Meet The Team
Coach Dan
Owner and Club Director
Growing up in an Argentinian-Italian household, Dan’s passion for the game was instilled in him at an early age. Whether it was organizing pickup games, streaming Boca Juniors matches, or challenging friends on FIFA, soccer was always present. In 2007, he began his coaching journey with the goal of helping players find their own passion and joy for the beautiful game.
Since then, he has spent over fifteen years coaching soccer at various levels and ages, ranging from preschoolers to amateur men’s teams. His roles have included leading Saint Joseph Prep Boys Varsity team to the state tournament, coaching U9-U14 teams at various local clubs, evaluating and placing players in developmentally appropriate settings as Boys Director, and leading the coaching staff for the Watertown Little Kickers Program that reaches 300+ kids every season.
Through all this, Dan has continued to be guided by his commitment to providing kids with the learning environment and tools they need to develop their passion for soccer.
Coach Milton
Camp Director
Milton Contreras grew up playing soccer in Chile. He moved to the United States at the age of 14 where he played club soccer. He later played four years of varsity soccer at Watertown High School from 1996 to 2000, and in the MSS league.
After graduating from WHS, Contreras returned to Chile and played two seasons under Coach Claudio Borghi at Universidad de las Americas. Borghi played alongside the legendary Diego Maradona when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup.
Contreras then spent the next 10 years coaching at Union San Fernando, a premier youth soccer club in Chile. Contreras returned to Watertown with his wife and two children in 2014. Currently, he serves as the director of operations for Surf Raiders FC, camp director for Charles River Soccer, and the head director for Nike Soccer Camps. He continues to coach for Surf Raiders FC and is entering his 5th year as the Watertown High School assistant Varsity Soccer coach.
Coach Tasha
USSF National D Coaching License
Coach Tasha started playing soccer at the age of 4, and has been playing competitively in club programs since 10 years old.
She was a four year starter at Simmons University and achieved second team All-Conference honors. She has been associated with the Maccabi USA women’s open soccer team, as a player at the World Games in Jerusalem, Israel in 2017 (Silver Medalists) and 2022 (Gold Medalists), and in the Pan Am Games in Mexico City in 2019 (Gold Medalists). In 2018 (Gold Medalists), she was the assistant coach for the Maccabi USA U16 girls team. was head coach for the girls varsity soccer team at Maimonides for 4 seasons starting in 2017.
She was head coach for the girls varsity soccer team at Maimonides for 4 seasons starting in 2017 to 2020. During her first year at Maimonides she built the team up from a previous season win percentage of .38 to a win percentage of .7; and took the team to the playoffs and made it to the second round for the first time.
She currently plays for the women's team in the Eastern Mass. Women’s Soccer league under the division 1 for the Sidekicks FC, who made the USASA national tournament in 2021 & 2022, and will once again be participating in nationals this season after repeating as Region I champions.
For the two years she has been the head coach for the Boys U10 Surf Raiders FC team, and coached Little Kickers/Skills in Watertown alongside Coach Dan.