Jim Rilatt (born 1963) is an American

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coach who was the former

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of the

Portland Timbers U23's Capital FC is an American soccer team based in Salem, Oregon, United States. Although founded in 2008 as part of the development system for the Portland Timbers USSF D2 organization, beginning in 2011 they were part of the development system ...

in the

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(PDL). In 2010, after an undefeated season in which the U23's won the PDL title, he was named PDL Coach of the Year.

Career

Rilatt has over 20 years of experience coaching soccer in the

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area at the youth, high school, college and professional levels. In his 14 years coaching high school soccer, Rilatt was named Mount Hood Conference Coach of the Year five times. As assistant coach for

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, Rilatt helped the Knights to two NAIA District II national titles. In 1991, he served as head coach for

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and was the head coach of the women's team at

Willamette University Willamette University is a private liberal arts college with locations in Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United States. Originally named the Oregon Institute, the school was an unaffiliated ...

the following year. Rilatt served as a coach, Associate Director and then Director of Coaching for F.C. Portland Soccer Academy for 13 years, coaching teams to fifteen Oregon Youth Soccer Association titles and one

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national title in 1994. In 2006, Rilatt was hired as an assistant coach at

Pacific University Pacific University is a private university in Forest Grove, Oregon. Founded in 1849 as the Tualatin Academy, the original Forest Grove campus is west of Portland. The university maintains three other campuses in Eugene, Hillsboro, and Wood ...

under head coach Jim Brazeau and helped the Boxers recover from their worst-ever season in 2005. After his first year of coaching duties at Pacific, both Rilatt and Brazeau were added to the coaching staff of the

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of the

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. Rilatt continued to coach youth soccer with Lake Oswego Soccer Club before being hired in 2009 as Director of Coaching for youth club EastSide United FC where

General Manager

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serves as Technical Director. In 2009, Rilatt was named the inaugural head coach of the

of the

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, a developmental squad for the Portland Timbers. He was named PDL Coach of the Year in 2010 after leading the club during its unblemished (20–0–0) run to the PDL title.

References

External links

Portland Timbers U23's profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rilatt, Jim 1963 births Living people American soccer coaches Lewis & Clark Pioneers coaches Pacific Boxers coaches Portland Timbers (2001–2010) coaches Warner Pacific Knights coaches Willamette Bearcats coaches College men's soccer coaches in the United States College women's soccer coaches in the United States High school soccer coaches in the United States Sportspeople from Portland, Oregon