Luis graduated from San Diego State University earning his Bachelors of Science in Construction Engineering. While at SDSU he played a pair of seasons with the mens club team. Luis also attended Carlsbad High School where he played four years of varsity soccer earning All Avocado League honors and the teams Golden boot award his senior year. During his youth career Luis played for Carlsbad Wave, Encinitas Express, and Carlsbad Lightning teams respectively.

His life has been dedicated to soccer. After college Luis continued to play soccer and earned an opportunity to spend a summer in Italy training with Acqui Calcio of the Serie D. Luis also had a unique opportunity to train with Arsenal Academy coaches in London through Gatorades “Unreal Around the World” campaign. Lastly, Luis played a season in Spain at the semi-pro level with Alicante City FC.

His passion and love for soccer meant it became an objective to pursue coaching. He sees soccer as the best way to express himself, to make a statement, whether on the pitch as a player or on the sideline now as a Coach. Luis shares a common objective and outlook for our community of youth players, that is quality technical development for our kids to evolve into creative, elegant soccer players.