Last Updated: July 1, 2014
Former New Jersey Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year
Anthony Tuesta begins his second season as assistant men’s soccer coach at
New Jersey City University during the 2014-15 campaign.
Prior to joining the staff of
Patrick Snyder at NJCU,
Tuesta gained coaching experience on the club and high school levels. In 2012, he was a volunteer coach for the Montville High School varsity boys’ soccer team. With the Parsippany Soccer Club, he serves as the head coach of the U12 boys, competing in the National Premier Leagues (NPL), and the U9 boys program.
Tuesta is also the assistant coach of the Parsippany Soccer Club U17 boys program, which captured the 2012 Super Y-League national championship in Orlando, Fla. and participated in the 2012 NPL championship in Chicago, Ill. Outside of coaching,
Tuesta also serves as a trainer for the club.
A 2009 graduate of Kean University with a B.A. in Spanish
, Tuesta, a two-time First-Team All-NJAC selection in 2006 and 2007, was an outstanding forward and the league’s top player in 2006. He claimed 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division III/NSCAA First-Team All-Metro Region honors. In 2006, he was a D3kicks.com Second-Team All-America choice and Kean’s Player of the Year.
In two seasons at the NJAC-rival school under Coach Tony Ochrimenko,
Tuesta scored 24 goals and added 10 assists for 58 points, with eight goals proving to be game winners. He played in 40 games (36 starts) and was credited with 101 shots (65 on goal) while converting 4-of-5 penalty kicks. The Cougars were a combined 19-18-5 in his career.
Prior to arriving at Kean,
Tuesta played two seasons at Mercer County Community College, leading the Vikings to back-to-back NJCAA national finals in 2002 and 2003 under Coach Charlie Inverso.
A 2002 alumnus of Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ, he played four seasons (1998-01) of varsity soccer for the Mustangs under late legendary coach Fernando Rossi. He was instrumental in the school winning four consecutive Passaic County and Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) championships during his career. The Mustangs won the 2000 state sectional title and advanced to the 2000 overall state finals.
Individually,
Tuesta scored 90 goals in four years for Clifton. He was a three-time First-Team All-State sectional, All-County, All-Area and All-NNJIL league selection in 1998, 1999 and 2001 and the 1999 Herald News Area Player of the Year as a sophomore. In 1999 and 2001, he was listed as one of the Top 51 Players in the state by the Soccer Coaches Association of New Jersey as a first-team selection; as a freshman in 1998 he was listed as a third-team SCANJ Top 51 pick.
Tuesta comes from a successful soccer family. Most predominantly, his uncle, Carlos Atoche, was a professional player for Sports Boys in Peru. He is currently an assistant coach with the Peruvian Women’s National Team.
Tuesta, 30, is a native of Peru where he lived until 1995. Today, he still resides in Clifton, NJ.
GET TO KNOW COACH TUESTA |
Hobbies/Interest: | Soccer, football |
Favorite part about coaching: | “Watching players improve” |
Hero: | My uncle, Carlos Atoche |
Favorite sports team: | Read Madrid and New York Giants |
