STAFF
Quavas Kirk
Technical Executive Director
At the age of 17, Kirk was a third round draft pick in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by the L.A. Galaxy. He played in the MLS for about nine years with a couple of teams including the L.A. Galaxy, D.C. United, Seattle Sounders, Minnesota Thunder, and Portland Timbers. He was a standout in the U.S. U-17 National team. He was the Director of Extra Programming at FC United Soccer Club for eight years. Kirk has a wide range of expertise in private training for all levels and ages alike. He has been doing personal training since 2011.
Reid Strain
Barrington Manager
A former DII collegiate athlete, who played for the University of Indianapolis. He played professional soccer with Saprissa and Asser in Costa Rica and then played with Stöde, Örebro Syrianska, and Friska viljor in Sweden.
He has been coaching private sessions for the past four years. He has experience coaching teams at several levels and age groups being a head coach at FCX.
Ata Ozbey
Camp Director
Former D1 collegiate captain for San Diego State University in the PAC-12 conference, and professional player for Finn Harps FC in Ireland and Manisa BBSK in Turkey.
Ata is a lifelong student of the game and brings an unrivaled passion to coaching soccer. He brings a unique philosophy to the development of youth players, with an emphasis on attacking soccer and ball manipulation.
Since 2020 and until joining Soccer Speed, he was Assistant Varsity coach at Barrington High School (where he won state as a player), and has extensive experience in private soccer lessons with individual youth players and small groups.
Colin Kirk
West Chicago Manager
Kirk was a U.S youth national team standout from the U-14 and U16 National teams. Plagued by injuries drove him into personal fitness as his passion. Is currently a certified personal trainer in weight lifting. Has been doing personal youth soccer training in 2010.
Dominique Martinez
Trainer/Mental Performance Coach
She is a former academy player and was part of the U17 Mexico National Team pool, bringing extensive experience from playing for several prominent clubs throughout Illinois. Unfortunately, due to injuries and collegiate politics, she did not have the opportunity to play collegiate soccer. Instead, she pursued her education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and a master’s degree in Sports Psychology.
She is passionate about providing a blend of mental skills and soccer training to future generation programs. In addition to her soccer training, she offers mental performance coaching to athletes who wish to enhance both their mental and physical skills, as well as achieve resilience and excellence on and off the field.