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maia
PEREZ
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
1 GOALKEEPER 5-10 5TH YEAR PSYCHOLOGY/ CRIMINAL JUSTICE
HAWKS TIDBIT: Maia Perez has
inked her name throughout Hartford’s record book, ranking fifth all-time in saves, sixth in shutouts and sixth in wins
2021
SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT KICKOFF+/RESULT THUR. 8/19 AT DELAWARE STATE W, 5-0 SAT.
8/21
ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN
W, 1-0
THUR. 8/26
AT TEXAS TECH
THUR. 9/2
MERRIMACK
SUN.
AT LAFAYETTE
W, 2-1 (ot)
THUR. 9/9
AT FAIRFIELD
T, 1-1 (2ot)
SUN.
9/12
SIENA
W, 3-0
SUN.
9/19
NEW HAMPSHIRE*
W, 2-0
SUN.
9/26
AT UMBC*
W, 2-0
9/5
L, 0-1 W, 2-0
THUR. 9/30
UALBANY*
SUN.
10/3
AT BINGHAMTON*
L, 0-1
SUN.
10/10
VERMONT*
L, 0-2
THUR. 10/14
AT UMASS LOWELL*
SUN.
10/17
STONY BROOK*
SUN.
10/24
AT MAINE*
T, 1-1 (2ot)
T, 2-2 (2ot) W, 2-0 T, 1-1 (2ot)
THUR. 10/28
NJIT*
SUN.
AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^
TBD
THUR. 11/4
AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^
TBD
SUN.
AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^
TBD
10/31 11/7
5 PM
RED - HOME GAMES (AL-MARZOOK FIELD) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT HIGHEST SEED OF EACH MATCH
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TONIGHT’S MATCH
Three crucial points are on the line Thursday, when Hartford hosts NJIT in both teams’ 2021 regular-season finale. The Hawks are 5-1-1 at home this season, while the Highlanders are just 1-6-1 in road games.
SENIOR DAY
Thursday will also serve as Hartford’s Senior Day. The Hawks will honor Julia Atlee, Saige Bingman, Taylor Brown, Lexi Doran, Andrea Carina Costa Garcia, Izzy Lachcik and Maia Perez prior to the 5 p.m. kickoff.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Hartford and NJIT meet for the first time as conference mates on Thursday. The teams faced off three times before the Highlanders joined the America East for the 2020-21 campaign. Hartford scored identical 1-0 victories to begin the series in 2014 and 2015, before NJIT responded with a 2-1 win in 2016.
LAST TIME OUT
Hartford battled Maine to a 1-1 double-overtime draw on Mahaney Diamond on Sunday. The Black Bears got on the board in the 17th minute, before Bingman drew the teams even with a strike from 30 yards out in the 67th minute.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
NJIT rebounded from a three-game winless streak with consecutive 1-0 victories against New Hampshire and UAlbany. Christine Conaghy provided the heroics against the Great Danes on Sunday, scoring in the 96th minute to earn three crucial America East points for her team. A fifth-year forward, she leads an offense that averages 0.82 scores per game with four goals and nine points.
WHAT’S ON THE LINE?
The America East postseason race is tight, with four of the six spots still up for grabs. Vermont, which
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won the regular-season title for the first time since 1996, and Binghamton are the only two teams to lock up a tournament bid. Just four points separate the second through eighth place teams, as UMass Lowell, New Hampshire, NJIT, Hartford, UAlbany and Stony Brook are all fighting for the final four spots.
1.60
GOALS/GAME
0.82
NEXT ON TAP
12.4
SHOTS/GAME
10.1
.129
SHOT %
.081
The top six teams in the league standings based on points percentage will qualify for the America East Championship, which begins with quarterfinal action on Sunday, Oct. 31. Vermont and Binghamton, which locked up the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds this past weekend, earned a first-round bye, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will host quarterfinal matches.
T AL E O F T H E T A P E 8-3-4
RECORD
6-10-1
T1
STREAK
W2
24
GOALS
14
85-186
.457
SOG-ATT
75-172
SOG %
.436
23
ASSISTS
12
75
CORNER KICKS
80
1-2
PK: GOALS-ATT
0-0
GAA
1.25
0.63 65
SAVES
95
.867
SAVE %
.812
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
Vermont Binghamton UMass Lowell New Hampshire NJIT Hartford UAlbany Stony Brook Maine UMBC
OVERALL AE W-L-T PCT W-L-T PTS 9-5-1 .633 8-6-3 .559 7-6-2 .533 6-7-2 .467 6-10-1 .382 8-3-4 .667 4-7-4 .400 6-8-2 .438 3-6-4 .385 5-8-3 .406
6-2-0 18 4-2-2 14 4-3-1 13 4-3-1 13 4-3-1 13 3-2-3 12 3-3-2 11 3-4-1 10 1-5-2 5 1-6-1 4
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(8-3-4 OVERALL, 3-2-3 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
1
Maia Perez
5th
GK
5-10
Hometown/Last School
2
Saige Bingman
Gr.
M
5-8
Cheshire, Conn./Fordham Univ.
3
Doireann Fahey
Jr.
B
5-7
Kildare, Ireland/Scoil Bhride Lackagh
4
Tristan McFarlane
Fr.
M
5-8
Ottawa, Ontario/Brookfield
5
Julia Atlee
Sr.
B
5-9
Sacramento, Calif./Folsom Lake College
6
Christina Stone
So.
M
5-2
Glastonbury, Conn./Loomis Chaffee
7
Makaela Montgomery-Williams
Jr.
B
5-5
Mississauga, Ontario/Our Lady of Mount Carmel
8
Victoria Jedrychowski Jr.
M
5-7
Farmington, Conn./Farmington
9
Andrea Carina Costa Garcia
R-Sr. M
5-2
Aurora, Ontario/Fairleigh Dickinson
Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood
10 Ishani Sharma
Jr.
M
5-5
Brampton, Ontario/Castlebrooke Secondary
11 Imani Jenkins
So.
F
5-7
Middletown, Conn./Middletown
12 Lexi Doran
5th
B
5-8
Hebron, Conn./RHAM
13 Jordyn Ferraro
So.
F
5-4
Manalapan, N.J./Academy of Law & Public Safety
14 May Cervone
So.
F
5-7
Milford, Conn./Hamden Hall Country Day
15 Juliana Chiarella
Fr.
B
5-3
Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional
16 Izzy Lachcik
Sr.
B/M
5-7
Vernon, Conn./Loomis Chaffee
17 Victoria Foster
So.
B
5-9
Mississauga, Ontario/St. Martin Secondary
18 Kelly Severini
So.
M
5-6
Union, N.J./Union
19 Chloe Layne
So.
F
5-6
Wrentham, Mass./King Philip
21 Taylor Brown
Sr.
M
5-3
Natick, Mass./Natick
22 Elise Engquist
So.
B
5-6
Gilroy, Calif/Christopher
23 Olivia Mullings
Fr.
F
5-4
Newington, Conn./Newington
25 Emily Howard
Fr.
F
5-10
28 Kristen Spendal
Fr.
GK
5-5
Dumont, N.J./Dumont
30 Abby McCarthy
Fr.
GK
5-7
Torrington, Conn./Torrington
Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional
HEAD COACH JOHN NATALE - 18th Season - Eastern Connecticut ’97
ASSISTANT COACHES TODD SADLER - Third Season - Hartford ’99 GEORGE KOSTELIS - First Season - Hartford ’93 ALEX WRONA - Second Season - Bryant ’18
NJIT HIGHLANDERS (6-10-1 OVERALL, 4-3-1 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
0 00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 34
Jr. R-Jr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. 5th. Jr. So. Jr. 5th So. Jr. Fr. Jr. 5th Fr. 5th So. Sr. So. So. So.
Cassidy Landis Molly Saylor Samantha Constantine
Ariana Caminos Whitney Roth Ciara Adams Caroline Caputo Taylor White Lauren Chamberlain Angela Harris Aleesha Deshmukh Jennifer Callaghan Gabby Lamadieu Emma Bitar Nora O’Connor Yasmeen Malik Gabby Zalot Madison Taibl Daniella Vito Bailey Chant Tara Walenczyk Taylor Pape Christine Conaghy Briana Ramirez Siani Magruder Corbin Reifschneider Alexis Ocampo Sydney Watson
GK GK GK B M M M M M/F M/F M M B B F M/B M B B M F B F F B F M B
5-10 5-10 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-4 5-4 5-7 5-3 5-6 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-10 5-8 5-3 5-6 5-10 5-3 5-3 5-8 5-4 5-4 5-3 5-11 5-0 6-0
Hometown/Last School Boyertown Area, Pa./Boyertown Area South Park, Pa./South Park Oakton, Va./James Madison HS Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon Newtown, Pa./Pennsbury Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central Reg.
Spring Lake Heights, N.J./St. Rose Dublin, Ireland/St. Dominic’s College Cabra Brownville, N.Y./Immaculate Heart Central
Marlton, N.J./Cherokee Medford, N.J./Shawnee Nutley, N.J./Nutley Union, N.J./Union Senior Voorhees, N.J./Eastern Regional Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton Langhorne, Pa./George School Levittown, Pa. /Valparaiso Jackson, N.J./Jackson Memorial Towaco, N.J./Montville Township Boonton, N.J./Morris Catholic Colts Neck, N.J./Colts Neck Toms River, N.J./Toms River East Absecon, N.J./Holy Spirit Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor Township
Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Orlando, Fla./Lake Howell Potomac Falls, Va./Potomac Falls
HEAD COACH ALLY NICK - Sixth Season - La Salle ’10
ASSISTANT COACHES MARY HERIN - Sixth Season - UMBC ’06 CHRIS DUGGAN - Seventh Season - East Stroudsburg (PA) ’10 JOE NICK - Sixth SeasonHARTFORD - Truman State ’97 HAWKS // #FLYHIGH
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maia PEREZ
2
saige BINGMAN
3
doireann FAHEY
5
julia ATLEE
6
christina STONE
7
makaela
9
andrea carina
ishani
11 JENKINS
GR | GOALKEEPER
SR | BACK
COSTA GARCIA R-SR | MIDFIELDER
jordyn
13 FERRARO
SO | FORWARD
GR | MIDFIELDER
SO | MIDFIELDER
10 SHARMA
JR | MIDFIELDER
may
14 CERVONE
SO | FORWARD
JR | BACK
MONTGOMERY-WILLIAMS
JR | FORWARD
imani
SO | FORWARD
juliana
15 CHIARELLA
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FR | BACK
4
tristan
8
victoria
McFARLANE
FR | MIDFIELDER
JEDRYCHOWSKI JR | MIDFIELDER
lexi
12 DORAN
GR | BACK
izzy
16 LACHCIK
SR | BACK/MIDFIELDER
HARTFORD HAWKS
victoria
kelly
17 FOSTER
SO | BACK
18 SEVERINI
SO | MIDFIELDER
elise
23 MULLINGS
SO | BACK
FR | FORWARD
kristen
28 SPENDAL
FR | GOALKEEPER
HEAD COACH 18th Season
TODD SADLER ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
taylor
SO | FORWARD
olivia
22 ENGQUIST
JOHN NATALE
chloe
19 LAYNE
21 BROWN
SR | MIDFIELDER
emily
25 HOWARD
FR | FORWARD
abby
30 McCARTHY
FR | GOALKEEPER
GEORGE KOSTELIS ASSISTANT COACH First Season
ALEX WRONA VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Second Season
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Soccer Overall Team Statistics All games
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2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records
OVERALL: Home8-3-4
Overall
Conference
3-2-3 AMERICA EAST: 3-2-3
8-3-4
Team statistics
•
5-1-1 HOME: 5-1-1
Away
•
Neutral
0-0-0 AWAY: 3-2-3
3-2-3
SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct. Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct. Shots/Game Assists GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Penalty Unassisted Overtime Goals scored average CORNER KICKS Goals off corners PENALTY KICKS OFFSIDES PENALTIES Fouls Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg
HART
OPP
24-186 1.6 .129 85-186 .457 12.4 23
10-169 0.67 .059 77-169 .456 11.3 7
24 1 1 1.6 75 1-2 22
10 1 0 0.67 55 1-1 11
159 10 0
139 11 0
2166 7/309 0/0
1786 8/223 -
Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 9 14 1 0 4 6 0 0
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 24 Hart 10 Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL 30 42 2 1 75 18 29 4 4 55
Shots by Periods Team Hart Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 86 86 6 8 62 91 7 9
Fouls by Periods TOTAL Team 186 Hart 169 Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 71 81 5 2 68 63 3 5
TOTAL 159 139
Saves by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Offsides by Periods 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 TOTAL Team 25 34 2 6 67 Hart 26 29 3 3 61 Opponents
1st 2nd OT1 OT2 13 8 1 0 6 5 0 0
TOTAL 22 11
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2021-22 Hartford Women's Soccer Extended Individual Statistics All games Game Records
Overall
Conference
8-3-4
Team Box Score Extended No. Player 19 Layne, Chloe 11 Jenkins, Imani 18 Severini, Kelly 2 Bingman, Saige 13 Ferraro, Jordyn 9 Garcia, Andrea 6 Stone, Christina 14 Cervone, May 21 Brown, Taylor 10 Sharma, Ishani 4 McFarlane, Tristan 12 Doran, Alexis 3 Fahey, Doireann 7 Montgomery-Williams, Makaela 8 Jedrychowski, Victoria 17 Foster, Victoria 23 Mullings, Olivia 15 Chiarella, Juliana 5 Atlee, Julia 1 Perez, Maia 22 Engquist, Elise 25 Howard, Emily Total Opponents ## Player 1 Perez, Maia TM TEAM Total Opponents Goals by Periods Team Hart Opponents
Away
Neutral
3 - 2 - 3 I N D I VI DUAL 5 - 1 -S 1 T A T I S T ICS 3-2-3 2021
GP-GS G GPG A APG PTS 15-15 6 0.40 4 0.27 16 15-15 6 0.40 3 0.20 15 15-15 4 0.27 3 0.20 11 13-12 2 0.15 3 0.23 7 7-5 2 0.29 2 0.29 6 13-5 1 0.08 2 0.15 4 15-9 1 0.07 2 0.13 4 14-1 1 0.07 0 0.00 2 6-1 1 0.17 0 0.00 2 12-5 1 0 0.00 1 0.08 15-15 0 0.00 1 0.07 1 15-15 0 0.00 1 0.07 1 14-13 0 0.00 1 0.07 1 12-4 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 8-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 15-15 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 7-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6-2 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 15-15 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 2-0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 6-1 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 15 24 1.60 23 1.53 71 15 10 0.67 7 0.47 27
GP-GS 15-15 15 15 1st 9 4
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MINUTES 1440:00 00:00 1440:00 1440:00 2nd 14 6
OT1 1 0
GA 10 0 10 24 OT2 0 0
PPG SH SPG 1.07 36 2.40 1.00 28 1.87 0.73 19 1.27 0.54 25 1.92 0.86 11 1.57 0.31 23 1.77 0.27 7 0.47 0.14 9 0.64 0.33 2 0.33 0.08 8 0.67 0.07 5 0.33 0.07 3 0.20 0.07 1 0.07 0.00 3 0.25 0.00 3 0.38 0.00 2 0.13 0.00 1 0.14 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0.00 0 4.73 186 12.40 1.80 169 11.27
GAAVG 0.63 0.00 0.63 1.50
SAVES 65 2 67 61
0-0-0
SH% SOG SOG/G SOG% YC RC GWG PK-ATT .167 21 1.40 .583 0 0 1 0-0 .214 12 0.80 .429 0 0 2 1-2 .211 11 0.73 .579 3 0 2 0-0 .080 8 0.62 .320 0 0 0-0 0 .182 6 0.86 .545 0 0 1 0-0 .043 10 0.77 .435 3 0 1 0-0 .143 2 0.13 .286 0 0 1 0-0 .111 5 0.36 .556 0 0 0-0 0 0-0 .500 1 0.17 .500 0 0 0 0-0 .000 4 0.33 .500 0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 0-0 .000 1 0.07 .333 3 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 0-0 .000 2 0.17 .667 0 0 0 0-0 .000 1 0.13 .333 0 0 0 0-0 .000 1 0.07 .500 0 0 0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 .000 0.00 .000 0 0 0 0 .129 85 5.67 .457 10 0 1-2 .059 77 5.13 .456 11 0 1-1
SAVES/G 4.33 0.13 4.47 4.07
Corners by Periods TOTAL Team 24 Hart 10 Opponents
SAVES% .867 1.000 .870 .718 1st 30 18
2nd 42 29
W 8 0 8 3
L 3 0 3 8
OT1 2 4
T 4 0 4 4 OT2 1 4
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SHO/CBO 7/0 0/0 7 3
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TOTAL 75 55
john
NATALE The winningest coach in Hartford women’s soccer history with 148 career victories, John Natale enters his 18th season as head coach of the Hawks in 2021. A five-time America East Coach of the Year, Natale has piloted the Hawks to an NCAA Championship appearance, an America East Championship and five America East Regular-Season Championships during his impressive career at Hartford. Natale’s track record of success extends well beyond the collegiate level to the international level. Away from the Hawks’ campus in West Hartford, he has been actively involved in a pair of FIFA Women’s World Cups and two of the past three Olympic games in London, England (2012) and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2016). Natale, who became the program’s fifth head coach in 2004, has established himself as one of the elite coaches in the America East, and in the Northeast region. Leading Hartford to at least a share of the America East Regular-Season Championship in four of his past five years, Hartford’s dominance in the America East and in the region has been unmatched as of late under Natale. Although the team trained and played one exhibition match, the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the Hawks for the 2020-21 campaign, as it forced the cancellation of what was an unconventional spring slate. The Hawks advanced to the title match of the America East Tournament for the fourth time in six seasons in 2019, but came one victory shy of qualifying for the NCAA Tournament after falling, 2-1, at top-seeded Stony Brook. Hartford finished the campaign with a 10-7-2 record, marking the ninth time under Natale’s watch that the program closed out a season with at least 10 wins. History was also made under Natale in 2019 when Sierra Stone (’20) became the program’s first-ever two-time America East Midfielder of the Year. Having previously earned the honor in 2017, she was also the first America East player since 2005 to win a Positional Player of the Year award one season after receiving Rookie of the Year distinction (2016). In addition, Stone’s three major awards are tied with Jessica Reifer for the most in program history. In addition to taking home four America East Regular-Season Championships since 2014, Natale and the Hawks have been on the doorstep of reaching the
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JOHN NATALE’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AE COACH OF THE YEAR 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2006 AE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2006 AE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 3 NSCAA ALL-AMERICANS 22 AE MAJOR AWARD WINNERS 124 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES
NCAA Tournament in five of the past 10 seasons, as they have advanced to the finals America East Tournament in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019. Winning 100 matches since the 2011 campaign, Natale has fostered a trio of All-Americans (Caitlin Alves — 2011; Erin Quinlan — 2011; Amelia Pereira — 2012) and 16 major award winners from the America East over that 10-year stretch. Hartford’s dominance under Natale has not just been a recent trend, though. The highlight of Natale’s career came in 2006, when he led the Hawks to their 10th America East Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Entering the NCAA Tournament play as one of the hottest teams in the nation with an unbeaten streak of 10 matches, the Hawks fell to 12th-ranked Rutgers in the opening round. Hartford — which posted an undefeated slate during conference play en route to claiming the both the 2006 America East Regular-Season and Championship Titles — knocked off a pair of nationally-ranked opponents that season. In addition, four of the six major conference postseason awards were handed out to Hartford, including Natale and his staff earning the first of five America East Coaching Staff of the Year distinctions. Away from West Hartford, the 2011 Women’s World Cup Games marked Natale’s first appearance on the international stage. A member of the USA Women’s Soccer National Team’s coaching staff as a scout for head coach Pia Sundhage, Team USA fell in a dramatic penalty kick shootout to Japan that season. One year later, Natale rejoined Sundhage’s staff as a Video Analysis Coach for the Olympic games, where he helped Team USA to its fourth Olympic gold medal after it knocked off Japan in the title match. Most recently, Natale reunited with Sundhage for the 2016 Olympic games, this time joining Sweden’s National Team’s coaching staff as an advanced scout. He previously fulfilled the same role on Sundhage’s staff for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada.
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Before beginning his collegiate head coaching career with the Hawks in 2004, Natale was an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers in 2003 and the Philadelphia Charge the previous two years. In those roles, he was involved in all aspects of coaching, including practice planning, player skill development, scouting and player analysis. Both franchises reached the playoffs each year of Natale’s tenure in the WUSA. Natale also had the opportunity to gain valuable experience under the guidance of two of WUSA’s more successful head coaches – Boston’s Sundhage (200203 WUSA Coach of the Year) and Philadelphia’s Mark Krikorian (2001-02 WUSA Coach of the Year). Currently the women’s soccer head coach at Florida State, Krikorian is a former Hartford women’s soccer head coach (1996-2000). During the summer of 2006, Natale coached the Western Lady Pioneers of the W-League, one of the most highly-regarded women’s leagues in the world. The team finished with an 11-3-1 record and advanced to the semifinals of the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time in team history. Natale – who coached three all-league selections, including the U19 Player of the Year and the league’s scoring champion – was named W-League Coach of the Year. Natale excelled as a player at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he was a captain and participant in the All-New England Senior Bowl. A native of Wethersfield, Conn., he graduated from ECSU in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Natale also played professionally for the Western Mass Pioneers of the USL. Natale’s accomplishments have been recognized across the region, as he was one of six inductees in the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame’s Class of 2015.
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