Leadership
Zane Campbell
Office Administrator and YDP Goalkeeping Coach
Zane handles the day-to-day needs of the office as well as our registrations, payments and scholarships. He also coordinates travel for our US Soccer Development Academy and is the Girls Youth Development Program Goalkeeping Coach. Campbell, a former BSC player, has extensive experience in and outside of the game. From 2006 to 2013 he served as the Men’s Assistant Soccer Coach at Guilford College where he was the Goal Keeper Trainer and helped to recruit and retain players in addition to scheduling travel for the team. During that same period, he was also the Head Coach and Director of Goalkeeping at the Greensboro United Soccer Association. Recently, Zane worked as a Customer Service Representative for Old Line Bank in Damascus where he assisted the public with their banking needs. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Sport Studies from Guilford.
Email: zcampbell@bethesdasoccer.org
Matt Ney
COO
About Matt: Coach Ney has been at Bethesda for over 20 years, holds a National ‘A’ License from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and a Fluminense Football Club Coaching Diploma (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) where he studied the Brazilian philosophy to understand the route to professional soccer. He has worked closely with Pierrot Labat, Girondin Bordeaux FC (world-class trainer and coach for Zinedine Zidane, Christophe Dugarry, and Bixente Lizarazu, learning his philosophy and ideas on the technical, tactical, and psychological development of the youth player. Matt was named US Soccer Academy Coach of the Year as a coach and has won a Region 1 Championship and three Maryland State Cup Championships.
Ney played collegiate soccer as a forward at College of the Holy Cross, where he was the All-Time leading scorer in school history, a Two-Time Patriot League Player of the Year (2002, 2003), a two-time All-New England Region Selection (2002, 2003), and a four-time Patriot League All-Conference — 2nd team (1999); 1st team (2000-2002). He also received the Golden Boot Award for top scorer in the US National Championships in 2000.
As an entrepreneur, he founded Fitbound and Kakana, an accessible fitness platform for individuals with and without disabilities.
Email: mney@bethesdasoccer.org
Jonathon Colton
Executive Director – About Jonathon
Jonathon has been instrumental in building Bethesda Soccer Club into one of the top player development programs in the country. Jonathon began coaching at Bethesda SC coaching in their Youth Development Program in 2001. In 2006, he was named the Youth Development Director. In 2008, he was selected to be the first Boys Director of Coaching for Bethesda Soccer Club. In 2020, he was named Executive Director after serving as the club’s Technical Director for both the boys and girls programs for the 2019-2020 season. In his time at BSC, he has guided the club’s growth from 18 teams and 250 players to 51 teams and 1100 players.
In his tenure, the club has produced 32 Youth National Team Players, 2 US Men’s National Team Players and multiple MLS Draft Picks. On the team level the club has won numerous State and Region I Championships along with sending several teams to Nationals. In 2012, Bethesda SC was selected to participate into the US Development Academy where the club has earned a berth in the playoffs on 5 different occasions, reaching the knockout rounds two times. Bethesda SC is the only Academy Program in the DMV area to have advanced to the knockout stages since 2012.
Personally, Jonathon started all four years of his college career. As a freshman, he played at Virginia Tech before he transferring to American University where he finished his college career. During his senior season at American University, he helped lead the team to an NCAA Sweet 16 Appearance, defeating nationally-ranked Ohio State and #3 Wake Forest along the way, before losing to eventual National Champions UNC 2-1 in OT.
Email: jcolton@bethesdasoccer.org
Shawn Wijeratne
Director of Operations
About Shawn: Coach Wijeratne has an extensive amount of experience both on and off of the pitch. Before joining the BSC team, he worked as a Coach and Operations Assistant for Potomac Soccer Association and at Richard Montgomery High School where he served as the Junior Varsity Head Coach in 2008 and as an Assistant Coach for the Varsity side from 2007-2009. He has also worked as a Trainer for Magic Moves Soccer, a Player Development Program Clinician for MSI Soccer, and a Soccer Clinician for the Montgomery Sports Association.
Shawn carries a USSF National ‘D’ Coaches License and has completed his TOVO T1 and TOVO V1 coaching courses. He has a Double Major in Sport & Event Management and Commercial Recreation & Tourism from Shepherd University where he also played four years of college soccer.
Email: shawn@bethesdasoccer.org