Scott Lindsay, President and Coach

scott.lindsay310@gmail.com

A native of Reading, England, he has played in the United Kingdom, France, Poland, Romania, New Zealand, China and the United States. At the youth level, he was invited to be part of the professional academies of FC Racing Colmar (France) and the TS Wisla Krakow (Poland). He’s had the opportunity to learn the game from former professional players and coaches representing clubs such as Boca Juniors, Reading FC, Manchester United, New England Revolution and the Columbus Crew.

Scott’s coaching career started in Eastern Pennsylvania where he coached Northampton High School, Lafayette College Men’s Club Team, ENCO United, Lehigh Valley Magic, and FC Lehigh (US Soccer Development Academy). In returning to Ohio, he’s coached at Copley High School and is currently the Head Boy’s Coach at Shaker Heights High School.

Scott has a BA from Lafayette College and MA from Lehigh University. He worked for CSA Group developing North American standards and regulations to help mitigate global climate change. Scott is a huge supporter of Southampton FC!

Samantha Potoczak, Coach, Assistant Dir. of OPerations

potoczak.samantha@gmail.com

Samantha started her coaching career at the age of 16, helping teach summer camps on the West side of Cleveland while she was still in high school. After graduating, Sam continued in the sport, choosing to play at the Division I level at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. While in the program, Sam received several academic and athletic awards and was eventually named senior captain. Since moving back to her hometown of Avon Lake, she has continued to pursue her passion for the sport. In the Spring of 2020 Sam was named the assistant coach for the varsity men’s soccer team at Shaker Heights High School. A former OP member herself, she is excited to share her experience with a group of talented young players as she continues to grow as a coach.

JEREMIE AFOLARIN, Coach

BIO TO COME

Patrick Gleba, Coach

Patrick Gleba joined OPFC in the fall of 2016. As a high school player, Pat played for Brush High School in South Euclid, OH and then continued playing for Kent State’s club team. He has been the Cleveland Heights High School coach since 2015, first as the assistant of the boys varsity soccer team, and for the past two years as the head coach of the varsity girls team.  Prior to that, Pat spent five years at Andrews Osborne Academy as an assistant coach.  Coach Gleba has an undergradate degree from Kent State University in American Sign Language and Education K-12 and a graduate degree in Coaching Education from Ohio University.  He has been teaching American Sign Language at Cleveland Heights High School for the past 12 years. 

Raleigh T. Guice, Jr., Coach

Raleigh T. Guice, Jr. has been playing soccer since the age of 6 and developed within the Forest Park Rangers and Internationals Soccer Club as a youth, competing for 2 national titles at the U16 and U19 levels in the late 80’s/early 90’s.

Raleigh was a 4-year Varsity Starter at Shaker Heights High School, where he was named all Lake Erie League 1st team 4 times, all Greater Cleveland Honorable Mention as a Freshman and all Greater Cleveland 1st team 3 times. He was named Honorable Mention All-Ohio as a Senior and was the starting Goalkeeper in the East vs West Senior Bowl All-Star Game, at Krenzler Field. Raleigh went on to play Division III soccer at The College of Wooster. He helped lead the Shaker Raiders to 3 Lake Erie League Championships and 1 runner up finish, in his 4 years as a varsity starter. Raleigh became a player-coach in graduate school at Kent State University, for Kent’s Club Team. 

Raleigh holds US Soccer National F, E and D licenses and is pursuing his US Soccer National C License. Raleigh was trained at Soccer Plus Goalkeeper School by Tony DiCicco, who was instrumental in building Raleigh’s goalkeeping and coaching style, over the years.

Raymond Sanchos, Coach

Coach Ray is a native of Liberia and has been capped by the Liberian National Team. His international professional playing experience has afforded him the opportunity to play in Liberia, India, Thailand and Indonesia. He has played with and been coached by one of the best players to ever play the game: George Weah (Leeds United and AC Milan player). Coach Ray is an integral part of the Shaker Heights coaching Staff. He is charged with running the reserves and youth development for the program.

Dennis Weyn, Director of Youth Academy, coach

dcweyn@gmail.com or opfccle@gmail.com

Dennis Weyn has been Ohio Premier’s director of coaching since its inception in 1988. He was a member of the U16-18 Dutch National Team and played professionally in the Netherlands. As the Hathaway Brown varsity girls head soccer coach, Dennis led the Blazers to five Final Four appearances, one State Runner up finish, and three State of Ohio Championships. He was awarded the 2004 National Federation of High Schools State Coach of the Year and the Plain Dealer Coach of the Year. Weyn is the former director of Cleveland Force soccer camps and former assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Scott Lindsay, president, director

Diane Roberto, administrator