TSS Rovers Staff
TSS FC places a great deal of importance on the quality of instruction. New instructors, no matter how experienced, spend months shadowing existing staff members to learn how TSS FC implements its player development model. In essence, TSS FC believes that coaching at the youth level is about teaching, which is why we see our staff as instructors more than anything. TSS FC also believes that coaching must be done with professionalism, enthusiasm, and personality. Not everyone can teach. Often it takes a certain personality, a certain aptitude. Taking coaching courses, reading coaching materials, and shadowing peers are all good steps towards building knowledge. Having played the game is also an important source of knowledge. But having knowledge and having the ability to impart that knowledge are two completely different things. TSS FC understands that distinction and continually works towards providing its staff with the tools necessary to become effective teachers. And like the players themselves, the staff at TSS FC are evolving. We don't presume to have all the answers. Teaching performance-based youth sports can never be an exact science because human beings are far too complex and unpredictable, but we are continually striving to become better at what we do.
Management
Colin Elmes
Technical Director/Boys Director
Co-Owner
Colin is the Technical Director and co-owner of TSS FC and Total Soccer. With countless years of coaching experience, Colin implements all aspect of technical direction for the club and academy.
Brendan Quarry
Operations Director
Co-Owner
Brendan is the TSS FC Operations Director and co-owner of TSS FC and Total Soccer. With more than 20 years of coaching experience, Brendan oversees all day to day operations at TSS FC, as well as instructs the Rovers II Women.
Kevin Booker
Girls Director
Kevin has been a member of the TSS staff for a number of years and has a wealth of experience. He oversees the entire girls program, as well as instructs a numbers of TSS FC teams, including the Rovers I Women (1st Team). Kevin is also the Girls Director at Total Soccer.
Aaron Saint-Cyr
Boys Director
Aaron has been a part of TSS for 3 years and comes from a rich soccer background. He oversees the entire boys program, as well as instructs a number of TSS FC teams. Aaron is also the Boys Director at Total Soccer.
Primary Instructors (boys)
Darren Russcher
U18 Boys
Darren has been an instructor with TSS for a number of years. Having coached youth players for over 10 years, Darren is currently the Primary Instructor for the TSS Rovers U18 Boys, where he manages a pool of players that play in 2 different levels of the Fraser Valley Soccer League.
Will Cromack
U15 Boys | U13 Boys BCSPL
Will has been coaching for over 10 years at the youth level and has been instrumental in building our TSS Rovers brand. He is a former UBC player, a former BC Team, Canadian youth, Canada games and Vancouver 86er player.
Bob Mann
U13 Boys BCSPL Intake
Bob has coached at various levels and age groups over the last 10 years. He instructs in the academy and currently runs the TSS Rovers U13 Boys BCSPL Intake. Bob recently participated in the very first offering of the Canada Soccer Children's License in BC.
Aaron Saint-Cyr
U11 Boys | U12 Boys
Aaron has been a part of TSS for 3 years where he oversees the entire boys academy program. Aaron is the primary instructor for the TSS Rovers U11 Boys and the TSS Rovers U12 boys. Aaron is also the Boys Director at Total Soccer.
Primary Instructors (girls)
Kevin Booker
U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U13 Girls
Kevin has been a member of the TSS staff for a number of years and has a wealth of experience. He oversees the entire girls academy, as well as instructs a numbers of TSS FC teams, including the Rovers I Women (1st Team). Kevin is also the Girls Director at Total Soccer.
Kassia Hayek
U16 Girls
Kassia is a product of one of the original TSS FC teams and then went on to play university level soccer. She later returned to instruct at Total Soccer and helps run the TSS FC U16 girls.
Greg Sawers
U13 Girls BCSPL Intake
Greg has been involved in the game for over 20 years and represented our Canadian National team in the U-15, U-17 & U-19 development pool. He is also a proud product and one of the original graduates from Total Soccer.
Mike Morin
U12 Girls
Mike has been coaching for 14 years, a number of which have been with Total Soccer and TSS FC. He currently runs the U12 girls to help them prepare for the BCSPL intake season.
Cami Gomez
U11 Girls
Cami has been coaching at Total Soccer since 2018 where she regularly trained as a youth player. She went on to play for the Whitecaps REX program and represented Canada on the U15 and U17 National teams. Cami currently runs the TSS FC U11 girls, along with TSS FC Instructor, Remi Guindon.
"The role [of the instructor] is not to devise ways to win soccer matches at the expense of a player's development or enjoyment. As difficult as that may be at times, this is perhaps the most important factor in the success of the instructor. Too often there is a disconnect between messages and methods applied in training and those applied in games."
