This summer, LIU will be partnering with local sports organizations to create a universal soccer camp for boys! Work on your skills through close training sessions and have some fun with team based drills! Participants will be split into age groups and work closely with our players and coaches.

For grades 3-8

Michael Mordocco

After guiding the team to a 10-6-3 record, Mordocco and his Sharks took down FDU and Sacred Heart wo win the NEC tournament championship, their second since 2021. Emil Jaaskelainen earned NEC Player of the Year honors, winning the award in back-to-back years under Mordocco. Coach Mordocco also guided the younger players on his roster, which includes NEC Rookie of the Year Joshua Saavedra, who scored the game-winning goal against FDU in the NEC semifinals.

In 2021, Mordocco led the Sharks to an NEC regular-season title, an NEC tournament championship and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. LIU upset the University of Maryland in the first round. Several Sharks received high honors, highlighted by Emil Jaaskelianen on the United Soccer Coaches All-Northeast Region first team. More recognition followed as Henry Haferkorn and Fridtjof Andberg were featured on the All-Northeast Region second team. Mordocco also guided nine other players to All-NEC honors while also mentoring the NEC Goalkeeper of the Year, Demetri Skoumbakis. Skoumbakis was also valedictorian of Long Island University’s graduating class of 2022.

The Sharks program played an abbreviated season in spring 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled fall 2020 play. Mordocco led the Sharks to a second-place finish and an appearance in the NEC championship match. Fridtjof Andberg, Jonas Dovland, Assane Ben Fall and Emil Jaaskelainen received All-Northeast Region honors. Jaasakelainen was also recognized as the NEC Rookie of the Year.

In 2019, Mordocco helped mentor a consensus All-American in graduate student Lukas Ostermann. Mordocco helped guide the Pioneers to their fourth-consecutive East Coast Conference championship with a 2-0 victory against Mercy College during the championship match. The Green and Gold eventually reached the East Region championship match against local rival Adelphi University where they fell on a snowy afternoon at Pioneer Soccer Park.

Mordocco brings an extensive resume to Brookville, most recently holding the position of associate head coach at the University of Massachusetts for three seasons. During his time with the Minutemen, he was a part of a staff that earned 2017 Atlantic-10 Coaches of the Year, while also leading UMass to a conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance.

Before his time at UMass, Mordocco spent four seasons as an assistant coach with the University of Connecticut, where he helped guide the Huskies to three NCAA Tournament quarterfinal appearances. Mordocco helped produce 12 Major League Soccer draft picks, including two No. 1 overall selections, in 2013 and 2014.

In addition to his roles at UMass and UConn, Mordocco has several additional years of collegiate experience, as an assistant at Division I Stony Brook and Division III SUNY Oneonta.

As a player, Mordocco spent four seasons at UConn, from 1998-2001. He won the NCAA national championship during the 2000 season. when he helped the Huskies to a 21-3-1 record. He earned a bachelor of liberal arts degree in economics in 2002.