Quakes Girls' academy director Andres Deza has been named Western Conference Development Academy Coach of the Year after leading the U-16/U-17's to the Development Academy's inaugural Girls' U-16/17 Academy Championships semifinals. On July 9, Deza and his team fell 1-0 in stoppage time to The Nationals in the semifinals, but went on to secure third place by defeating LAFC 3-0.



In their inaugural season, The U-16/U-17's finished the 2017-2018 Development Academy Regular Season second in the Western Conference with 73 points and an 24-6-1 record.



Congratulations Andres on an incredible first year at the helm!

As our playoff campaigns come to an end, we’d like to acknowledge our Girls’ Academy Director, Andres Deza, for helping our teams get this far.



Congrats to Andres, who was honored by @ussoccer_acad as one of their Coaches of the Year!#SJEacademy | #WeAreSanJose pic.twitter.com/gSA1heoYAe — Quakes Academy (@QuakesAcademy) July 10, 2018