Chuck Salvi enters his first season as an assistant coach for New Haven in 2016, working with the goalkeepers.
Salvi spent last season as the men’s goalkeeping coach at Wesleyan University where he mentored a group that allowed just 20 goals in 18 games while posting a .810 save percentage. He also has experience at the collegiate level with Yeshiva College as the assistant coach for goalkeepers and as the graduate assistant coach at Eastern New Mexico State University where he helped guide the team to its first Lone Star Conference Championship in 2011.
As a player, the Albuquerque, N.M. native played his college soccer at Franklin Pierce University, appearing in two NCAA Tournaments before earning his degree from the University of New Mexico. He played six seasons in the NPSL from 2003-2008 for the Las Vegas Strikers and Albuquerque Asylum FC. He won a division championship and was Southwest Conference runner-up with Albuquerque in 2006. Salvi was also named Fox Soccer Player of the Game for a 2007 match against the Santa Cruz Ice Breakers while playing for Albuquerque.
