Meet The Team

Todd Kingsbury ▾

Email: todd@farpostsoccerclub.com

Club Director Todd Kingsbury has been with Far Post Soccer Club since 2001, overseeing a period of transition and reinvention that has seen the club rise to new heights. Todd has instilled a set of values and expectations in all of his players that lead them to strive to constantly improve and find success on the field and in life. His first generation of players are now returning to serve the club in a variety of different ways, most notably many former Far Post players are currently on the coaching staff and two are on the Board of Directors. While seeking to develop the best possible soccer players in the state, Todd has also succeeded in helping mold some very impressive young men and women in all respects.

In his role as Club Director, Todd primarily focuses on the following:

• Player Development: implementing the right training curriculum and game structure needed for our players to improve year in, year out.
• Coaching Development: supporting our coaches and providing them educational opportunities to help them become more tactically astute and better teachers of the game.
• Program Development: establishing and enhancing our various programs to supplement and improve the whole player experience.
• Club Development: ensuring the proper management, increased financial stability, and continued growth of our non-profit organization.

Shelley Forrest ▾

Email: admin@farpostsoccerclub.com

Shelley has been a part of Far Post Soccer Club since 2011. She started as a soccer mom, helped for 6 years as a team manager, and served for 4 years on the Board of Directors. She began her role as Head of Administrationin and Director of Operations in November of 2020. Shelley has spent her life working with kids as an elementary school teacher, substitute teacher and mother of two awesome sons. As administrator for Far Post, she is now in charge of clubwide communication, scheduling, tryouts, player registration, rosters & player cards, uniforms, tournament registration, Playmetrics and GotSport, sponsorships, team managers, payroll and fundraising, among other tasks..

Jared Cipriano ▾

Email: jared@farpostsoccerclub.com

Jared Cipriano will be re-joining Far post and serving as the U17-U19 Director of Coaching. Jared will work towards creating an environment where the clubs oldest players are challenged to compete at the highest level. He will be working closely with head coaches to develop training curriculums that prepare players both technically and tactically. Jared will work closely with Head of College Search Adrian Dubois to assist players looking to move on to the collegiate game.

Currently, Jared also serves as the Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Norwich University. Prior to Norwich, Jared was the Head Coach for Black Rock FC Girls Residential Academy at High Mowing School in Wilton, NH. Jared was responsible for all facets of the program, including college placements, training curriculum, travel management, and video analysis. Before moving to New Hampshire, Jared worked at Far Post for seven years in numerous roles as U13-U15 DOC, Head Coach, and Indoor league Manager. Jared also served as the first assistant for the Norwich University men’s soccer team and Saint Michael’s women’s soccer team. In addition, Jared spent a season at UVM as the Director of Operations for the men’s soccer team.

As an undergraduate, Jared was a Division III (DIII) student-athlete at Elmira College. He earned Empire 8 Conference All-Conference honors as a back during his senior year. Jared graduated with a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology. He earned his master's degree in Athletic Leadership with a concentration in Athletic Administration from Castleton University in 2019.

Jared grew up in Southern VT, where he played against Far Post as a youth player. He’s excited to be back at Far Post helping develop quality players here in Vermont. He holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) C License, United Soccer Coaches (USC) National Diploma, and USC Level 2 Goalkeeper Diploma.

Lee Williamson▾

Email:Lee@farpostsoccerclub.com

​New to Far Post​ in 2021​, Lee Williamson brings a lot of energy, enthusiasm and expertise to Far Post.

Williamson, originally from Northern Ireland, moved to the US in 2014. He holds numerous Irish Football Association (IFA) coaching licenses alongside his USA coaching pathway credentials.
Lee worked with Nordic Soccer Club ​from 2014​-2021​ and ​also ​ ​coached with the Vermont Olympic Development program. Starting in 2024, Lee is an assistant for the USL2 team, Vermont Green.

Having worked and played in the youth game across Europe, he brings a wealth of technical and tactical knowledge to the game. Having played as an academy player (Trials) at Liverpool, Chelsea, Everton and Bolton and playing in international tournaments across Europe (Holland, France, England and Germany​)​ ​he has been very lucky to be among some of the best coaches and players at the academy/professional level. Williamson played club soccer for Crusaders (Irish Premiership) and also Co Antrim attending a number o​f​ select events and showcases overseas.

Personal Youth Level Highlights and Achievements: National Country Player of the Year award presented at national stadium (Windor park) in front of 20,000 people; 3 year Adidas sponsorship as an youth player U11/12-U14.

Lee's intensity and passion for the game is contagious and quickly spreads among his players. ​His ​philosophy is to ingrain a possession based, attacking style into ​his teams with a developed understanding of individual and team roles within the game to help prepare players for the next step in their player pathway.

Joey Cipicchio ▾

Email:Joey@farpostsoccerclub.com

Joey is the Director of Coaching for Far Post's U11-U14 teams and he serves as the goalkeeper coach for Far Post, bringing both his personal experience and professional education and training to the role. Joey runs the futsal league for Far Post Soccer Club.

Joey grew up in Columbus, Ohio playing club soccer for the Columbus Crew Soccer Academy. He graduated from Worthington Kilbourne High School in 2014, where he was a four-year varsity player, earning second-team all-state honors as a senior. Joey continued his soccer career playing NCAA Division 1 soccer at Brown University, where he studied Neuroscience. While at Brown, he played for the semi-professional NPSL team, Rhode Island Red's, and held the record for most starts as a goalkeeper. 0: mailto:Joey@farpostsoccerclub.com

John Antonucci ‣

John has been with the club since 2019 and has over 15 years of coaching experience. Before joining Far Post, he coached with Capital Soccer Club, the Williston Soccer Club, and internationally for Batey Libertad in the Dominican Republic. He has been playing soccer his whole life and currently plays amatuer soccer for Capital Soccer Club. He grew up playing for the Albany Alleycats and played college soccer at the University of Vermont. He enjoys watching his team and his own kids play at Far Post and loves helping young players learn the world’s greatest game.

Eric Bissell ‣

Eric, a Richmond, VT native was a Far Post Player for 10 years. He began coaching goalkeepers at Far Post, sharing his knowledge and love for the position and game. He now works as an assistant coach for multiple teams and ages.

As a current UVM student, Eric serves s the men's soccer team manager and is a member of the club soccer team. He is in school to become a teacher and plans to continue to grow his coaching skills.

Alan Brown ‣

Alan grew up in Newcastle, England, where the 3 major sports followed are football, football, and football (SOCCER!).

Alan grew up playing in the park outside of the famous Wallsend Boys Club that has spawned a few famous footballers in it's time (Peter Beardsley, Steve Bruce, Michael Carrick, Fraser Forster, to name a few!). In those days, playing was restricted to tennis balls and shirts as goals, anyone who had a ball was a star. Newcastle is a city that lives and breathes soccer.

Alan started coaching at a small school for expats in China before moving to the United States. As Alan's kids grew, he continued to help with their teams through the Williston Rec and town teams, until his son Max joined Far Post. Alan has been involved with the club ever since.

Zaf Bludevich ‣

Zaf has been a member of the Far Post coaching staff on and off since 1999. He has also assisted coaching soccer at Colchester High School and is currently one of the assistant coaches with the Rice Memorial High School Girl’s soccer team.

Zaf has been a member of the Saint Michael’s Athletic Department staff, coaching numerous sports and working with student athletes as the Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist for almost 40 years. He is currently coaching the 2011/2012 Girl’s Club team.

Jed Sass ‣

Born and bred in White River Junction, VT, Jed spent the majority of his club soccer days with Upper Valley Lightning and played one season for nearby Nordic Soccer Club. Following graduation from Hartford High School in 2014, he attended Middlebury College where he was a member of the men’s soccer team and served as co-captain during his senior year.

Jed has since coached soccer at the Olé Football Academy in New Zealand and taught at a charter school in New York City before joining Far Post in fall 2020. He is happy to be settled in the Burlington area and eager to continue improving as a coach while sharing his love for the game with each player he works with at the club.

Jason Revoir ‣

Jason grew up in Richmond, Vermont where he attended Mount Mansfield Union HS. At MMU, he played soccer, baseball and was on the nordic ski team. After high school, he attended the University of Vermont where he walked onto the Men's Soccer team and played for three years as a Catamount. He coached High School soccer at Mount Mansfield, and was an assistant coach and head coach for the Vermont ODP program for several years. After college, Jason and his now wife Jenn moved to Rhode Island for graduate school and returned to Vermont in 2004. They now live in Shelburne, VT with their two children, Ethan and Arabella, who both play for Far Post. He continues to play amateur soccer.

Jefferson Hales ‣

New to Far Post in the 2024-25 season, Jefferson Hales joins as the new head coach of the high school girls' club and one of the assistants of the girl's academy team. Jefferson has been an assistant coach for the women's soccer program at St. Michael’s College (Division 2) since 2016. He has worked with the Vermont Olimpic Development Program. Jefferson coached the Nordic Soccer Club from 2010 to 2024 and has coached the U6 & U8, U10 – U15 Boys, and U15 – U19 girls. Coach Hales holds a USSF National C License and a Level 3 Goalkeeping diploma and recently attended the International Goalkeeping Coach Conference. He strives to create a positive and motivating environment where players can thrive both on and off the field and succeed at the next level.

Jefferson Grew up playing soccer in New Jersey, where he played until his sophomore year of high school. In his junior and senior years of high school, he was in Massachusetts, where he was a first-team all-conference and first-team all-New England. In college, he was the captain of his team while being a four-year starter both on the field and in goal at Johnson State, where he still has goalkeeping records.

Cory Payson ‣

Cory is originally from Central New York. He attended SUNY Brockport where he played soccer for two seasons. After moving to Vermont, he started the Varsity Boy's Soccer program at Winooski High School. He remained as the coach there from 1996-2009. In 2010, he was hired to be the Varsity Girl's Soccer coach at Milton High school where he remained until Spring 2017, winning 4 state championships during this time. Cory was hired as the South Burlington HS Varsity Girls' Soccer Coach starting with the Fall 2017 Season.

Coach Cory came to Far Post in 2013 and currently works with the boys in the U10 Program. He holds the NSCAA National Diploma, the Goalkeeping Level 2, and a variety of special topics diplomas from the NSCAA.

Emily Jones ‣

Emily was born and raised north of Boston, where she attended and played soccer early on until her freshmen year of college. Emily started coaching with Far Post in 2019 assisting with the juniors and U10s. She has been the head coach of the 07/08 Girls Club team and the 2009 Girls Premier team and looks forward to continuing to be a head coach for the club.

Emily has her Bachelors and Masters in Social work and she currently works with children, youth and families. Emily enjoys sharing her love of soccer with all!

In her spare time, she enjoys playing as much soccer as she can, hiking, swimming and biking!

Robert Emmett ‣

Rob Emmett is the new head coach for Far Post's Boys Academy team. He also currently serves as the Head Coach for the men's soccer program at Norwich University. A native of New Jersey, Emmett has become well-acquainted with the Vermont landscape and brings a wealth of experience to youth soccer.

Emmett transitions to Far Post after two seasons as an assistant coach with the Academy group. Before joining Norwich, he served as the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator at Middlebury College for three seasons. At Middlebury, Emmett contributed to an impressive 38-10-10 record, helping guide the team to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and an Elite Eight berth. Under his leadership, the team finished the 2023 season ranked fifth in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll and boasted an unbeaten NESCAC record.

Specializing in goalkeeper training, Emmett's expertise helped Middlebury maintain a stellar defensive record, achieving the second-best goals-against average in Div. III soccer in 2021.

Before Middlebury, Emmett spent three years at Div. I Binghamton University, coaching six America East All-Conference and All-Rookie recipients. His prior coaching roles at Lake Erie College and his alma mater, SUNY Cortland, further demonstrate his dedication and skill in developing young athletes.

Emmett's extensive experience extends beyond collegiate soccer to over a decade of coaching at camps and clubs, including BC United, the University of Akron, and OnePlus Soccer Academy. His diverse background and proven track record make him an invaluable asset to Far Post's academy program.

Macie Sicard ‣

Born in Colchester, VT, Macie grew up playing for Far Post from the age of 9. She also played for the Vermont Olympic Development Program team, Rice High School’s Varsity team, and New Hampshire’s Lightning Soccer Club with which she attended Super Y Nationals in Florida. As a goalkeeper, she finished her player career at Far Post undefeated with zero goals against in the VSA league.

Her senior year at Rice she received the 2015 Vermont Woman’s Sportsmanship Award and went on to play college soccer at Lasell College in Auburndale, MA. She has since returned to Vermont where finished her degree in Business Administration at Champlain College.

Macie began coaching for Far Post in 2013. She coaches the U10 Girls.

Michelle Brandon ‣

Michelle grew up in the Boston area and played for the Greater Boston Bolts. She came to Vermont to play for the UVM women's team and hasn't left Vermont since. Michelle has been involved with Far Post since 2008. She has worked with some of the most successful girls' teams in the club's history and also served as a Board Member for 6 years. Michelle is now back on the coaching side for the u8 and u10 girls that her daughters play on. In addition to coaching at Far Post, Michelle is also the Vice President of Client Services at Select, where she has worked for 15 years.

Mike Skelton ‣

Mike's first year with Far Post Soccer Club was the 2021-2022 season. Skelton is the UVM Women's Assistant and joined the Catamounts after a two-year stint at Niagara University in the same role. Skelton was involved in all aspects of the program at Niagara including individual player development, scouting reports, recruiting, video analysis and travel management. In his time with the Purple Eagles they were 11-11-2 and advanced to the MAAC Semifinals in 2019 and the MAAC Quarterfinals during the spring of 2021.

During his stint in Western New York Skelton was also the Head Coach of the 2009 and 2006 WNY Flash girls teams. Prior to Niagara, he served as an assistant coach at Colby College and UNC Asheville.

Skelton, a native of Conway, N.H., was an All-American soccer player at Lasell College in Newton, Mass. He served as team captain in three of his collegiate seasons and was named GNAC Player of the Year twice. He holds the Lasell College record for goals and points in a season and career goals and points. Following the completion of his collegiate career, Skelton spent time playing semi-professional soccer in England.

Rory Twomey ‣

Rory is originally from Connecticut. He joined the Far Post staff in 2020.

Rory attended Saint Joseph’s College of Maine graduating in 2019, where he was a four-year starter and captain for the nationally ranked program. He received all-conference and All-New England region honors while helping the program to three conference championships and 3 NCAA tournament second round appearances. Rory also has semi-professional experience playing in the NPSL and the PDL.

After graduating, Rory began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Bridgton Academy, a post-graduate school in Bridgton, Maine before moving to Burlington. Rory has experience coaching at St Lawrence University and currently he is the 2nd Assistatn for the University of Vermont Men’s Soccer Team. Rory has also his grassroots 9 v 9 license and his D and C licenses.

Huntyr Poulin ‣

Huntyr grew up in the area and played for Far Post for 6 years. She also played for Essex High School until she graduated in 2019. Currently she is a student at Merrimack College, majoring in Human Development and Human Services with a minor in education and psychology. Huntyr started coaching for Far Post before she even finished her playing career and really enjoys sharing her love of the game other Far Posters.

Kylie deGroot Spiegel ‣

Born in Charlotte, VT, Kylie grew up playing soccer with Far Post from U11 through U18. Her team won the Vermont State Cup in 2008 and 2009 and advanced to play Regionals in West Virginia. She also played on CVU's Varsity Team and earned awards as a First Team All-State player, and the sportsmanship award as a player on the Vermont Twin-State All-Star Team. As a captain her senior year her CVU team advanced to the finals of the state tournament. In high school Kylie also was a top Nordic ski racer and top tennis player in VT, leading her CVU tennis team to win 3 state championships. Kylie received the Top Female Student Athlete Award for CVU in 2010.

After graduating from CVU Kylie went on to play Division I soccer at the University of Vermont for 2 years. Her final 2 years at UVM she played on the club tennis and club soccer team as she pursued her degree in nutrition. Kylie began coaching Far Post in Fall of ’20 and is thrilled to be reconnected with the game, the Club, and so many familiar faces! In addition to coaching Kylie works as a professional fundraiser at the UVM Foundation.

Phoebe Martell-Crawford ‣

Phoebe is a native Vermonter. She spent her youth playing soccer and lacrosse and doing alpine skiing, nordic skiing and track and field. She played for Far Post from a young age and has always been an outstanding athlete. Phoebe graduated from Skidmore College where she majored in Environmental Studies. She was a key defender for the Thouroughbreds for all four years and graduated in 2019. Phoebe has worked at summer camps at Far Post since she was in high school and began coaching for the club in 2020.

In 2023, Phoebe also became and assistant coach for Middlebury College.

Ian Underwood ‣

Ian, grew up in England, pursued a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Northampton. During his youth and into his early twenties, he played soccer at competitive levels. His passion for snowboarding took him across Europe in search of the perfect powder day, ultimately leading him to Colorado, where he met his wife, Casey. They later settled in Vermont and had two daughters, Isla and Sophie, who are both current Far Post players. Ian enjoys coaching and appreciates the travel opportunities the club offers. Ian has nearly a decade of soccer coaching experience in Vermont at recreational, school, and club levels, he holds a USSF National D license.