Inter United FC is proud to announce Operations Manager and Youth Academy Director Shawn Henry

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Shawn has a vast and varied resume, beginning with the SYSA U17 Girls in San Diego in 1991. Shawn has also worked with the Orange Park YMCA boys teams as well as Clay County Soccer club in Florida.  He has also worked with the US Navy and coached teams from the USS Carl Vinson, which won the international Col Usher Armed Forces Soccer tournament in 1998.  Shawn’s experience also includes South County Football Club,Trinity Lutheran College as an assistant, Tyne-castle FC U23 Head Coach, and MRFC U15 & U16 Head Coach.  He holds an NSCAA Advanced Regional Diploma and a Level 1 Coaching Certification from the English FA.  

Shawn has also traveled the world through soccer and has coached teams that competed in East Asia and Northern Iraq, where he helped develop a local soccer league as a means of bringing local communities together, and to help combat insurgent infiltrations of local villages.  Shawn began playing soccer in Trinidad & Tobago at the Mucurapo Boys R.C. School and Mucurapo Jr Secondary School and Ross Land United.  His playing success also earned him the privilege of representing Trinidad & Tobago at the U16 level. Read his Resume Bellow. 

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Coaching Certification:

• NSCAA –  Level VI diploma
• Washington State D coaching license
• NFHS Fundamentals of Coaching Soccer certification 
• FA level 1 Coaching Certification
• Level 1 PREPARE (National Center for Sports Safety)

Coaching Experience:

• 1991-1992  -  San Diego CA- SYSA Asst Coach U17 Girls
• 1995-1996  -  Orange Park FL- YMCA U10/U15 Boys
• 1995-1997  -  Clay County FL- Clay County Soccer Club
• 1997-1999  -  USS CARL Vinson (US NAVY) Armed Forces League
• 2008-2009  -  South County Football Club Personal Skills Trainer
• 2010-2011  -  Trinity Lutheran College – Assistant Coach
• 2011 Feb- 2011 July  -  Tyne-castle FC U23 Head Coach
• 2011-2012  - MRFC U15 & U16 Head Coach
• 2011 July-Present  - ( NWN)North West Nationals soccer club boys U17/U18 Blue Head Coach (RCL)

Coaching Highlights:

• 1998  -  US Navy Col Usher Armed Forces Soccer tournament, took 1st place in this multi-national tournament competing against teams from Canada, Korea, Australia, Chile and United Kingdom.
• 1998-1999  -  East Asia Tour, coached exhibition games against 1st division teams from Singapore, Hong Kong, Perth Australia, Fremantle Australia, Tasmania, Abu Dhabi, completing a successful cultural exchange.
• 2008-2009  -  Key West Iraq developed a local soccer league in Northern Iraq as a means of bringing local communities together, emphasized soccer as a means to combat insurgent infiltrations of local villages.
• 2011 – (Winter) Built an Amateur men’s team to play in the SPSL, won 1st Division and promoted to Premier Division.
• 2011  -  (Spring) Took 3rd place in  (SPSL)Premier Division first year up.  Earned a seat in the US Adult Amateur Regional Tournament 2012.
• 2011 – Entered a new U17 boys team into the Washington state youth soccer RCL div 4 and placed 3rd with only 10 players assigned to team.
• 2013 -  Took 3rd place overall at the Portland FC winter college showcase, with a 3rd Div. team.    Player Experience:
  
  • 1982-1984  -  Mucurapo Boys R.C. School, Trinidad & Tobago
  • 1984-1986  -  Mucurapo Jr Secondary, Trinidad & Tobago
  • 1984-1986  -  Ross Land United (Premier Men’s club)  Trinidad & Tobago
  • 1985-1986  -  National Team U16, Trinidad & Tobago Soccer Federation
  • 1991-1992  -  Tornado, 2nd Division, San Diego Adult Soccer Assoc., San Diego, CA
  • 1997-1999  -  CARL Vinson (US NAVY) Armed Forces League, Bremerton, WA