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Indiana Soccer Honored soccer coach Omar Gallo in 2020 Omar Gallo, Holy Cross College Director of Soccer Operations and head coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, is the Indiana Soccer TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) Coach of the Year and was recently honored at the 2020 Indiana Soccer Awards Gala. Annually, Indiana Soccer honors individuals involved in youth and adult soccer programs throughout Indiana with an award in a variety of categories. TOPSoccer is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. The program brings the opportunity to learn and play soccer to any boy or girl who has a mental or physical disability. “Being recognized as the TOPSoccer Coach of the Year is a tremendous honor, an honor I share with both my college soccer players and my youth club players,” said Gallo who noted that having his college players
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HOLY CROSS COLLEGE Connections | FALL 2020 / WINTER 2021
