Girls Coaches
Bruce Murray
Bethesda SC – Chief Scout
About Bruce Bruce Murray is the chief scout for both the boy’s and girl’s programs.
Murray was the all-time leader in both caps and goals for the United States National Team before being overtaken in the mid-1990s by Marcelo Balboa in caps and Eric Wynalda in goals. Between his first national team appearance in 1985 and his last in 1993, he played 85 full international games, in which he scored 21 goals.
Murray played in all of the United States’ games in the 1990 World Cup, including the 10 qualifiers in 1988 and 1989 and the three games in the finals in Italy in 1990. He scored the United States’ goal against Austria in the World Cup finals. He also played in all of the United States’ games in its victorious effort in the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup, as well as playing for the United States in the 1988 Olympic Games, the 1992 Intercontinental Cup, and the 1993 Copa America. Murray was also a member of the US Futsal National Team, which placed third, in the 1989 Futsal World Cup.
Murray also had brief spells with first-division Luzerne in Switzerland and with Millwall in England before returning stateside to play professionally with the Atlanta Ruckus.
In addition, Murray won two National Championships in 1984/1987 with Clemson University, won the Herman Trophy for Best College Soccer Player, and was inducted into the Clemson University Hall of Fame in 1993.
Murray was inducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011.
Chelsea Cryer
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Chelsea
Chelsea joins the BSC program after an extensive playing and coaching career. Before joining Bethesda, Chelsea was a head coach at PSA SDFC, NJ Stallions, Maroon Soccer Club, and Match Fit Academy. She was also the Junior Varsity Head Coach at Immaculate Heart Academy. She also played Division 1 soccer at the University of Southern California, where she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology.
Email: ccryer@bethesdasoccer.org
Shaun Cryer
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Shaun
Shaun joins Bethesda after an exceptional youth soccer coaching career both nationally in the state of New Jersey. As the Girls Academy Director Shaun oversaw a program that won multiple prestigious tournaments including the Jefferson Cup, the Bethesda Premier Cup, and the Disney Showcase. In addition, his teams won multiple Region I Championship as well as a US Club Championship. In terms of recruiting, his sides saw 66 players go on to play college soccer at Division 1 and Division 3 levels.
Email: scryer@bethesdasoccer.org
Jason Travis
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Jason
Jason has been coaching soccer for over 35 years. He currently coaches the 2007 U14 Girls Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) team. He has served as the Head Coach at Potomac Soccer for 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2008 Girls teams over the past 8 years, resulting in 15 Tournament Championships including the 2019 MSYSA Presidents Cup State Championship. Jason also served as Head Coach with both Rockville and Gaithersburg High School Varsity Girls Soccer teams.
Before and during coaching, he played travel soccer in Florida for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Beaches Soccer Kyx as well as 1 year of college at Florida State College at Jacksonville. While in Europe for 17 years, he played for several teams (SV Ramsthal, TV Jahn 1895, 1FC Schweinfurt 05, and DJK Seugast) in Germany making it to the Regionalliga.
He currently holds a USSF ‘C’ License and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland University College.
Email: jtravis@bethesdasoccer.org
Catherine Madden
About Catherine
As a player, Catherine played all four years at Stevenson University where she was a Spring 2014 Women’s ‘Gold’ Varsity Soccer Team Member-4 years Runner selection, an NSCAA Scholar All-East Region Selection, and a member of the Mid-Atlantic Conference Soccer Fall All-Academic Team in the Fall of 2013.
Catherine graduated magna cum laude with her Bachelors of Science in Biology from Stevenson University in 2014. She then went on to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where she graduated with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2019.
Email: cmadden@bethesdasoccer.org
Erica Klein
About Erica
Erica is a Bethesda Soccer Club alum and was a four-year starter for the varsity soccer team at The Bullis School, earning all-league honors her senior year. After Bullis, she spent time playing for Trinity College in Hartford, CT at the Division III level before deciding to focus on my studies. Erica is currently the head coach for the JV team at Walt Whitman High School for the past 4 seasons. Before Whitman, she was the assistant JV coach at Bullis for 2 seasons. In addition to coaching high school soccer, she has coached with Arrington Training and Development (ATD) since 2015, where she has worked with teams of all ages and skill levels. While working with ATD she was the head coach for two MSI teams and the assistant coach for two Maryland Rush teams. She currently holds her F, E, and D licenses through US Soccer and is an accredited interscholastic coach through NFHS.
Email: eklein@bethesdasoccer.org
Jason Harris
Director of Scouting
Jason has spent the past two years coaching for the Largo High School Boys Varsity team. In his first season as Assistant Coach, his team made it to the 1A Regional Championship, and in his second season, as Head Coach, they advanced to the regional semifinals. Jason played his club soccer at numerous academies across Maryland but is proud to be Bethesda alumni as a member of the Bethesda Mavericks. In addition, he was a four-year varsity high school player at both St. Johns College High and Bowie High School.
Jason has primarily worked within the Youth Development Program and with our Soccer Juniors Clinic but will be coaching our U17 White team in 2020-2021. He currently holds a USSF National ‘D’ Coaches License and is currently working on his ‘C’ License for USSF and UEFA. He aims to continue his soccer education with the hope of coaching at the highest level or becoming a scout.
Email: jharris@bethesdasoccer.org
Daniel Akinkoye
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Daniel: Daniel Akinkoye is entering his third season as a head coach at BSC. A player Daniel played with the #1 nationally ranked Olney Rangers, Potomac U-16, and DC United’s U-18 academy. These club experiences allowed him to play with and against current professional players and exposed him to top NCAA D1 programs before landing home at American University. Daniel spent the past spring season training in Germany with professional club SC Paderborn and other German clubs. In addition to working at BSC, he also serves as a coach at Forza Soccer School. He has enjoyed coaching players from ages 5-14 at the Bullis Soccer Academy for the last 9 years and currently holds a USSF National ‘D’ Coaches License.
Email: dakinkoye@bethesdasoccer.org
Mikayla Krinetz
Bethesda SC Head Coach
About Mikayla: Coach Krinetz joins the BSC coaching staff after an extensive playing career in the Maryland area. Before graduating from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County with a degree in both psychology and photography, she played goalkeeper. At UMBC she also served as the Vice President of the UMBC Student Advisory Committee and is a representative of the America East Student Advisory Committee. She is also a founding member of the Retriever Project, a student-athlete mental health initiative. She has previously coached at soccer camps at both UMBC and the United States Naval Academy. Mikayla played high school soccer at Broadneck High School and is an alumnus of the BSC program.
In addition to her work on the pitch, she volunteers at her local SPCA.
Kevin Layton
ECNL Girls Director U15-U19
Since joining Bethesda, his teams have won four North Atlantic conference titles and qualified for the Champions League playoffs. In 2024, his 2010 team reached the Quarterfinal of the ECNL National Playoffs.