Coach Danny Samimi Bio
Coach Samimi is entering his eleventh year as the Girls Varsity Head Coach for Albertus Magnus High School. In his ten years at Albertus, Coach Samimi has won three New York State Championships (2022, 2024, 2025), five Section I Championships (2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025) and eight League Championships (2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Coach Samimi was named 2020, 2022 & 2024 New York State Coach of the Year by United Soccer Coaches and was nominated as a National Coach of the Year Finalist by United Soccer Coaches in 2024. During his tenure, twenty girls have gone on to play collegiate soccer after high school. Since 2020, The Lady Falcons have been Ranked in the Top 25 Nationally by both United Soccer Coaches & MaxPreps. The Lady Falcons have an overall record of 162-18-15 in his first ten seasons. Coach Samimi has played soccer at the collegiate level and has been training players and teams since his graduation from the University of Delaware.
2025 New York State Champions
2024 New York State Champions
Class of 2026 College Commitments:
Teigan Cunnane (Auburn)
Mary Kate DeBono (NAVY)
Sienna Goldstein (Holy Cross)
Natalia Arango (IONA)
Ana Zivkovic (Temple)
Class of 2025 College Commitments:
Aubrey Haesche (Holy Cross)
Julia Lombardo (St. John's)
Julia Pope (American University)
2022 New York State Champions
Class of 2024 College Commitments:
Grace Burns (UCONN)
Gabby Chan (Columbia)
Amália Cardo (Villanova)
Ashley McMahon (James Madison)
Maggie Murphy (TCNJ)
Coach Samimi, pictured above with 2016 Senior Captains Val Monaco and Mazie Stiles as the two girls faced each other in a collegiate game.
CAMP STAFF:
MIKE MAFFEI
Mike has been an Assistant for the Albertus Girls Varsity Soccer Team since 2011. Mike played at Albertus from 2000-2004. He then went on to play at Division II Dominican College where he would graduate from in 2008. Mike has been training and developing players since his graduation from college in 2008.
NICK PATRIKIS
Nick is an Assistant Coach with the Albertus Girls Varsity Soccer Team. He played Division 1 Soccer at Northeastern University & Manhattan College. He has been coaching club soccer since 2011. He is also an assistant Coach for the Clarkstown SC WPSL Women's Semipro Team.
LIZ SAMIMI
Liz is a former Division III soccer player for Ramapo College. Since graduating college in 2014 Liz has been coaching travel soccer. She is also a 3rd grade teacher at Bogart Elementary School in Upper Saddle River, NJ.
EMMA CONLAN
Emma is the current JV Head Coach at Albertus. She is a former Goalkeeper and Captain of the Ramapo College Women's Soccer Team, graduating in 2023. She graduated from Albertus in 2019 and was an Captain in her Senior Year playing for Coach Samimi.