Riverside—TopDrawerSoccer.com released its list of the best young coaches in the game today, naming former UC Riverside Head Coach Junior Gonzalez as one of their top 10 under 40.

From the article ...

8. Junior Gonzalez, Rio Grande Valley FC
Age: 39
Head coaching record: UC Riverside (2004-2013), RGVFC (2017-present)
Gonzalez is only in this 30s for a couple more weeks, so it's nice to sneak him in just under the deadline. Gonzalez was on the 1997 UCLA title team that included Carlos Bocanegra and Nick Rimando, among others, so he's been around high level soccer for a minute. He spent a brief amount of time as an assistant with the U.S. U15 BNT, which was valuable time earned, but his UC Riverside tenure allowed him time spent in unchecked experimentation. He got that job as a precocious 27-year-old and grew into it as he took his tactical lumps. This sort of early experience has been all too rare in the experience of the American coach, and Gonzalez is now in a warm talent incubator in South Texas. He's one of the hottest coaching prospects in the USL right now.

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