In late January, Victor Melendez, the director of coaching for the Crusaders Soccer Club, announced three of his competitive coaches have accepted additional responsibilities within the Crusaders Soccer Club.

Melendez stated, “Kate Maietta, in addition to coaching the girls 2010 Premiere team, is our new collegedirector. Erick Melendez, in addition to coaching the Boys 2006/2007 Academy and Elite teams is one of our new assistant directors of coaching and Seth Tunick, in addition to coaching the Boys 2009 Premier team is also a new assistant director of coaching. Erick and Seth will each have their own responsibilities within our soccer program.”

More than 600 players are registered to play recreational soccer in the Crusaders 2024 spring season which will begin playing their eight-game season on March 3 and end on April 28, with no games on Easter Sunday.

For the 2024 spring season, all the recreational players will have a new uniform designed and provided by VIVECF, a San Diego based company providing quality soccer uniforms and equipment.

On Sunday, Jan. 14, our Boys 2014 Elite team (pictured above), coached by Evan Betancourt won their division in the Carlsbad Premier Cup Youth Soccer Tournament.

Betancourt stated, “The boys finished with a 3-1 record scoring a total of 15 goals! They won a tough finals game Sunday night under the bright lights against City SC Carlsbad. This was their first tournament title as a team!”

The current competition for competitive teams is the State Cup. Crusaders Soccer has three teams in the competition: the 2014 Girls Elite team coached by Jesus De Santiago, the Boys 2016 Elite team coached by Andy Ortega and the Boys 2012 Premier team coached by Enko Telahun.

For more information about Crusaders Soccer and all their programs, visit crusaderssoccer.org.