Cris Gilmore & Christina Bell-Gilmore

Married in 2005, these two professional soccer coaches currently inspire and educate hundreds of children via the Alpine Futbol Club and Success Through Soccer.  

     

Christina, a 3 year former professional soccer player in the WUSA, was instrumental in helping the San Jose CyberRays win the inagural league championship.  She also achieved much success abroad in Holland's Dutch Premier League and collegiately for the Fresno State Bulldogs. She was the first female athlete at Fresno State to have her jersey retired.   Christina previously was an assistant coach for San Jose State University.  She has a USSF C Coaching License and the past 5 years Christina has been coaching within Alpine  FC, and is currently in charge of 6 girls teams ranging from a Youth Academy for 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade girls to U-15 Class 1 soccer.   In 2006, she was one of the regional coaches, with her husband Cris,  for the 2006 Northern California Super Y team that participated in the 2007 Super Y League ODP National Camps held at the Cocoa Expo Center in Cocoa, Florida in January and February of 2007.  As well, she is one of the coaches on staff for the '93 & '94 girls selected to participate in the US Club Soccer 2006 id2 Regional Training Camp held at UC Irvine Oct 6-9, 2006 .  From time to time when she is not too busy coaching you will see her playing Semi-pro with some of her old WUSA teammates on the WPSL California Storm based out of Sacramento.

Cris is also a former professional soccer player with experience playing in Hawaii, Denmark, Finland and Holland.  He coached women's Division 1 college soccer at San Jose State University from 2001-2003 and was on staff with the men's program at St Mary's College in Moraga in 2005.   Prior to coaching college soccer, Cris obtained valuable coaching experience in Holland for 4 years as a coaching director for children ages 7-18.  Cris has two Dutch KNVB Coaching Licenses, a USSF B Coaching License and a distinguished passing grade with his NSCAA Advanced Natinal Diploma.  Currently, Cris is in charge of 6 girls teams and 5 boys team within Alpine FC.  He also is in charge of the AFC Youth Academy for 1st, 2nd & 3rd grade boys & girls.   He was one of the regional coaches for the 2006 Northern California Super Y team that participated in the 2007 Super Y League ODP National Camps held at the Cocoa Expo Center in Cocoa, Florida in January and February of 2007.   As well, Cris likes to get his players to experience the true passion of the game.  In 2006, he arranged a 12 day World Cup tour for his U14 girls team.  They travelled through Holland, Belgium, caught a World Cup match in Germany and participated in a tournament in Sweden.  A tradition he would like to continue with his younger teams.

                                         Coaching Staff


     Marie McCann
       AFC/Success Through Soccer Youth Academy Coach.
       Gunn High School Varsity Head Coach.
       Played Division 1 soccer at SJSU/Captain.

    Simon Peake
       Alpine FC coach for BU11 Coyotes
       Alpine FC coach for BU10 Cougars
       AFC Youth Academy Coach
       FA  B  License
       Assistant Coach Foothill College

Simon was born and raised just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland. As a player, he was developed and matured in the youth academy of Dunfermline Athletic Football Club, a professional team in the Scottish Premier League.  As a teen, he also played for the club team that was an East of Scotland regional champion for several years running.

At the age of 19 he moved out to the Bay Area to attend Foothill College and played for them for two years before going back to Scotland. Simon then spent the next year developing his coaching skills and studying with the Scottish Football Association. He
would eventually go on to get his UEFA B License. Since 2001 he has been a regular coach at both Stanford and Cal Summer Soccer Camps.

He moved back to California, this time to Long Beach, in 2004 to complete his BS in Kinesiology. While studying, Simon was the Boys Varsity Head Coach at a local High School and within two years had established them as playoff candidates in their new division.

Simon now resides in the Bay Area and is a coach for Success Through Soccer and the Alpine Futbol Club.

  
   Jose Caballero
    AFC Coach Gu10  
    AFC Coach Gu9 
   

   
  
   Martine Pantoja
   AFC/Success Through Soccer Youth Academy Coach
    Played Professionally 17 years in El Salvador & Canada

     Rick Holland
     Alpine FC coach for BU9 Wolverines 
      Alpine FC coach for BU9 Timberwolves

     Jacob Pickard
     Alpine FC coach GU11 Jaguars 
      AFC Youth Academy Coach