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The club

Leadership & staff

The people responsible for how players are developed at JFC.

  • Coach Junior

    Co-Owner and Director of Coaching

    • Played for Rutgers University Newark
    • Coached at the Benfica Soccer School (Portugal)
    • Student of Pep Guardiola and Barcelona's futbol methodology
    • Former Assistant Coach and trainer, NJIT (NCAA Division 1) — led the team to its first conference final title
    • Former Assistant Coach, Rutgers University Newark (NCAA Division 3) — led the team to its first conference championship
    • Founding father and Director of Coaching, First Touch Soccer
    • Personal interests: boxing, cooking, reading
    Coach Junior

  • Dave Strumeier

    Managing Partner

    JFCsoccerusa@gmail.com

    • Founding father of "Pro Player," an all-encompassing professional sports licensing company
    • Renamed Joe Robbie Stadium to Pro Player Stadium in 1996
    • Named 1996 Marketer of the Year, Brandweek Magazine, Executives Under 40
    • Lead consultant to Sportika, the largest indoor sports project in New Jersey; spearheaded the entire project
    • Former United States sanctioned referee
    • Former college baseball player
    • Personal interests: working with underprivileged children, supporting children's charities, all sports, and reading the Bible
    Dave Strumeier