Staff
Pawel Otachel – Academy President
Pawel Otachel has been playing soccer for over 20 years. After moving to Chicago from Poland, Pawel started playing for the AAC Eagles. Throughout his soccer career, he has had many accomplishments. While playing at Leyden High School, Pawel was named the MVP in 2000 and 2001. In 2001, he was ranked as the #3 player in Illinois with turning 80 points. Pawel continued to play soccer at UIC, where he was named the League All-Newcomer and All-League Second Team in 2004. He was also named All-League Second Team in 2005. In 2002, while Pawel was playing for the AAC Eagles, he along with the First Team won the following championships: US Open Cup Region 2, US Amateur Soccer Association Open Cup, and USASA Open Cup. Pawel and the Eagles also won the US Open Cup Region 2 Championship in 2005. In 2005 and 2006, Pawel was selected to join the Illinois State Select Team. In 2007, Pawel played in the National Cup Open with the Illinois State Team. In 2009, he played for the United States Adult Soccer Association against Republic of Ireland Amateur National Team in San Francisco. Pawel also played for Rockford Rampage in 2012, which is a professional indoor soccer team. In 2017, while playing for the First Team, he was able to add another championship under his belt: The State Cup. Pawel currently coaches the Eagles’s First Team, which his team won their first Indoor Championship and plays with the Eagles’s Over-30 Team.
Victor Martinez – 12U, High School coach
Jorge Martinez – 12U, High School coach
Michal Hriso – 11U Coach
Pawel Helinski – 10U, Little Eagles coach
Lukasz Kedzior – 9U Coach
Pawel Sander – 9U Coach
Jose Garcia – 8U Coach
Pawel Wilisowski – 7U Coach
Carmelo Di Marco – Assistant Coach
Andres Martinez – Assistant Coach
Daniel Palacio – Assistant Coach
Maggie Urbanek – Little Eagles coach
Ardian Hoda – Goalkeeper coach
