Currently the head coach of the Boys U-14 team and the Girls U-19 team, Oswaldo Monroy Vargas played professional soccer for more than 12 years in the United States and Mexico. In Mexico, he played for Atlante, Taxcala, Veracruz, Acapulco and in indoor professional leagues with Shuma and Marchán in some of the largest soccer venues in Mexico including Estadio Azteca, home of the World Cup finals in 1970 and 1986.
In the United States, Oswaldo has played for the Indianapolis Twisters in the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the Orange County Zodiac in the American League and with the Highlander Valley Eagles. While playing with the Indianapolis Twisters he was named the first player in the franchise to complete a hat trick while playing against the Houston Hot Shots. Because of this feat, he was named Player of the Week in the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
Oswaldo has also been captain of the National Mexican Indoor Soccer Team, leading them to the championship of the Centroamericano Indoor Tournament. He was also a member of the All-Star Mexican team which competed in tournament play throughout the United States.
Oswaldo's experience as a coach has ranged from working with 6 year-olds to adults and has included positions as Head Coach with Deportivo Maruchán (National Indoor Professional Soccer League in Mexico), National Bank of Mexico, indoor and outdoor soccer, Ramona Convent's varsity soccer team and Ultimate Soccer School. Ozzy is currently the head coach for the San Marino High School boy's varsity soccer team, Rio Hondo League champions this past season with an undefeated record. He has been an instructor in AYSO clinics for the Alhambra, San Gabriel and South Pasadena regions. Giving back to the community, Oswaldo has provided instruction for after-school soccer programs for the youth in the Norwalk School District in Southern California. Currently, Oswaldo is available for private lessons to help enhance players' individual skills and holds a USSF National D coaching license.
Oswaldo has a deep passion for the sport which has shaped his life and allowed him to meet wonderful people and experience new places. For him, soccer is much more than a sport. It is a lifestyle to be lived with discipline, consistency, hard work and love. A huge component of Oswaldo's success has been the love and support of his family: his wife Liliana, his adorable new son, Leonardo, his parents, Juan and Malena, his sisters, Reyna and Claudia, and his little nephew, Ander Omar, who he misses very much.
