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Catherine Gordon Is the Founder and Director of Net Edge Training, LLC. Since 1999 Net Edge Training has specialized in goalkeeping training for players of all ages, from youth to collegiate.
A former USL W-League goalkeeper for the New Jersey Wildcats. Gordon boasts over 25 years experience between the pipes. A graduate of Purdue University. A consummate athlete she was a letter winner in four varsity sports during high school and throughout her athletic career has received over a dozen awards from Golden Glove, All Tourney to MVP. She played basketball in college for Ft.Lewis College DII and concluded her collegiate career playing soccer her senior year for the Boilermakers Soccer Club.
Gordon is a Division I Goalkeeper Coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in Teaneck, NJ. Gordon holds a USSF “C” License and a NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma. She also serves as a goalkeeper coach and evaluator for the NJYS Olympic Development Program (ODP) and is a Certified Trainer for Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA).
“It is all about the athlete and their opportunity to develop and excel on and off the pitch. My goal is to bring the best and most current practices, strategies, and enthusiasm from these varied sources to today's Goalkeepers" * USSF “C” License
* USSF Referee
* NSCAA Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma
* NSCAA Member
* US Soccer Foundation Member
* Women's Sports Foundation Member
“To some challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting” -Tony DiCicco-
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Net Edge brings together the best talent for our Goalkeeper training and our unique Striker/Keeper Series!
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Mick Smith: Stiker Specialist (Born in Leicester, England)Is the Author of “Attacking with 3 Players” a successful “how to” on concepts that will shape individual technical excellence and effective combination play. Mick is also the Founder of 3v3, Far Post Soccer a company that focuses on training that brings out the best in players: creativity, speed, pace and an attack-minded game. He has 9 years of coaching experience working with players from the highest youth levels to the Women's U.S. National team. Mick holds an FA Coaching certificate, NSCAA State Diploma, USSF, CBF (Brazilian Coaching certificate) and KNVB Certified (Dutch Coaching certificate). He has also played Semi-professional in England and the US with PDL. Actively involved in the Super Y league, Mick brings an incredible pace to training and an intuitive ability motivate players beyond what they thought possible. He is a great addition and an expert engineer to the design of the Striker portion of our Net Edge Striker Striker/Keeper Series©.
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Marguerite Ferrell: Striker Specialist
Ferrell is the assistant coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Women’s Soccer team, Division 1 in the NEC conference. She also played midfield for the New Jersey Wildcats and will continue to take an active roll in the USL as a player and support staff in the 2007 season. Ferrell worked for MSG and HD-NET Television reporting
all statistics to the news crew during the New York
Redbull home games, during the MLS 2006 season
Ferrell was a four-year letter winner for the FDU Knights. As
a freshman she was the only first-year player to start all
18 games for the Knights, picking up Brine Northeast
Conference Rookie of the Week honors. She won Brine
NEC Player of the Week distinction. Her senior season, she paced the squad with a team-best eight goals, en route to 17 points and First Team All-Conference acclaim and MVP for the Knights.
Her 45 points and 19 goals rank in second all-time,
while she remains in the top 10 in six offensive
categories. Ferrell’s two-goal performance versus
Quinnipiac in 2005 landed her in a nine-way tie for most
goals in a game, also propelling her into a two-way tie
for most game-winning goals.
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Christine Serzan: Goalkeeping Specialist
Serzan is one of the most technically sound keepers and impossible to beat in the goal. Four-year starter at Dover HS...two-time first-team all-conference selection...earned all-county, all-area and all-state honors as a junior and senior...was also a four-year starter for basketball and three-year starter in softball...earned second-team all-conference in softball...member of National Honor Society...Girls' State delegate...earned High Honor Roll all four years at Dover HS...selected as Morris County Athletic Directors Scholar-Athlete as a senior. She also played between the pipes at the University of Delaware (1999-2000), and then on to the University club team from 2001-2003. She has a record 1000 saves in high school and college. She led The Delaware University Club team as their keeper to a national title. Her club team also went to nationals all three seasons she played and never placed below 8th in the nation. Serzan also worked as a volunteer for the Special Olympics for 4 years. |
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