Nick Theslof

Nick Theslof (born December 12, 1975) is an American soccer manager and coach, who was midfield coach and international scout to Jürgen Klinsmann at Bayern Munich. He is currently an assistant coach for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer.

He was one of the first and youngest American soccer players to have played in continental Europe, joining PSV Eindhoven's youth side in 1991 and playing there for two years. Coming from a sporting family, his grandparents were leading Swedish figure skater Vivi-Anne Hultén and Finnish figure skater Gene Theslof. ), Nick was interested in soccer and began playing for the youth indoor soccer club, the Cleveland Crunch. He later moved back to the United States and attended UCLA, where he later played for their soccer team, where he was a captain and his performances were lauded. UCLA won the national championship in 1995. On February 1, 1998, the Columbus Crew selected Theslof in the 1998 MLS College Draft, but he was released during the 1998 season without playing a first team game due to a severe achilles injury. Nick moved to the Orange County Waves for the 2000-2003 USL A-League seasons where he was head coach and manager. More than 25 players that were trained by Nick at Blue Star ended up being drafted by the MLS or European teams. In 2005 and 2006, Theslof inserted himself into several Blue Star games.

Coaching career Theslof began his coaching career as Dr. Jay Martin's assistant at Ohio Wesleyan University between 1998 and 2000, winning the NCAA Division III national title in 1998. Following his stay at Ohio Wesleyan, Theslof became head coach of the Orange County Blue Star, a team of the American Premier Development League and spent time with Juergen Klinsmann who enjoyed Amateur Soccer in Southern California. During that time, he also coached future American national team players Sacha Kljestan and Sal Zizzo.