Matt has been involved in the youth soccer landscape for over 20 years, which includes a playing career in his hometown of Northfield, Minn. as well as a referee career that has resulted in assignments for collegiate and professional leagues across the country.
Over the span of several years, Matt has developed relationships with many stakeholders in the Minnesota soccer community, which led to TCSL’s formation in 2017. Driven by fresh ideas and a constant drive to improve, Matt has an innate ability to execute the smallest of details while also pursuing our big-picture goal: creating exceptional soccer experiences for all.
Matt oversees all TCSL operations, which includes:
Joining the TCSL team in September 2022, Reid overseas the soccer side of TCSL. Having had a successful tenure as EPSC Director of Coaching and then Executive Director, Reid is well versed in the needs of soccer clubs big and small.
As Technical Director, Peter oversees the soccer side of TCSL in four key areas:
Dawn joined the TCSL team in August of 2021 after spending several years with the St. Paul Blackhawks as Club Administrator and prior to that, as a board member. She brings over a decade of experience as a club volunteer uniform coordinator, team manager and soccer parent before her expanded duties at Blackhawks.
With a BS in Physical Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and early career in pediatric physical therapy, Dawn stepped out of the professional world to raise her 3 children along with her husband Jeff in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood in Saint Paul. Those years also brought the opportunity to explore other interests – certification as a yoga instructor, founding a charter school PTO and establishing an annual community fundraiser.
Dawn’s duties at TCSL include:
Shayna joined the TCSL team in April 2023 as its first Events Coordinator. Joining us from most recent role at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum where she was an Event Lead responsible for many large scale events, Shayna is responsible for elevating the TCSL events experience for clubs and players.
Shayna’s duties at TCSL include:
While we aren’t perfect, we always reflect so that we can improve.
We listen first, then collaborate with soccer leaders to make good decisions.
The phone rings, we answer. We communicate in a timely, clear, and sensitive way.
Because we know the club soccer landscape and its nuances, we know how to create a league experience that works for all.