STM Soccer Club established an outside partnership with professional trainers to provide additional assistance to our volunteer coaching staff. Our club will rely on the ethical values of our faith, and strive to provide an atmosphere where children can develop within a strong community of shared core values.
In early 2023 St. Thomas More signed a one-year contract with a three-year option with FM Footy. Each STM S.C. Travel team will be assigned a trainer from FM Footy for 2023/2024. During the fall season each team will receive an assigned FM Trainer with (12) weeks of training done twice a week, and then the following Spring each team will again have practice twice a week but for (10) weekly sessions. Coaches and trainers will work together with the clubs technical director, Ben Hoffman, to create a training program that would be catered to meet each team based on their needs.
This partnership benefits everyone involved. It alleviates our volunteer coaches from running training sessions alone, creates great player development, and offers universal fundamental training for all involved.
STM Soccer Club needs our volunteers to assist with training sessions, manage team needs, work with trainers to meet team needs, manage rosters (running of individual TeamSnap team page), and communicate with team/families.
Ben Hoffman
Club Technical Director
Head Coach of Pennsylvania Prime - UPSL
Coach Ben started his professional career at St. Thomas More Soccer Club, playing from age 5-16. He continued his career playing with the Minuteman at UMass before continuing on to play professionally with the Palm Beach Pumas, Long Island Rough Riders, Reading Rage and Sydney Olympic FC in the Australian Premier League. Following his playing career Coach Ben turned to coaching where for the last 15 years he has coached at various levels and countries. He is currently the Head Coach at PA Prime, the Lehigh Valleys UPSL team as well as serves at St. Thomas More’s Club Technical Director. As Technical Director, Coach Ben shapes the training and playing philosophy of his childhood club, working with our training partners and coaches to ensure all of our players receive uniform instruction.
St. Thomas More Soccer Club Coaches
With close to 500 soccer players involved in our Hot Shots, Intramural and Travel programs, the success of our Club is directly related to the efforts of our coaching staff. Paramount to our coaching mission is the development and conduct of our players. In that regard, our coaches are guided by a Code of Ethics authored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
