Eddie Soto- Head Coach

The 2021-2022 season marked Coach Soto’s second year at the helm of the Servite program and it was an historic one for the Friars. The team won the CIF-SS D1 Southern Regional Championship for the first time in school history after winning the CIF-SS D1 title and their 9^th consecutive Trinity League Championship. Following the season, Coach Soto was named CIF-SS D1 and OCRegister Boys Soccer Coach of the Year. 

In 2021 in his first campaign, Soto led the team to the semifinals of both the CIF-SS D1 Championships and Regional Championships. The Friars are 39-5-2 in under Soto’s leadership. 

Coach Soto brings over 20 years of coaching experience to the Friars working at both the collegiate and youth level. In addition to his responsibilities with Servite, he serves as 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. 

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. 

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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