SuperKick - Where Champions Train

Mr. Papadakis is founder, President and CEO of SuperKick International, Inc.
He is a founding partner of Levine, Cohen & Papadakis, a law firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Papadakis specializes in U.S. and European franchise law. He has represented a number of U.S.- based franchise systems with their expansion into the European market.

Mr. Papadakis attended Hartwick College, where he was a three-time, first-team All-American soccer player. He also played professional soccer for seven years in the N.A.S.L. for the Atlanta Chiefs and the Boston Minutemen.

Presently, Mr. Papadakis serves on the U.S. Federation Grievance Committee and the Executive Committee of the Super-Y-League of the USL, and is a member of the IFA.

Mrs. González-Adams is our Director of Franchise Operations. She has been with our SuperKick Performance Center since its formation in October 2003. Prior to joining our organization, Mrs. González-Adams has spent over seventeen years in the legal and administrative environment working as Senior Legal Assistant for law firms in Panama and Atlanta, Georgia, and as Senior Executive Assistant for a government contractor in the ship repair industry in San Diego, California. From 1999 to 2000 Mrs. González-Adams worked as a Senior Executive Assistant to the President of Southwest Marine, Inc. in San Diego, California. Since May 2001, Mrs. González-Adams has been working as an Executive Legal Assistant for the law firm Levine, Cohen & Papadakis

Former U.S. Men's U-17 National Team Coach John Ellinger was named the first head coach in the history of Real Salt Lake on October 6,2004, bringing with him an impeccable reputation for grooming young talents into accomplished professionals after ushering such American soccer icons as Freddy Adu, Landon Donovan, DaMarcus Beasley and Tim Howard.

Ellinger, 53, joined RSL as a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Soccer National Coaching Staff. During his tenure with U.S. Soccer, he served at the helm of the Under-17 Men's National Team for seven years and added duties as U.S. Soccer's Director of Youth Development in 2001. Previously guiding the National 'B' Team and serving as Region I (East) Under-14 National Coordinator, he also brings experience as a former assistant coach of MLS' Columbus Crew in the League's inaugural season in 1996.

A native of Laurel, Maryland, Ellinger is among the most successful coaches of the U.S Men's National Teams program history. He led his squad to a fourth place finish in the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championships, boasting the best finish at an U-17 World Championshiop in the 21-year history of the U.S, program. The loss to Ghana in the consolation game ended a 15-month, 25-match unbeaten streak, the longest in the history of any U.S. Soccer Men's National Team program.

Additionally, while molding the U.S. U-17s in the 1990s, his teams claimed the best mark of all U.S. programs with a .723 winning percentage and 30-8-9 record over that 10-year period. While alongside Head Coach Clive Charles, Ellinger helped guide the U.S. U-23s to a berth in the Olympic semifinals for the first time in U.S. Soccer history, as well as capture the Bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in 1999.

Ellinger began his coaching career as head coach at Montgomery College (MD) in 1979, leading his squad to a No. 5 ranking in 1980, before moving on to a nine-year stint at University of Maryland-Baltimore County from 1981 to 1990. He earned his bachelor's degree (1973) and master's degree (1974) in health and physical education from Frostburg State College in Maryland. He and his wife, Tami, have three children: daughters Leigh and Brooke, and son Matt.

Mr. Mellor is our Director of Goalkeeping Development Curriculum. Mr. Mellor is currently the Assistant Head Coach for Real Salt Lake, a professional franchise in Major League Soccer. Previously he served as the National Goalkeeper Staff Coach and a Coordinator for the US National Soccer Teams. Mr. Mellor also served as an Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach for the U-17 Men’s National Soccer Team. Prior to this position, he served as a National Soccer Coach’s Association of America Goalkeeper Instructor. Mr. Mellor has served as the Goalkeeper Coach and Assistant National Team Coach at the following FIFA World Cup Games: U-17 Men’s World Cup-Japan (1993); U-20 Men’s Qualifications-Honduras (1994); U-17 Men’s World Cup-Ecuador (1995); U-20 Men’s World Cup-Malaysia (1997); U-17 Men’s World Cup-Egypt (1997); U-17 Men’s World Cup-New Zealand (1999); Pan American Games-Winnipeg, Canada (1999); US Men’s Olympic-Australia (2000); National Men’s Team World Qualifying Games (2001); U-17 Men’s World Cup-Finland (2003). Mr. Mellor played professional soccer for the Premiership Division in England from 1963 to 1981. He holds a USSF “A” license; and a CONCACAF Goal Keeping Diploma; English Football Association Goalkeeping License; and a UAFA Coaching Certificate. Mr. Mellor is the author of the New US Soccer Federation National Goalkeeping License Curriculum.

Mr. Barrieu is our Director of Sports Performance Development Curriculum. He is currently the head conditioning and performance coach for NY Red Bulls. From 2002-2006, Mr. Barrieu has served as the US Men’s National Soccer Team Strength and Conditioning Coach. He was responsible for the US Men’s National Soccer Team Strength and Conditioning Programs for the World Cup in South Korea (2002); the FIFA Confederation Cup (2003); CONCACAF Gold Cup (2002 and 2003). He also is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the U-23 Men’s National Soccer Team and the U-20 Men’s National Soccer Team. Mr. Barrieu serves as the U.S.S.F. National School of Coaches Instructor for Strength and Conditioning. Between 2000 and 2002, he served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University of Virginia Men’s Soccer Team, the Men’s and Women’s Tennis, and the University of Virginia Football Team. He is still consulting for UVA men's soccer. From 1999 to 2000, he was a Strength and Conditioning Coach for the FC Metz First Divisional Men’s Professional Soccer Team in France. In 1998 and 1999, he participated in a Strength and Conditioning Symposium for the ATP Tour US Open in Flushing Meadows, New York. In 1998, he was invited to the Strength and Conditioning Symposium for the French National Soccer Team at the French National Training Center at Clairefontaine, France. Mr. Barrieu has conducted many professional seminars and visits with professional soccer clubs throughout Europe. He has published numerous publications on strength and conditioning in Europe and the USA and he is the author of "The Strength and Conditioning Curriculum for the US Soccer National Coaching School (National A, B, and C licenses)". In 2003, Mr. Barrieu received the England Football Association Fitness Trainers Award in London. He holds the French Federation Soccer Instructor’s Certificate First and Second Degrees, as well as a teaching certificate in physical education and sport Sciences and a fifth year Diploma in Kinesiology from the University of Nancy. Mr Barrieu is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and a certified Club Coach by both the United States Track and Field and Weightlifting Federations

A special SuperKick Curriculum Advisory Board (CAB) oversees and recommends all SuperKick Soccer and Sports Performance Program curriculum.

This important oversight and review board serves two primary purposes; specifically,
to ensure:

• Every SuperKick program meets rigorous quality standards and continues to employ
cutting-edge soccer skills, goalkeeper and sports performance training techniques
used throughout the world of competitive sports;

• All SuperKick program curriculum is appropriate for the ages and skill levels for
which they were written and developed.