Men's Soccer

Levels: Varsity/ Middle School
Home Field: Calvary Day School

August 1st-5th 2022

Varsity Boys 

900AM- 1000AM, 600PM-800PM

August 18th- 19th 2022

MS Boys 

330PM- 5:00PM

Be sure to have your updated physical on file. Forms are on our Athletic Forms page.

Varsity Head Coach - Ben KerthCoach Benjamin Kerth is in his ninth year at Calvary Day School as the Head Varsity Soccer Coach for both the Men’s and Women’s. He is in his third year as The head of the Physical Education Department and Associate Athletic Director. He comes with a background in collegiate athletics and 10 years of coaching experience at different levels. Coach Kerth graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Masters degree in Elementary Education. He also played 3 years of collegiate soccer. 2 at Indiana Wesleyan University and 1 at Liberty University. Coach Kerth played High School soccer at Damascus High where he was a 4 year starter on varsity and named to the All-met and All-Star team his senior year. Coach Kerth has guided the Men’s soccer team to 6 straight Conference titles (2017-2022) and the schools first two state championship (2020 and 2022) in Men’s varsity soccer. He also won the conference title with the women’s team in 2020. 

MS Head Coach - Russell London

Coach Russell grew up on the beautiful twin island of Trinidad and Tobago. As a youth he excelled in many sporting disciplines. Track and field where he focused on long distance running (completed 3 marathons), football (soccer) and basketball where he was the captain of his high school and junior college teams. At the tender age of eighteen, Coach Russell was selected to represent Trinidad and Tobago senior national basketball team in the Caricom Basketball Championship in Jamaica.  His team finished second, losing to the Bahamas in the finals. He has been living in the USA for the past 32 years, the last 24 years in the Triad area. He is the proud father of three adult sons Isaiah, Jamaal and Jalen.

His coaching qualification includes:

·      Premier Coaching Diploma - United Soccer Coaches

·      National C - United States Soccer Federation 

·      National Youth license - United States Soccer Federation 

·      Regional Goal-Keeping - United Soccer Coaches

·      Fitness In Soccer (Football) - FA

·      Personal Trainer Certification - American Council of Exercise

·      Youth Fitness Specialty Trainer - American Council of Exercise

·      CPR/First Aid

Coaching Experience:

 ·      Twins City Soccer Club 

·      RW Reagan High School Boys

·      Forsyth Country Day School Boys/Girls

·      Forsyth Home Educators Boys/Girls

·      Triad Elite Youth Academy 

·      Triad Elite Club

Coach Russell is very excited about Coaching at Calvary Day School and he knows his years of sporting experience and passion for coaching will inspire young players to achieve their goals on and off the field. He is dedicated and driven towards excellence and happy to bring his enthusiasm and pure joy for sports to the Cougars Sporting Programs.

Varsity/Middle School Assistant Coach- Chris Hales

Coach Hales is from Youngsville, North Carolina and attended Friendship Christian School in Raleigh, NC. There he played 3 years of varsity basketball, baseball, and soccer. He had the pleasure of being part of 3 state baseball championship teams, was 2nd team all-state in basketball, and was named most-improved in basketball and soccer. He went on to play 4 years of basketball at Piedmont Bible College. From 1993 to 1996, he coached basketball at Sheets Memorial Christian School as the head JV coach and varsity assistant. He began his career at Calvary with the varsity boy’s soccer team in 2011 as assistant to his brother-in-law, Jeremy Pattisall. He continued from 2012 to the present, assisting Coach Kerth with both varsity boys and varsity girls. He has also been the head coach of JV boys soccer and middle school teams during this time. In 2014, he earned his E license. In 2021, along with Coach Kerth, Coach Hales shared the excitement of winning their first State Championship! They are excited about the future of Calvary soccer. He married his wife, Joy, in 1995 and proceeded to have a daughter, Corban, and a son, Lucas. Corban was born medically fragile and passed away at the age of 14. The Calvary soccer players and families honored her by placing a memorial bench at the field that the players touch before each game. Coach Hales’s first soccer coaching experience was with his 3 year old son at the YMCA. Lucas later played for NC Fusion Development Academy where Coach Hales was team manager for many years. In 2021, he was the game day announcer for the NC Fusion U23 USL team that Lucas played with. The only time Coach Hales is willing to miss a Calvary soccer game is when he is watching Lucas play at Coastal Carolina University. The primary goal of Coach Hales at Calvary is to train godly young men and help them understand their identity is in Christ.

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2022 Varsity Boys Soccer

2022 Middle School