Sascha Görres

Sascha Gorres in the jersey of the Richmond Kickers (2009)

Sascha Gorres ( born February 27, 1980 in Flensburg ) is a German football player and coach in the United Soccer Leagues Kickers is active for the Richmond since 2005.

Career

Amateur in Germany and studies (until 2004)

Gorres began at the age of five years with the football game at Flensburg club ETSV Soft and went through all the youth teams of the club. In 1999 he was appointed to the District League team and managed the team in his first season unbeaten promotion to the Bezirksoberliga. There he was just 20 -year-old captain of the ETSV and finished second in the 2001/ 02 season, the first rank in the district league. In the subsequent promotion round the team missed promotion to the fifth division. Gorres, who finished his schooling with high school at that time, began a study of economic computer science at the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg and decided after 17 years of club affiliation to a change to the Oberliga TSB Flensburg.

His league season 2002/ 03 came with little success, the team rose as Table in the fifth division from, but Gorres was in all 32 league games on the grid and acted predominantly in the left midfield. In the fall of 2003, he studied, first as an exchange student for one semester at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, the local assistant coach of the football team, he learned the TSB Flensburg. In the spring of 2004, he completed his last course at the University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, his thesis he produced in the season breaks in 2005 and 2006 in Germany. In the fall semester of 2004, Gorres returned to the United States back to the UNCP and graduated in the spring of 2005, his thereat graduated with a BA in Business Management. With the college team, the UNCP Braves, he reached in 2004 for the first time in the history of football division the Final Four tournament of the NCAA Division II Championship, Gorres was chosen for its performance of the season in the First - Team II All-American NCAA Division. In his two college seasons, he came to a total of 38 games available for use, scoring 15 goals and prepared an additional 28 matches ago.

Professional career in the U.S. ( since 2005)

He was selected in the USL -1 College Draft by the Richmond Kickers and after he was able to convince the trial, equipped with a three -year contract in 2005. In his first pro season in which he was also employed in the central midfield, Gorres reached Richmond the playoff finals of the USL First Division, but it lost to the Seattle Sounders 3:4 on penalties. For the 2006 season, the Richmond Kickers withdrew for financial reasons in the USL Second Division, where, in 2006 immediately succeeded by a 2-1 final win against the Charlotte Eagles winning the championship. Gorres was nominated for his performance in the team of the season ("All League First Team"), an award which was bestowed to him again in 2008. After a runner-up title in the 2007 season, the team won the championship again in 2009 in the USL -2. Since 2008, Gorres plays mainly as a left defender and in 2008 for the election of " Defender of the Year" nomination. Since early 2011, Gorres plays with his team in the USL Professional Division, so in the third highest league.

Coaching career

Gorres coached several boys 'and girls' teams in the Richmond Kickers. Since January 2013 he has also been playing assistant coach of the first team. During his time at ETSV Soft he coached the local C- youth.

Achievements

At club level:

• Master USL Second Division: 2006, 2009
• Finalist USL First Division: 2005
• Finalist USL Second Division: 2007, 2010

Individual:

• USL -2 All League First Team: 2006, 2008
• USL -2 All League Second Team: 2009, 2010
• USL -2 " Defender of the Year" Finalist: 2008
• First - team NCAA Division II All-American: 2004