PCSL

Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC Announce Head Coaches for 2009 PCSL Season
Plenty of experience in the trio chosen to lead CMFSC into new era for the club

February 9, 2009

As a new era in Coquitlam soccer fast approaches with the coming 2009 Pacific Coast Soccer League season, Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC is pleased to announce the head coaches for our inaugural PCSL campaign. In 2009, CMFSC will field a trio of squads - two women's teams which will carry on the winning tradition of the Tri-Cities Xtreme, as well as new U21 Men's team that will represent Coquitlam's first entry into the historic PCSL men's circuit in decades.

For the two CMFSC Xtreme women's teams, there will be new faces running the show, as Scott Fletcher steps down after two years in charge of the Premier team, and one year with the Reserves. Fletcher will go back to his work behind the scenes as Coquitlam Metro-Ford's new coordinator for Premier Women's soccer, which will similar to the role he's performed for the Xtreme since their inception in 2003. Meanwhile, the new Under-21 men's team, which will play in the PCSL Reserve Division, will launch their inaugural season under the watchful eye of a coach who has been a fixture in the Coquitlam soccer community for almost two decades.

The three head coaches for the 2009 season are:

Xtreme Premier Women - Alex Barnetson
Alex Barnetson is a lifelong member of the Coquitlam soccer community, and for the last several years has been a dedicated member of CMFSC, both as a coach and an executive member. Barnetson brings a wealth of playing and coaching experience to the role of head coach. As a player, he played for Simon Fraser University, helping them to an NAIA National Championship in 1982. Then in 1983, Barnetson played professionally as a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American Soccer League. In his coaching career, Barnetson has several years experience with metro-level girls teams, including his current duties with the Under-15 CMFSC Kaos. He was also a coach in the Whitecaps youth development program, primarily with the Super-Y League teams. For the past three years, Barnetson has been a valuable part of the Tri-Cities Xtreme coaching staff, working mainly with the Reserve (U21) team.

Xtreme Reserve (U21) Women - Kristine Jack
Kristine Jack takes over the reins of the Women's Reserve (U21) team after three years as an on-field leader with the Xtreme's Premier squad. Jack is one of the up-and-coming women in the BC coaching ranks. If there was one word that could be used to define Jack's long playing career it would be "winner." As a player, she won National Championships with Capilano College (CCAA), UBC (CIS), Burnaby Girls (CSA Youth) and Burnaby Canadians (CSA Senior). She has continued that trend of championships in her coaching career, having spent the past five seasons as an assistant with Langara College, during which time the powerhouse program has won three CCAA National Championships.

Reserve (U21) Men - Garry Ayre
Coquitlam Metro-Ford's first PCSL men's team will be coached by one of the club's most successful coaches, Garry Ayre. He has coached 19 years with the club, having guided teams in men's premier, women's and boys' selects. Currently, Ayre is the head coach of the U18 Select Dynamo, and an assistant with the Premier Wolves. As a player, Ayre represented Canada at the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976, before beginning a professional career that started in Vancouver with the Whitecaps, followed by a stint with the famous New York Cosmos before finishing with Portland Timbers. With the Cosmos, he was part of the Soccer Bowl winning team in 1978, playing alongside the likes of Beckenbauer, Chinaglia and Alberto. His playing career also included stops with the Wichita Wings and Baltimore Blast of the Major Indoor Soccer League.