Head Coach:  Chris Demetrakis
Assistant Coach:  Mark Downes
Team Manager: Jennifer Demetrakis

Welcome to the Northern Elite Assault 2005 Boys Soccer Team!  My name is Chris Demetrakis, and I’ll be coaching the 2005 Boys Assault.  I have been coaching soccer for the past 7 years, and the Fall 2017 season with the Assault will be my first year with the Northern Elite Soccer Club.  Previously, I have coached with the Hickory Recreation program, coaching multiple teams and sports ranging in age from U5 through U13.  For the last several years, my assistant coach Mark Downes and myself have selected a group of players from the HFG in-house league, and fielded them in the Fallston Cup tournament.  We have performed extremely well (a couple of 2nd,  place finishes and a 1s) and decided to try and keep our team together and bring them over to Northern Elite.  That, coupled with a few additions from tryouts, will form what we hope to be a very competitive team for NESC.

We expect to provide our players with a stable base for success and a competitive environment to help foster the growth of their soccer skills.  With us, TEAM is #1.  We will practice as a team, play as a team, win as a team, and lose as a team (hopefully not the last one too much!).