Eddie Soto- Head Coach

Coach Eddie Soto joined the Servite coaching staff for the 2020-2021 season and led the Friars to their 8th consecutive Trinity League Championship and a trip to the CIF-SS Division 1 Semifinals and CIF Regional Semifinals. 

Coach Soto brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the Friars working at both the collegiate and youth level. He currently serves as and will remain the head coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills having taken over the program in 2019 after a successful five-season run at the University of San Francisco. Prior to USF, he spent eight seasons as an assistant at UCLA before stints at Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton. In addition, Coach Soto worked as the men’s head coach for the USA Beach Soccer National Team from 2007-2020 while serving as the U.S. Soccer Development Academy Head Coach with the LA Galaxy Academy from 2009-2013.

As an athlete, Soto was a two-time High School Parade All-American and the 1990 CIF 3-A Player of the Year at Cerritos High School. He was also a member of the NHB Futbol Club that won the 1991 National Championship and a member of the U.S. U-18 and U-20 National Teams. He then moved on to compete collegiately at Cal State Fullerton where he was a two-time All-America selection. Soto graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Kinesiology before being selected in the initial MLS Draft in 1996 by the New York/New Jersey MetroStars then again in the 1998 supplemental draft by the San Jose Clash.

Bob Oseguera –Associate Head Coach

Coach Oseguera has been coaching soccer for more than 30 years at Bell Gardens High School, Santa Fe High School, East LA College, Rio Hondo College, Golden West College and Cal Poly Pomona. His Bell Gardens teams, boys and girls, have earned many successes, and he served as the Head Coach for the girls’ soccer team. Additionally he has coached at many club teams including NHB, FCBayern, Pateadores, West Coast FC, OC Blues and PSA Elite! During his time at Rio Hondo (02-10) they captured nine conference titles. He also assisted many students-athletes in earning All-American selections and All-Far West Selections. He currently serves on the coaching staff at Golden West Community College and Hope International, helping place players at four-year universities. Coach Oseguera has also coached Professional Development League teams including the PSA Elite in their historic run in the US Open Cup eventually losing in the 4th Round to the LA Galaxy. This is his 10th year coaching at Servite.

Patryk Tenorio- Varsity Assistant

Patryk Tenorio is a Polish Colombian football manager born in Rzeszow, Poland. Most recently he was Caretaker Manager and Director of Football of 3rd division (NISA) professional football club Los Angeles Force for the 2020-2021 season. Previously, Tenorio was an assistant manager at NCAA D1 San Francisco Dons men's program, NCAA D2 CSU-Dominguez Hills men’s program, and for USL League Two club San Francisco City FC where he also served as Director of Football. During his time with the Dons they won their first West Coast Conference title in nine years and made their first NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament 2nd round appearance in 23 years. The Dons also reached top 25 national rankings twice at #24 in 2017 and #10 in 2018. During Tenorio's time with SF City - for the first time in the clubs 18 year history - the club reached the US Open Cup 2nd round playing against USL Championship side Sacramento Republic. Tenorio has earned coaching licenses across various federations including The German FA, The English FA, The Scottish FA and the United States Soccer Federation. Tenorio is fluent in English, Spanish and Polish.

Eddie Garica- Varsity Assistant, Frosh/Soph Head Coach

Coach Garcia joins the Servite staff having previously coached at both the collegiate and high school levels. He also worked in the scouting department for the LA Galaxy Academy and from 2014-19 was involved with the Strikers FC of the US Soccer Development Academy. In addition, he served as an assistant coach at Paramount High School from 2010-15 and helped the Pirates to three CIF-Southern Section crowns, three CIF state titles and two regional championships. 

Alex Piñoń ’17- JV Head Coach, Academy Head Coach

Coach Piñoń graduated from Servite in 2017 and was a two-year varsity letterman for the Friars helping lead the team to Trintiy League titles his junior and senior seasons. Following graduation he began his collegiate playing career at Golden West College before transferring to Cal State Dominguez Hills.

Alan Solorio - Goalkeeper Coach

Coach Solorio joins the Servite staff for the 2021-2022 season as the program's goalkeeper coach. Solorio recently signed to play for LA Galaxy II after spending two seasons at Cal State Dominguez Hills. Prior to his time with the Toros, he represented Pateadores in the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy. 

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