Girls Coaches
Matt Ney
COO
About Matt: Coach Ney has been at Bethesda for over 20 years, holds a National ‘A’ License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and a Fluminense Football Club Coaching Diploma (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) where he studied the Brazilian philosophy to understand the route to professional soccer. He has worked closely with Pierrot Labat, Girondin Bordeaux FC (world-class trainer and coach for Zinedine Zidane, Christophe Dugarry, and Bixente Lizarazu, learning his philosophy and ideas on the technical, tactical, and psychological development of the youth player. Matt was named US Soccer Academy Coach of the Year as a coach and has won a Region 1 Championship and three Maryland State Cup Championships.
Ney played collegiate soccer as a forward at College of the Holy Cross, where he was the All-Time leading scorer in school history, a Two-Time Patriot League Player of the Year (2002, 2003), a two-time All-New England Region Selection (2002, 2003), and a four-time Patriot League All-Conference — 2nd team (1999); 1st team (2000-2002). He also received the Golden Boot Award for top scorer in the US National Championships in 2000.
As an entrepreneur, he founded Fitbound and Kakana, an accessible fitness platform for individuals with and without disabilities.
Email: mney@bethesdasoccer.org
Bill Moravek
Technical Director
About Bill: Coach Moravek currently serves as an official US Academy Scout for Fulham FC, in England’s Championship and has been with the club since 2011. He lived in London for nearly five years as well, where both his sons played in Fulham’s academy program, during that time frame. His oldest son currently plays soccer at The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Before his work with Fulham, Moravek lived in Fareham, England where he was an official scout for the English Premiership side, Southampton FC from 2003-2005, and was an academy coach for them from 2001-2003. In his time as an academy coach with Southampton, he was fortunate to coach the likes of Gareth Bale of Real Madrid and Nathan Dyer among others. In addition, he worked as an apprentice with the first team under Gordon Strachan who is the former manager of Scotland’s National Team as well as reserve team manager and former England U21 National Team Coach Steve Wigley. He has also worked with Huw Jennings who was the Academy Director at Southampton FC and is currently the Academy Director at Fulham FC and Malcolm Elias, who is the current head of Talent ID at Fulham FC and prior, was the head of Talent ID at Liverpool FC and Southampton FC.
In 2003, Moravek served as the assistant coach for the Jamaican Men’s National Team under Technical Director Carl Brown and Assistant Technical Director Peter Cargill (also Jamaica’s Captain in the 1998 Word Cup), living in Constant Spring, Kingston, which saw him in action against the USA, Nigeria, Paraguay, Cuba, and Brazil Select. He was also an assistant for their Olympic U23s, U20s, and U17s sides. In 2000-2001, Moravek was the head national team coach for the British Virgin Islands and Seba United FC(Currently Montego Bay United)in Jamaica’s Premier Division. His British Virgin Island squad won the Western Union Cup, beating Antigua in the final, in 2000.
He has also coached with the professional side of Maryland Mania of the USL and was an assistant coach at college sides, NCAA Division 1, Longwood University, NCAA Division 2 Shepherd University, and was a Volunteer Assistant at NCAA Division 1, Howard University. In addition, Moravek has also coached with both Virginia and Maryland ODP programs. He has also coached high school in the US, serving as Varsity Head Coach for Notre Dame Academy’s Boys and Girls Teams in Virginia, where his teams won the conference title both years and he was named conference coach each year. He was also the founder and Technical Director of Moravek Soccer School which, for over 20 years, conducted a variety of very successful summer day/residential camps for both boys and girls as well as tots programs and numerous other programs thru out the year. The programs, which were conducted thru Loudoun County Park and Recreation as well as Frostburg State University, had over 1000 participants in attendance, annually.
Moravek has been with Bethesda in a variety of roles since 2008, having served as a coach with all levels and ages of teams. His teams have won numerous tournaments and league titles, including NCSL, Pre-Academy as well as finishing high up in the Academy/MLS Next Leagues, among others. His Academy Teams have consistently ranked near the top statistically with the fewest goals allowed and most goals scored and qualified for playoffs each year, narrowly missing the National Quarterfinals in each of those years. In 2019, his U14 Boys Super Y League team won the National Championship going undefeated throughout the entire season.
Bill was a scholarship athlete for Clemson University’s 1987 National Championship and 1988 World Collegiate winning teams. In addition, he was a member of Clemson’s Gator Bowl-winning football team from 1989-1990. He currently holds a USSF “A” coaches license, which he has held since 1999.
Email: bmoravek@bethesdasoccer.org
Eric Tin
Girls U7-U11 Youth Development Program Director
About Eric: Coach Tin holds a United States Soccer Federation “A” National Coaches License, a United States Soccer
Federation National Youth License and an NSCAA National Goalkeeping Diploma. Eric has been with BSC since 2007.
At the club level, Eric’s teams have won the Bethesda Premier Cup, the Potomac Memorial Day Championship, the APC Premier Cup, the Arlington Spring Invitational, the Maryland State Cup Futsal Championship, the Northeast Regional Futsal Championship, the Virginia Futsal State Cup Championship, and the National Futsal Championship.
Eric has also served as the soccer coach at North Bethesda Middle School, Henry A. Wise High School, and Walter Johnson High School. Previously Coach Tin won two regional championships while coaching at High Point High School. At the state level, he has worked as an ODP coach for the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association and was named the MSYSA Competitive Coach of the Year.
Coach Tin played college soccer at Stony Brook University (NCAA Division 1) under Coach Scott Dean, who is currently the boy’s soccer director of IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida. He played club soccer for SC GJOA in Brooklyn New York, where he made the CJSL Select Team and CJSL Senior Showcase Team.
Tin is currently a teacher in Montgomery County Public Schools.
Email: etin@bethesdasoccer.org
Phillip Gyau
Head of Skills Development
About Phillip: Coach Gyau is a former U.S. Men’s National Team (’88-‘90) who earned six caps and was a Player-Coach for the U.S. National Beach Soccer Team.
Gyau played professionally in Belgium and the United States playing with the Washington Warthogs, Baltimore Blast, Tampa Bay Rowdies, the Colorado Foxes, Montreal Impact, Washington Diplomats, and Maryland Bays.
As a college player, Gyau led Howard University to an NCAA National Championship as their leading scorer. He is also currently the Head Coach for Howard University Men’s Soccer Team.
At the club level, Coach Gyau has taken his teams to several Maryland State Championships and a Regional Championship while developing several players in the U.S. Soccer Residency U17 Program.
Gyau’s daughter, Mia-Irene Gyau, played with Bethesda SC Boys U15 Lions, and his son, Joseph played with Bethesda for 8 years before being invited to the U17 National Team Residency Program. Joe currently plays for FC Cincinnati and the United States Men’s National Team.
Phillip is a coach for Bethesda Soccer Club’s Youth Development Program and Senior Boys Program. He currently holds a USSF National ‘B’ Coaches License.
Email: pgyau@bethesdasoccer.org