Central alumna Ciara Crinion '10 coached the U.S. U15 Girls to the gold medal at the 2024 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship on Aug. 11. The U.S. side defeated Mexico 3-0 in the championship match after defeating Canada in the semifinal.
Crinion was a four-year member of the Blue Devils women's soccer team, twice earning First-Team All-NEC. She played a role in the 2008 Northeast Conference Championship run and a 2009 NEC regular season crown. Crinion graduated from Central with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science & Health Promotion and went on to earn a Master of Science in Recreation & Sports Sciences and Master of Soccer Coaching Education from Ohio University in 2017.
Read more about Crinion and her team here!
The US U15 Team coaching staff includes (from left) Dakota Graf, Rochelle Hearns, Andi Tostanokski, Ciara Crinion '10, Vanessa Mann, and Emma Thomson performance analyst.