Matthew Bambrick

Hello! My name is Matthew Bambrick and I am the founder of SoCal Youth Sports Solutions. Growing up in England, I loved 2 things, sports and Aston Villa. For the past 15 years, I have been living the dream by doing what I love the most, coaching soccer as my chosen vocation.

I have had the absolute pleasure of meeting some of the greatest people throughout my career, and most of them couldn’t even tie their shoelaces. It gives me an enormous feeling of joy watching the kids transform from being shy on Day 1, too scared to leave mom’s side, to falling in love with the sport and begging to come to class to play each week. A joy shared by every coach and parent, I am sure!

Soccer has been my sport since the age of 3 and not a day goes by where a ball isn’t kicked, a game isn’t watched, or the majority of my day isn’t consumed by thinking about soccer. I was very fortunate to grow up in an area where soccer was ingrained into the everyday lives of the community with 4 of the most traditional and historic soccer clubs residing in Birmingham, my home city. Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, and Wolverhampton Wanderers are some of the oldest clubs in the world and were right at my doorstep. From cheering on Aston Villa each week, to playing at Red House Park near my childhood home and the fields of Blaendolau at Aberystwyth University, soccer helped me grow as a person, creating fantastic memories with some magnificent people along the way.

After 13 years of playing soccer with my childhood club, I was offered an opportunity to inspire a new generation of children to play with my first real coaching job. Fast-forward 15 years, after working for 2 Premier League Clubs, learning from a former Manchester United Academy Director, and coaching both grassroots and competitive soccer to children in the United States, I decided to give back to the game, that I love so much, by starting my own company, Southern California Youth Sports Solutions.

My ambition for SoCal Youth Sports is to offer the children within the community opportunities to get involved in sports and grow a love for it that will last a lifetime. I want to ensure every child has the chance to access high quality coaching and remain an affordable option so that sports continue to be a constant option in their lives. Sports can offer a wonderful platform for children to develop in a safe and nurturing environment and it will be my life’s work to ensure every child has the chance to enter the sporting world in the best way possible!