Technical Directors


Gerry Heaney
  • Head Technical Director with RCYSC for the last 10 years
  • Former professional soccer player with the Scottish League (1964 – 1967) and with the NASL Vancouver Whitecaps (1974 – 1975)
  • Thirty-three years of coaching experience:
     * Youth Club (U6 – U18 Boys and Girls, House to Metro level)
     * High School (Burnaby North High School - BC Provincial Champions in 2000)
     * University (SFU Men’s team, 1974 – 1975)
  • Owner and Head Coach of the Goalgetters Youth Soccer Camps (started in 1978) running camps in Washington State and through-out British Columbia.
  • Retired Burnaby high school teacher

    • Ian Wakeling
  • Technical Director with RCYSC for the last 8 years which includes supervision of the Spring Program and Player Academies
  • Fifty years of playing experience from youth soccer in the Lower Mainland to the SFU men’s team (1972 – 1973) and continues to play recreationally in Port Moody
  • Forty-four years of coaching experience:
     * Youth Club (U6 – U18 Boys and Girls, House to Metro Level) with some teams playing at the provincial level
     * Also preparing teams for provincial championships and summer games
  • Has run summer soccer camps in Washington State and through-out British Columbia over the past 25 years.
  • Retired Coquitlam high school teacher

    • Daryl Larson
  • Technical Director with RCYSC for the last 3 years
  • Playing experience includes the BC Boys U16 National Champions in 1977 and SFU Men’s NAIA champions in 1982 and 1983 and continues to play recreationally
  • Founding member of the Clan Alumni Soccer Club
  • Twenty-six years of youth soccer coaching experience with a variety of clubs in the Lower Mainland

    • Sava Miljanic
  • Involved with RCYSC as a coach and Technical Director for the last 6 years
  • Played in Serbia for youth team FK Teleoptik and then for Douglas College (1998 – 1999) when he arrived in Canada and now plays for the Serbian White Eagles in Vancouver Metro League
  • Coached the Vancouver Whitecaps U15 Development Team in 2007
  • Physical Education teacher at Byrne Creek Secondary School in Burnaby and is the head coach of the senior and junior boys and girls soccer teams

    • Sasa Plavsic
  • Plays semi-professionally with the USL Abbotsford Magnuson Ford Mariners where he led the team in scoring in 2011
  • Also plays for the University of the Fraser Valley and was the 2010 points leader
  • Coach of youth soccer camps for the past 6 years for a variety of organizations
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