MEET Coach Thiago

It's all about the passion for soccer!
Coach Thiago Novo since he was a little boy became a soccer lover by watching his father Gilberto Novo, playing in the neighborhood leagues where they lived.

He grew up playing soccer in the streets, futsal courts and on the beach, where he enjoyed fun and challenging games.

At the age of 9, he started playing soccer and futsal at school tournaments, where he stood out and was selected by the AABB Futsal scouts, becoming runner-up in the Brazilian under-13 futsal league.

In addition to many titles as an athlete in school, clubs and college championships, coach Thiago went through clubs like Palmeiras, Portuguesa and Mercedes-Benz in his hometown: São Paulo.

In addition to getting a scholarship to a private school because of soccer, he also started working at the age of 14, coaching goalkeepers at a small soccer academy in his neighborhood.

Coach Licenses
Conmebol "A" Licensed Coach

Soccer in New Jersey!
Since 2011 living in Clinton, NJ, coach Thiago decided to give back to soccer all the best moments of his life, so he started the training course for coaches and went to work at a local club as an assistant coach for Hunterdon FC.

He was quickly promoted to head coach of the U10 girls' team that just came out of recreational. Despite the great challenge, in 5 years coaching this group of girls, the team that had started in the 8th division of the league, would end up in the 1st division, with many titles and players being selected by elite academies.

In NJ, coach Thiago specialized in women's teams, at the time with the U10, U11 and U15.

Since then, after many families requested private training, coach Thiago decided to add private training and small groups for both boys and girls.

In this period, coach Thiago was invited to join New York Red Bulls Academy and the Raritan Valley College.

Soccer in South Florida
After a 4-year break as a soccer coach, Thiago moved to South Florida in September 2020, where he quickly identified with the people's passion for soccer and in just 20 days in Florida, he was already back in field, developing recreational children at the soccer academy at the CBF School in Boca Raton (it is the Brazilian National Soccer Academy).

During this period, Thiago also implemented the Futsal program at the CBF School.

The universe conspired again and in January 2022, Thiago was called to become head coach of U9 Boys. In a short span of time, he was PBSL league runner-up, Palm Beach Cup champion, PBSL league champion, and Heroes Cup finalist.

The success of this group of players was so great that many players from other clubs joined the CBF School U10 for the 2022-2023 season, what helped CBF to add our second team called CBF 2013 Yellow and CBF 2013 Green.

The objectives were already different, to develop athletes through leagues and tournaments in the gold division. And what seemed difficult, became achievable. EDP League Falls Champions, Weston Cup Champions, Palm Beach Cup Finalists and Disney Cup Semi-Finalist, in addition to anticipating the adaptation to 9v9, playing as U11 in EDP League Spring and Commissioner's Cup.

For the season 2023-2024, we started another challenging journey for the CBF 2013 now as U11, which is the consolidation of the results of the previous season, when the team was ranked as #59 in the USA & Canada and #24 in Florida.

Thiago Novo became the Head Coach of the 2013 group, with 3 (three) 2013 teams: Yellow, Green and Blue. The season 2023-2024, started with a great achievements: United Cup 2023 Champions (Green), TFL League Falls 2023 Champions (Green), Royal Palm Beach 2023 Champions (Yellow), Royal Palm Beach 2023 Finalist (Blue), TFL League Winter 2024 Champion (Yellow & Blue) and many more to come.

This is not just about winning games! This is about technical, mental, tactical and physical development.

When the athlete is committed, it is much easier for the group to achieve the goals together.