy program and 7v7 boys teams (U9 thru U11). Josh was also an ODP coach from 2007 thru 2014 in Virginia.

AJ Diaz a native of Miami springs a 4 year varsity soccer starter and all- dade selection for Miami springs senior high school and an all- state kicker for the varsity football team. AJ turned down some small soccer offers for a full athletic scholarship to kick at The University of Alabama where he lettered. After college, AJ played in the semi pro leagues for soccer in Miami for a few seasons before beginning his coaching career at Miami Southridge Senior High School coaching the Boys Varsity soccer team. During his tenure at Miami Southridge he coached a player named Federico Agreda who would go on to play at division 1 Syracuse University. AJ during his time at Southridge was recruited to coach at Miami Strike Force and served as assistant to former Colombian national player Luis Perea. AJ continued his coaching at Mako Soccer Club in Port St Lucie, as the assistant to the boys U18 squad under Bernardo Quintero, and eventually securing a head coaching position at South Fork High School in Stuart, FL. in year 2016. Arriving in 2019, we welcome AJ to our MUSC family. AJ holds a USSF “D” license and is planning to pursue his “C” by year 2022. AJ will become the new head coach of Jensen Beach High School Boys varsity soccer team from the 2021/22 season.