The man who will lead the Electric City Football Club has been named.
The club has confirmed they have agreed to terms with Michael Marcoccia to serve as Head Coach & Technical Director.
Marcoccia has been FC London for the past six years, where he coached both the Women’s (since 2016) and Men’s (Since 2018) League1 Ontario Teams.
At a press conference today, he said he is excited for this opportunity.
While coaching at FC London, Marcoccia also captured three OCAA Provincial titles and one CCAA National Bronze with the Fanshawe College Falcons Women’s Team. In 2019, he took the side to become #1 ranked team in Canada, for the first time in program history. Marcoccia has also been selected to coach the League1 Ontario All-Stars on 3 separate occasions.
Prior to coaching, the Italian-Canadian spent time with multiple clubs in Italy’s Serie C2, Serie D, Eccellenza and in France’s Championnat National. Marcoccia also played locally for London City Soccer Club and FC London where he would retire to begin his coaching career.
President Rob Jenkins says Marcoccia brings with him a tradition of excellence and has the ambition and ability to take this project to the next level.
Open Tryouts for Electric City FC are being held on December 1st for both the Men’s and Women’s teams indoors at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan, registration is limited and now open.
