Dan Cilia
PLAYING CAREER:
- I've been playing since I was 11 years old. Grew up playing REP soccer for Dixie Soccer Club back in the 80's. I'll be turning 50 this year and I still enjoy playing in rec leagues.
- I sat on the Board of Directors for Milton Youth Soccer Club from 2008 to 2011 and then again from 2012 to 2013. I started as the boys house league coordinator then moved on to be the REP coordinator for the club.
Coaching career:
- Started coaching in 2000 - an adult women's team. Coached them from 2000 to 2004 - we were crowned league champions in 2004.
- Coached house league for North Mississauga Soccer Club and Milton Youth Soccer Club from 2004 to 2007 - both boys and girls.
- I coached a boys REP 1999 team from 2007 until 2017 for Milton Youth Soccer Club. We were promoted from year to year starting in division 4 eventually moving up to the Elite division (GHSL), winning multiple league championships (both indoor and outdoor) as well as multiple League Cups. We were a provincial semi-finalist one year (Ontario cup). We were the first team at the club to ever win a League Cup or advance in the Ontario Cup.
- Coached for Burloak Soccer Academy and Milton Soccer Canada from 2017 to 2020.
- Coached a REP girls 2010 team from 2017 to 2019.
- Currently coaching a REP girls 2005 team from 2019 until the present.