SJEQ: Tell us a bit about your history with the sport as a player, coach & fan.
DR: When I was about 8, my best friend’s dad was from England and they got me hooked - Not many teams back in 1968. We got a good group of players and we were a top team for quite a while. My freshman year in high school, almost that whole team was there and we went 13-0 and beat the varsity twice. I met my wife in high school where we were both playing soccer!
I was fortunate enough to coach my wife, some or her friends and some very talented women for almost 20 years playing in a first division women’s team, The Swarm, in the Bay Area Women's soccer league.