The staff
Our coaches
Two coaches, both on the field every week. No rotating staff, no assistants running a group while somebody else takes the money.
Founder & director
Jimmy
DellaPietro
Jimmy founded ESA in 2023 after years of coaching in Ocean County and never being able to find the kind of session he wanted to send his own players to.
He runs the Friday technical block, the Sunday striker block, the Saturday 5v5 league and the one-day tournaments. That is deliberate — if he is not on the field, the session does not run.
Parents get a straight answer from him. If a player is not ready for the older band, he says so. If another six weeks with ESA is not what they need, he says that too.
- Founded Evolution Soccer Academy, 2023
- Coaches every ESA block personally
- Runs the Saturday 5v5 league and tournaments
- Team and club bookings across Ocean & Monmouth
Coach
Jen
Anzivino
Jen runs the Monday night elite technical block at Donovan Catholic — a tighter group and a higher standard, for players already training several nights a week.
Her sessions are the ones we point players toward when the standard block has stopped stretching them. Smaller numbers, more repetitions, and detail work on the things that separate the top of an age group from the middle of it.
- Leads Elite Technical Training, Mondays
- Ages 2017–2011, capped group size
- Donovan Catholic Athletic Complex
Coach with us.
We add a coach when a session needs one, not to fill a roster. If that is you, get in touch.