Coaches Bio

Shawn Agnew - Technical Director

Shawn Agnew began his journey in the local academy system in 1997, progressing into professional environments in Portugal and Brazil. He later spent a decade with the Vancouver Police, while simultaneously building—since 2014—one of Western Canada’s leading development platforms, Premier Academy. His background reflects a coach and leader deeply rooted in modern, game-based methodology.

Influenced by the TOVO Institute and Ajax FC, Shawn’s philosophy prioritizes intelligent repetition, guided discovery, and game realism over isolated drills. The result is players who not only play quickly, but think quickly—adapting and solving problems in real time. His approach blends European positional principles with modern cognitive science, emphasizing training environments that replicate the complexity of the game, where every action is connected to scanning, timing, space, and decision-making. This methodology has produced a proven track record of building structured development systems that connect grassroots to high-performance pathways, consistently placing athletes into USPORTS, NCAA, NAIA, JUCO, and CCAA programs.

At Albion FC, Shawn will lead a comprehensive five-year strategic transformation. The club will be restructured into a high-quality, development-focused grassroots program, supported by a clear club-wide philosophy. Coaches will benefit from ongoing mentorship and education, with structured monthly development, ensuring alignment across all age groups.

Billy Johnstone

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Bill brings with him a wealth of coaching experience. Bill believes that coaching is about developing relationships with the athlete and bringing out their peak potential by understanding and nurturing their individual personalities. Bill has over 35 years of soccer coaching experience and has developed a unique coaching style that has gained him great respect and results.

Most recently, Bill has been the assistant Technical Director of Albion FC. He was an active member of the technical staff. His responsibilities included coaching Spring and Summer camps, player evaluations for team selection as well as academy coach for a variety of ages.

Head Coach of the U18 Alouette United Boys Metro Soccer, 2007.

In 2008, Bill was honoured for his coaching efforts by the BC Soccer Association by receiving the BC Soccer Association Award of Merit.

Involved with BC Special oOlympics for over 15 years. Won two National titles as Head Coach of the BC Special Olympics team followed this by being named Head Coach of the Canadian Special Olympics Soccer Team winning a gold medal at the 2007 World Special Olympics Games in Shanghai, China.

Bill also coached provincially as assistant coach of the U19 BC Women's Team, winning a gold medal at the 1996 Canadian Championships.

As a player, Bill played in the VMSL Premier Soccer League and the Pacific Coast Soccer League with the Burnaby Canadians. After his playing career, he went on the coach the Burnaby Canadians having the privilege of working with a number of professional and national level players.

Bill was appointed co-coach of the Pacific Coast Soccer League All Star Team, 1991-1993.

Inducted into BC Soccer Hall of Fame in 2020.

Ivo Gottardo - Mini Coed Coordinator

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Coaching Theory Level.... level 1

Coaching Certificate Level.... B provincial

Past Soccer Coaching Experience:

Willingdon FC 1983-1984

Kerrisdale FC 1998-2006

Burnaby Heights FC 2000-2002

Cliff Avenue FC 2006-present

Panorama Arsenal Surrey Spring League 2003

Vancouver Selects 2003-2004

Delta Metro United Division One CAT FVSL 2004-2006

Delta Metro United Premier Men’s FVSL 2005-2008

Delta Metro Blaze Premier Men’s VMSL 2006-2008

Lobbans FC Division 1 Men’s VMSL 2008-present

Other Coaching Experience:

Ivo Gottardo Soccer Skill Development Program 1998-present

Staff Coach at Kerrisdale Soccer Club 2002-2007

Westside Soccer Player Development 2004-2006

Delta Metro United Youth Academy 2005-2008

Staff Coach at Pacific Eagles Soccer Club 2005-2008

Staff Coach at Langley Youth Soccer Club 2008-2009

Staff Coach at Cliff Avenue United Soccer Club 2006-2019

Staff Coach at Albion FC 2017-present

Accomplishments:

Vancouver Cup Finalists 2000-2001

Pioneer Cup Finalist 2002-2003

Pioneer Cup Champions 2007-2008, 2009-2010

FVSL Div.1 Cup Champions 2005-2006

Promotion from VMSL Div.1 to Premier 2005-2006

Katelyn Erhardsen

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Playing experience:

-Mountain United Women’s Premier MWSL (current)

-SFU Varsity Women’s Soccer(2015-2018)

-TSS Women’s Rovers WPSL (2019)

-Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite (2013-2015)

-North Shore Women’s Premier (2015)

-BC Provincial Team (U14 & U15)

-Mountain United BCSPL (2011-2013)

-Mountain United Y-League (2011-2012)

-Golden Ears United Soccer Club (Youth)

Youth Soccer Coaching Experience:

Albion FC (2015- present)

Port Moody Soccer Club Acadamy (U 14-17 girls)

SFU youth soccer camps

Soccer shots Metro Vancouver (Empower program)