Steven Lacey
Stephen made it to the Final Cut for both the US National team and the Olympic team in 1990-91. He played for the San Jose Oaks in the SFDML / CPSL (California Premier Soccer League) and the USISL in the 90’s.
Carlos Somoano
Coach
Carlos Somoano entered his 14th year at the helm of the North Carolina men’s soccer program in 2024.
Somoano reached the summit of collegiate soccer when he led the Tar Heels to the 2011 NCAA title, becoming just the second rookie head coach in NCAA history to win a national championship. He returned to the College Cup with his Tar Heel squad in 2016, 2017 and 2020.
In 2020, he led Carolina on an improbable run to its fourth College Cup under his tutelage. Entering the NCAA Tournament unseeded, UNC advanced past Charlotte on penalty kicks in the first round, then upset fourth-seeded Stanford and fifth-seeded Wake Forest to reach the national semifinal. Carolina lost, 1-0, in the semis to eventual NCAA champion Marshall and finished the year with a 9-5-4 record.
Somoano has guided 12 of his 13 squads to NCAA postseason play and six of those teams have reached at least the NCAA quarterfinals. He owns an impressive 167-59-44 career record entering 2024, good for a program-best .700 winning percentage.
Player
A standout midfielder for the Tritons, Somoano earned four letters in soccer at Eckerd and was a two-year team captain. He helped pilot the team that climbed as high as No. 16 in the country and was an All-Sunshine State Conference selection and an NSCAA All-South Region performer.
In 2013, he was inducted into the Eckerd College Athletics Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame in 2018.
[Sourced from https://goheels.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/carlos-somoano/4369]