RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Manhattan first year women's soccer head
coach Brendan Lawler has named Alicia Tirelli as an assistant coach.
Tirelli was a standout forward at Florida
Atlantic University
and has competed the last four years at the professional level within the USL
W-League. She brings collegiate, high school and club coaching experience to
Riverdale.
"Alicia is
a quality person with an outstanding playing background and mind for the game,"
explained Lawler. "She is going to be a great resource to the players on
exactly what it takes to be a successful student-athlete, provide an extra
layer of depth and insight to help us improve everyday, and will help a great
deal in attracting more quality young women to the program. Manhattan women's soccer is fortunate to have
Alicia on staff."
Tirelli
spent the 2008 season as a Division I assistant coach at her alma mater where
she helped Florida Atlantic advance to the Sun Belt Conference semifinals.
During her one-year term with the Owls, Tirelli mentored three players who
received All-Sun Belt honors, and 14 of her student-athletes were named to the
Dean's List.
Most
recently, Tirelli has coached within the club level working for Quickstrike FC
recreational and premier teams in New Windsor, N.Y. In 2006, she served as the
head coach of the junior varsity team at Coral Springs
High School in Florida
before spending two years as an assistant club coach in Boca Raton, Fla.,
for Team Boca's U14-U15 premier teams.
Tirelli
received All-Conference accolades in each of her four years as a
student-athlete at Florida Atlantic. A two-time team captain, Tirelli was named
First Team All-Sun Belt and Sun Belt All-Tournament Team her junior year, after
leading the Owls in goals and helping the team advance to the conference
semifinals. Tirelli repeated as a First Team All-Sun Belt selection as a senior
and finished her career with 66 points on 27 goals and 12 assists.
The Tampa, Fla.
native currently plays professionally for the Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady
Blues of the USL W-League. She started her career in the W-League playing two
seasons with the Cocoa Expos (2006-2007) and played the following year with the
Tampa Bay Hellenic (2008).
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