2011 Men's Soccer
Record: 4-11-1 Home: 3-4-1 Away: 1-7 CONF: 1-8-1
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2011 Men's Soccer Coaches
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Rhett Zych - Head Coach - 1st Season
Rhett Zych takes over the Holy Cross men's soccer program for the 2011-12 season. Zych becomes the fourth head coach in program history.
 
Zych is a graduate of Adams High School and Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis.    
While attending IUPUI, Zych earned his B.A. in political science and was a member of the IUPUI men's soccer program from 2001-2006.
"We are excited to add Coach Zych to our athletic department staff and to the Holy Cross community," said Athletic Director Bob Schermerhorn. "I believe that he and his staff will do a great job of developing our young men and promoting the Holy Cross values."
After graduation, Zych worked in broadcasting with the ICB Radio Station Sportstownchicago.com as well as AM 670 the Score (CBS Affiliate). While working at AM 67O he helped produce the Danny Mac Show and oversaw all podcasting as well as writing for the website.
Coach Zych has worked with various youth programs and most recently was the Head Boys Soccer Coach at Elkhart Memorial High School. Zych was the coach of the Chargers during the 2007-2009 seasons.
"His background in soccer will be a real asset to our athletes," said Schermerhorn. "His familiarity with the Michiana area will also be a great asset as he begins recruiting for the upcoming season."

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Omar Gallo - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Omar Gallo enters his second season with Holy Cross to work primarily with goalkeepers. Coach Gallo is a graduate of Cape Breton University where he was a goalkeeper and earned numerous awards including; 2007 Atlantic University Sport Conference (AUS) Male Athlete of the week, 2007 Cape Breton Male Athlete of the Week, 2007 2nd team All-Conference, and in 2007 he was also named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Male Athlete of the Week.
 
Gallo was also a star in the classroom being named a 2007 Academic All- Canadian. At Cape Breton he started in 44 games, recorded 19 shutouts, and a 0.88 goals against average.
 
In 2006 Omar played in the Player Development League (PDL) with the Palm Beach Pumas, and in that same year was invited to trials with Team Canada in the University Games held in Thailand. Coach Gallo currently resides in South Bend.

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Kyle Zaber - Assistant Coach - 2nd Season
Kyle began his playing career in the St. Louis area where he played for BUSCH Soccer Club. Kyle's club experience was extensive with BUSCH where at one point the team was ranked #4 in the nation for club programs. 
 
After finishing his high school tenure, where he was a four year varsity starter and earned All-State Honors along with All-Midwest Region Academic Athlete Honors, he attended Dominican University where he played one year of varsity soccer as the only freshmen to start all games, before transferring to the University of Kentucky.  At Kentucky Kyle was asked to walk on to the varsity team but was unable to do so due to a ligament injury in his knee.  Kyle played four years on the UK Men's Club Soccer Team where he was co-captain for two of the four years.  After earning his B.A. in Psychology at the University of Kentucky, Kyle enrolled at the University of Denver for his M.A. in Sport and Performance Psychology. 
 
Kyle began his coaching career while in high school volunteering as a student coach for the girls' program and at the youth level. At the University of Kentucky Kyle assisted as a player coach for the Men's Club Program and as an assistant coach with Lafayette High School's boys' varsity and junior varsity teams.  After moving to Denver Kyle began coaching with the Littleton United Soccer Club. Kyle then began coaching with Broomfield Blast Soccer Club after one year with Littleton. He was also a volunteer coach with two club teams hosted through the University of Denver.
 
Kyle is hoping to bring his passion for the game of soccer and his knowledge and education in Sport and Performance Psychology to assist with building the Holy Cross College Men's Soccer team to a premier NAIA program.  Kyle lives in the South Bend area where he works as a Child and Adolescent Therapist for a community mental health provider.