Advisory Committee

Ian is currently working with several education and coaching programs.
Technical Advisor for the USYS Olympic Development Program
Instructor for the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program with the IOC, USOC and University of Delaware
Engagement Coach, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Instructor, Baker University

Ian served as the Director of Coaching Education for United Soccer Coaches from February 2012 until January 2022.
Before accepting the position of Director of Coaching Education for United Soccer Coaches he served as Men’s Soccer Coach at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. He also has collegiate coaching experience at the University of Wisconsin, serving as an assistant coach from 1989-1996. In an eight year span while with the Badgers Coach Barker joined the squad in four NCAA tournament appearances. In the 1995 season the Badgers won both the Big Ten and NCAA National Championships.
From 1997-2007 Coach Barker served as the Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Minnesota Youth Soccer Association (MYSA). As a state association the MYSA represented over 140 clubs and 75,000 members.
Coach Barker serves on the national instructional staff for the United Soccer Coaches, U.S. Soccer and US Youth Soccer. His formal coaching qualifications come from United Soccer Coaches, US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, the English FA, the Scottish FA and the German DFB.
As a coach and coach educator Coach Barker has traveled extensively in Europe, south and Central America, Oceania and Africa.

Stan is a top-flight coach of goalkeepers at all levels and has been training goalkeepers for over 34 years. During that span he has coached countless goalkeepers that have gone on to accomplish amazing things at every level of play: youth, collegiate, and professionally.!
Stan has devoted most of his time to the goalkeeper position and has been a guest clinician for the IHSSCA. Stan spent 10 years as a head coach in the Wisconsin ODP system. Anderson coached at UW-Milwaukee (resulting in five NCAA Tournament appearances), became the Associate Head Coach at Marquette University, coached at Loyola University, spent three years coaching at UW-Madison with John Trask and Keith Tiemeyer. He has earned a USSDA National Championship, a final four USSDA appearance, and coached in the sub15 LigaMX/MLS tournament championship match at Azteca. Stan is a member of the USSDA based in Northfield, IL and is also currently on staff at UIC.

July 2024-Current: Camp Shutout College Connections
Aug 2021-Current: College Placement Consultant, Self Employed
Aug 2020-Current: Director of College Placement, Team Chicago Soccer Club
Aug 2009 – Mar 2020: Director of College Placement, Sockers FC Chicago
Aug 1992-Aug 2009: Coached at various clubs in Illinois and Arizona, including a stint at junior college.

As a leading college solver recruiting consultant Albert Martin is devoted to forging pathways in the lives of the youth through sports and education. Athletics has effectively served as an outlet for young people to thrive and cultivate opportunity. Albert bridges his decades of experience and passion for community to support new generations in building promising futures.
Albert's commitment to soccer began over 30 years ago. He played and excelled as a Goalkeeper through college and obtained his coaching license thereafter. Over the years he held various positions from local recreational to national elite clubs. Although occupying many spaces, he's always centered the impact of young soccer players. After Albert began his journey in GK training, his career in coaching soccer expanded.
Goalkeeping had an incredible impact on both Albert and the players. He developed several GKs, who went to play at the collegiate level as well as professionally. The relationships with the athletes evolved into a dynamic mentorship, and in 2012 Albert transitioned his coaching career into a recruitment consulting service.

Laurel had the opportunity to be coached by both Flex and Nora in her youth career growing up in Chapel Hill, NC. She also worked alongside Nora with her STEADY program and is among the first alumni. Laurel is a former D3 collegiate student athlete from Emory University. She is also a former Director of Coaching with over 15 years of coaching experience. She has coached ages 3 up to college aged players and holds both a national license and c license in coaching.
Currently, Thornton is a business owner and neuro-psychotherapist who takes an integrative and holistic approach to healing. She works with the whole person, rather than just a set of symptoms.
Thornton works with individuals of all ages and helps to facilitate change for those who would like to have the stresses or large events of the past not have power and control over them in the present. She and her practice works to empower people to feel more grounded in the present and hopeful about the future.

Thornton specializes in EMDR and helping people work through stress and trauma based issues. She helps train and teach others to practice EMDR and has a special interest in working with athletes and other high level performers to reshape their relationships with stress to work better with their own neurobiology.