Meet+the+coaches

Franklin Tawah Varsity Co-Head coach

Franklin was a successful player in his home country of Cameroon Africa. Not only was he successful, he was well known. A Minnesota State Select coach for fifteen years winning a National Championship in 1990 and 5 Midwest Regional Championships as well. He is also the coach for the FC Internationals who have a great tradition of success both locally and Nationally winning several tittles over the years. These titles include 11 State Championships, 5 International Tournament Championships and 6 Minnesota Cup Championships. Franklin also helped in forming the Minnesota Thunder and was an assistant coach/manager for the first three years. He has not only coached but is well known and loved by some of the best S.P.A. alumni players from the 1980's to today.

Contact Info: ftawah@aol.com 612-875-6899

Max Lipset Varsity Co-Head Coach

After Max's successful SPA soccer career ended in 2003 he went to play for University of Wisconsin- Madison for a year (2003-2004). Following this experience he decided that Division I soccer wasn't quite what he expected and transferred to Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles, CA. (NCAA Div. III) (2004-2007) His Coach was Dan Calichman, captain of the LA Galaxy at the time. Max twice led the team in scoring and earned All-Conference honors. After Graduating in December of 2007 he worked as a performance coach in Pasadena, CA. In 2009 he played professionally for the [|Kitsap Pumas] in the USL-PDL and started every game but one. In August he had a trial with the Portland Timbers for 10 days under his former coach at SPA Amos Magee. In October 2009 he was invited to play in La Paz, Bolivia by the owner of Bolivian Premier League side La Paz FC. After returning from La Paz, Max signed a contract to play for the NSC MN Stars (the former Thunder) under SPA Alum Manny Lagos. After one year with the Stars, Max retired from professional soccer to pursue performance coaching full-time. Max is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and is a certified Crossfit Level 1 Coach, Crossfit Kids Trainer, Crossfit Olympic Lifting Coach, Crossfit Movement and Mobility Coach, and Crossfit Coaches Prep Coach. Max also recently completed his level 1 Functional Movement Systems certification.

Contact Info: max.lipset@gmail.com 651.249.3967.

Mike Lipset - JV Team coach Contact Info mlipset05@gmail.com 651 324 1816

Evan Wright - JV Assistant