Paladin Soccer Club

Coach Samy Castaneda has been coaching for 12 years and has coached all ages ranging from 3 years old to 18 years old. He has experience coaching basketball, soccer and flag football. Coach Samy played all sports growing up, most notably basketball and soccer but he decided he wanted to coach right out of high school because he loved teaching the game. Coach Samy is currently working on getting coaching licenses through US Soccer. He and his wife Krystal have 2 boys, Aaron (plays on U8) who is 6 and Austin who is 3. They also have 2 dogs named Butter and Honey. Coach Samy’s hobbies include coaching, playing sports, going to the gym and playing video games. He has been coaching with Paladin for about 3 years now and loves being open about his faith and spreading his faith with the players. He having grown up in a family of faith allows him to freely spread his own testimonies and encourage the players to do the same.