ABOUT GVA SOCCER
get to know us
GVA Soccer is a private soccer training company that focuses on player development on and off the field. At GVA we offer specialized training for players to improve in those specific areas of the game we believe need improvement to make them better soccer players. We discover these areas through an evaluation session, communication between the coaches at GVA and the players club coaches.
We are known for taking care of players on and off the field, physically and mentally. We believe that for our athletes mental/emotional health is just as important as their physical health. Many people tend to overlook this and at GVA it is a priority.
We work to make an impact not only on the players soccer ability but their life as well.
Why we do it
We coach because we want players, specifically female athletes to have someone to understand them and teach them. We grew up in an environment where male coaches were all we came across and while yes, they were good, there is just a different connection when it is female to female athlete. We coach because we would like to become a voice of wisdom that we wish we had. We want this generation to be better than ours. We want to help athletes not make the same mistakes we made on and off the field. We coach because we love soccer and it’s our way to give back to the thing that has given us the most.
get to know our coaches:
Gaby Alfaro
GVA Owner and Lead Coach
Gaby Alfaro is the founder and CEO of GVA Soccer. Since the age of 13, she has competed at the highest levels of soccer. She started her soccer career at IMG Academy, an elite soccer boarding academy located in Bradenton, Florida. While attending and playing for IMG Academy Alfaro also represented the Costa Rican Under 17 Women’s National Team, where she captained both teams. After graduating from IMG Academy, Alfaro went on to play Division I soccer at Manhattan College located in The Bronx, New York. After one year she moved down to South Florida to play collegiate soccer for Nova Southeastern University. During her time with the Sharks, Alfaro captained the team to its first-ever Sunshine State Conference Championship in 2019. After her soccer career Alfaro became an ODP Recruitment coach and was also the Assistant Coach for the Nova Southeastern University Women’s Soccer team
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Jaida is originally from Plantation, FL.
Played soccer since a very young age.
Selected for ODP 99’ state team from 2012-2015.
Participated in two youth US national team camps
Selected for ODP Regional team 2014-2015
Played at American Heritage Plantation for four years (captained 2 years)—won 3 state championships
2017 All- Broward Player of the Year
Played at UCF for two seasons
Transferred to Barry University— played for one season where she completed a bachelors of science in sport and exercise science. She finished her collegiate soccer career at Nova Southeastern University finishing a masters in Sports Science.
Her coaching career started in 2019 with Sunrise Sting where she coached for year. Finally, Jaida coached at FC Prime from 2020-2023 with different age groups.
Shanoska Young
Noska is originally from Kingston, Jamaica.
She played Division II soccer for the Nova Southeastern University (Sharks), Jamaican Women’s National Team, competing in World Cup Qualifier Camp; her professional career with the Israeli club, Maccabi Kishronot Hadera. Young began her coaching career back in 2007 with the city of Miramar. She went on to coach at American Heritage High School for three seasons and is currently an Assistant Coach at St Thomas University.
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Chyenne is originally from Sunrise FL.
She played Division 1 soccer at the University of South Florida (Bulls), Jamaican women’s national team; competed in the Pan American games in Peru (2019) + qualifier camps for the World Cup (2019), as well as played professionally in Iceland for Afturelding (UMFA).
Chyanne began her coaching career back in 2018 with Florida premier FC (Tampa) while still playing collegiate soccer, and now coaches at Plantation Eagles.
