The uka staff
UKA DIRECTOR/HEAD TRAINER- Glenn Walton
* UEFA, NSCAA, USSF Licensed
*Originally from Manchester, England
*26 years a GK trainer, spent time at Clubs such as Crewe Alexandra, Wrexham, Chester City and Northwich Victoria
*UK and USA pro/semi pro playing experience
* Former trainer at Manchester United soccer schools
* Former GK Director NJ Crush FC and Cedar Stars Bergen Girls
* Former Head of Womens Goalkeeping- Ramapo College
* Former GK Director Pennsylvania Rush Soccer Club
* Catalyst behind #theUKAway for 9 years, producing some of the best GK's in the State and the Country
UKA ACADEMY COACH- CAT ROBSON
Cat Robson joined the UKA Staff in 2023, following 7 years as a UKA student under Glenn Walton.
Cat grew through the program from town level and went on to play with NJ Crush FC and Cedar Stars Academy NJ playing at the top levels as a GK at Youth Soccer.
A stand-out keeper for Nutley High School , Cat is now a freshman keeper at D2 College STAC in NY.
Cat went through over 300 sessions with UKA and knows the program inside-out.
UKA will only have staff who know the UKA WAY and Cat certainly does!!!
INTERNATIONAL COACHING RESOURCES MANAGER- Karl O'Neill
We at UKA always strive to deliver top quality sessions with detailed content to ensure maximum improvement and enjoyment within our groups
Coach Karl shares content from around the globe to add to our growing library of educational practices.
While UKA has its very own METHODOLOGY , we can never stop learning and adding to the skills we have as coaches.
Goalkeeper WELFARE OFFICER
Bev Mackeen
UKA are delighted to announce Bev, as our GK Welfare Officer.
Bev will be available for any kind of Off-field support and advice any of our goalkeepers may need.
With the stress of the position, the demand of competitive soccer and pressures school may bring, go talk to Bev!
Bev Mac Keen is a naturalized US citizen, born in the Bahamas to Canadian parents. Bev attended and graduated with honors from Cornell University. After three decades of pursuing an international career in not-for-profit and commercial theatre production and management, Bev decided to actively focus all of her attention on assisting her children’s communities. Currently the Asst Director of Advancement at the Dwight-Englewood School, Bev has been an active parent in the soccer community for over 13 years. Mom to “Rego” who is a 8 year UKA Senior Student and and Stella, Bev has had the privilege of working with both Glenn Walton and Karl o'Neil as their elite team managers.
CONTACT ME- ANYTIME!
UKA ACADEMY COACH- SAMMI BROWN
UKA are delighted to announce Sammi as NEW Academy Coach.
I’m a PA goalkeeper who started at Warminster soccer club in 2018 where I won multiple tournament MVP awards. I then moved onto PA Rush in 2019 when I made it onto their Rush Select team playing for the west in their national tournament. I then moved onto the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals playing for their girl's academy team and started off my season winning first place in penalty shootouts in the FC Delco cup tournament. I now play for Hex FC. I played on varsity my freshman and soccer year of high school and earned my varsity letter.
I have been trained by Glenn Walton for 6 years and now have over 100 hours of UKA coaching AS A COACH under my belt!!