STAFF
Quavas Kirk
Technical 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
Director Of Operations
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.
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 for over 15 years.
David Cabán
Staff Coach - Head of Curriculum
Cabán, a former Puerto Rican National team player, joins us with plenty of playing experience from Sweden to Australia. He played his college career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His coaching time has been spent with numerous MLS Next academies, and he now also joins us as the River Light Head Men's Coach.
Elisa Aguilar
Little's Manager
Former NCAA Division II player at Lewis University in Romeoville, IL. Elisa captained the women’s team and received All-Conference and All-Midwest honors. She also has several years of experience at the semi-pro level starting off with the UWS League with Steel City and later moving into the USL W League with Chicago City and River Light FC.
Coach Elisa has over 3 years of experience with coaching a variety of different trainings such as toddler classes, group sessions for all ages, and individual sessions. Her focus is creating a fun and motivating environment for players to grow and learn.
Kayla Strain
Staff Coach
Kayla played four years at South Dakota State university before her semi professional play at Minnesota and Chicago Stars. While playing semi professional, she coached both girls and boys varsity soccer teams and club in South Dakota.
In 2017 she moved back to the Chicago area and began coaching at a Division III school in the Chicago area. After coaching for one season, she pursued her professional career in Sweden playing at Lidköping, Orebrö and Umeà.
She has coached club in the local Chicago area and has been coaching with Soccer Speed since 2022. Coach Kayla also has a group fitness certification and enjoys coaching the performance side.
