Spokane Soccer Club is pleased to announce the addition of Gonzaga University Assistant Mens coach Vito Higgins to our coaching staff. Vito will be starting his 5th year with NCAA Division One Gonzaga University this Fall. Coach Higgins played Goalkeeper for four years at Gonzaga University where he garnered team of the week, 2nd team All West Coast Conference, and NSCAA ALL Far West 2nd team. After Gonzaga, Vito signed and played for the LA Galaxy of the MLS, as a backup to Steve Cronin. Vito has also trained with numerous MLS and pro franchises. Coach Higgins has been in the coaching ranks for almost the last ten years. He coached for the Le Jardin Academy, run summer camp sessions for Gonzaga University, Hawaii ODP, and currently the Gonzaga University Mens Assistant Coach.
Vito will be running SSC’s keeper sessions for all of our academy keepering training. Vito will also be coaching with Dan Philp our high school boys aged team. We are extremely excited to have Vito join our staff!
For the upcoming Boys U17 and Boys U18 teams we are excited to have Vito directly working with our teams for their final two years of youth level play!
SSC Elite Girls U17 and U18 teams went undefeated over the Thanksgiving weekend at the 2011 Field Turf Cup College Showcase held at Starfire. Over 50 different colleges were at the tournament watching high school aged girls.
