SERGIO W VALENCIA

Program Director / DOC

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Sergio Valencia began his soccer career at the age of nine with the Asociación Deportiva El Tránsito (ADET) Soccer Academy in El Salvador. By age thirteen, he was selected to represent the El Salvador U-15 National Team. At eighteen, Valencia turned professional with ADET, then competing in the Third Division, while also earning selection to the El Salvador U-19 National Team.                                                           At nineteen, he was promoted with ADET to the Second Division, and by age twenty-one, he reached the First Division Professional League of El Salvador. During this period, Valencia was selected to represent the El Salvador U-21 National Team in Olympic qualifying for the Barcelona 1992 Games. He also participated in the first UNCAF Tournament in San José, Costa Rica, qualifying for the inaugural USA/CONCACAF Gold Cup.                                                                                                                     In 1997, Valencia was a member of the El Salvador National Team that competed in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for France. His professional playing career spanned 11 years, during which he competed in El Salvador’s First Division with ADET, CD Tiburones, and CD Águila—widely regarded as one of the most prestigious clubs in the country.

Academically, Valencia graduated in Human Resources from Alejandro Dumas High School in El Salvador in 1989. He later studied Journalism at Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador (UTEC), completing four semesters before fully committing to his professional soccer career. While attending UTEC, he played for the university team and helped secure the 1990 University League Championship.       

In 1999, Valencia relocated to the United States. In 2002, he co-founded the New York Soccer Latin Academy (NYSLA) alongside Francisco Guerrero. What began with just 12 youth players has grown into a thriving academy serving over 280 participants. In 2004, Valencia earned his National Coaching License.                                In 2005, he joined the Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County (EOC) as a part-time soccer coach. By 2007, he was promoted to Program Coordinator of the Hempstead EOC Soccer Club, and in 2009, he became Associate Director under the Hempstead Community Action Program (H-CAP).                                                                From 2007 to 2012, Valencia was actively involved with FC New York (USL Pro), NYSLA, the New York State Olympic Development Program (ODP) as a scout, Auburndale/Bayside Soccer Club, and International Development Stars as a contracted soccer trainer.                                                         

Between 2012 and 2014, Valencia relocated to California, where he worked with Atlante Soccer Academy, Cachorros Soccer Academy, and LA Galaxy Academy clinics and camps. He later returned to New York to continue his work with Auburndale Soccer Club.                                                      

In October 2014, the EOC re-contracted Valencia as Club Director of the Hempstead EOC Soccer Club. Simultaneously, he began working as a Soccer Coach with the Long Island Rough Riders in the NYCFC Academy Development League. At the current time Valencia continue as a Hempstead EOC Program Director winning different division Titles.

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LICENSES:

NSCAA/DIRECTOR OF COACHING DIPLOMA (2016)

USSF-National Coaching "C: License # 20331

LIJSL/NSCCA Coaching Certificate “B” (2003)

LIJSL/NSCAA Coaching Certificate “C” (2002) 

CPR/FIRST AID Certificate                   (2025-2027)

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Coaching Highlight:

2000……Uniondale Police Athletic League (PAL) - Ages 4-12                                        2001……Uniondale Travel Team – Ages 14-16                                                                    2003……New York State Soccer Latin Academy (NYSLA) – Ages 14-19              2004……LIJSL Division 3 Champions Fall Season Uniondale/NYSLA U-19 Hawks  2005……Hempstead EOC Soccer Club Coach Ages 16-19                                              2005……LIJSL Division 1 Champions Fall Season U-19 Hempstead Blue Lions        2006……Waldbaum’s Cup Champions U-19 Hempstead Blue Lions

2007...2012 Hempstead EOC Soccer Club Coordinator and Technical Director for all age groups  

2007……Hempstead EOC Soccer Club Coordinator, Head Coach U-16 Boys and U-19 Girls                                                                     

2008……LIJSL Division 1 Champions U-16  Boys Hempstead Wolves                            2008-2009 FC New York U-17 Head Coach and U-14 Soccer Trainer                            2009-2010..Member of the FC New York (USL-D1) Semi-Professional Team Staff    2010 … LIJSL Division 1 Champions Fall Season U-19 Hempstead Wolves,                2011…  Final Four at the Disney International Cup, Orlando, Florida U-19 Hempstead Wolves                                                         

2011-2012… New York State ODP scouting Coaching Staff                                            2012…. Final Four at the Disney International Cup, Orlando, Florida U-16 Hempstead Tigers                                                 

2012 – 2014 Auburndale SC Spring and Fall, Intramural Soccer Trainer and Travel Head Coach                                                                                                                               

2013… LIJSL Division Green Fall Season Champions U-9 Boys Liverpool                            2014… LA Galaxy Academy/Clinics/ Camp (Winter/2013/2014)                                              2014… Current Hempstead EOC SC Youth Soccer Club DOC

2014… Champions Bracket Massapequa, NY Winter Showcase Hempstead EOC U-16 Panthers                                                                                                                                      2015….Current LI Rough Riders Academy Development Program Soccer Coach

2017… LI Rough Riders USL/PDL Men’s Team Assistant (Eastern Conference Finalist)

2019… Join East Coast FC & continue as a Hempstead Club DOC and Club Director   2019… East Coast FC, Head Coach U-9 & U-12 Champions

2020… East Coast Head Coach   U-13 Champions

2021… Head Coach Hempstead EOC Titans U-13 LIJSL Fall Champions

2022… Hempstead EOC Titans U-14 LIJSL Spring Champions (LIJSL Premier Division)

2022… East Coast Men’s Team Head Coach (UPSL Division 2)

2023… Hempstead EOC Titans U-15 Spring Champion (EDP League D2 & LIJSL Premier Division) 

New York State Champions cup Spring 2023 Champions

Hempstead EOC Titans U-16 Fall Champion (EDP League D1 & LIJSL Premier Division)              

2024… Westbury Youth Soccer Club U-9 Blue Dragons Spring Champions

                Westbury Youth Soccer Club U-14 Green Dragos Champions

                 Hempstead EOC Titans U-16 Spring Champion (EDP League D1) 

 2025…  Hempstead Titans U-17 Spring Season USYS National League Premier II Champions