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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon Athletics
 Skibo Gymnasium - Tech & Frew Sts Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast
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Yon Struble

Yon Struble’s 13-year tenure as the head women’s soccer coach at Carnegie Mellon University has produced eight double-digit win seasons, nine trips to the NCAA Tournament, and a history-making run to the NCAA Championship national semifinal in 2019.


The 2022 team hosted the first two weekends of the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in program history. The team collected a 14-3-2 record including a 5-1-1 mark in the University Athletic Association (UAA) for a second-place finish, recorded 11 shutouts, and was nationally ranked from start to finish. Senior Rachel Legg was named the defensive player of the year by the UAA, D3soccer.com, and the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) while she earned All-America Second Team recognition from United Soccer Coaches.


Major Team Highlights


Earned program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in third year with the program

NCAA Tournament appearances in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

Advanced past first and second round of NCAA Tournament in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

Won UAA Championship in 2014 and 2015

Seasons in National Rankings: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

Major Player Highlights


Seven All-America honors by five players from United Soccer Coaches

Seven All-America honors by seven players from D3soccer.com

26 All-Region honors by 14 players

Three Defensive Players of the Year awards from the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Two Rookie of the Year awards from the Eastern College Athletic Conference

Three UAA Rookies of the Year; 17 UAA First Team selections

Career Highlights


Won 100th career game in 2018 (ninth season)

Career record of 149-57-20 – a .704 winning percentage

UAA Coach of the Year – 2012

United Soccer Coaches Regional Coach of the Year – 2012

ECAC Coach of the Year – 2015, 2019

Women’s US Deaf National Soccer Team Head Coach – 2011-2013

Led to the World Championship at Deaf World Cup in Ankara, Turkey, in 2012

Defeated Russia for the second straight year to win gold medal in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2013

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Western Carolina University in 2009

Spent six years working with teams at Norcross Soccer Academy (NSA) in Atlanta, Georgia, serving as the Girls Technical Director

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Georgia State University from 2002-05

Staff member for Georgia Olympic Development Program (ODP) for seven years – took 2005 team to ODP National Championships where they finished third

United States Youth Soccer National Girls Competitive Coach of the Year in 2008

Assistant women’s soccer coach at Union College from 1998-2002

Worked as a staff member for Eastern New York ODP working with various ages for five years

Coaching certifications: USSF A License, NSCAA Premier National Diploma

Playing Career


Played at Division I Stetson University

Played in Empire State Games, winning the gold medal in 1996

Played professionally for the New York Capital District Alleycats of the USISL from 1997 to 1999

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Christopher Moraga

Christopher Moraga was hired as a full-time assistant coach for the Tartans women's soccer program in March 2018 and promoted to associate head coach in 2023.


After one season with the Tartans, Moraga began to leave his footprint on the program in recruiting, planning and running training sessions, and working with video and scouting. In his second season, the Tartans reached the NCAA Division III Championship National Semifinal for the first time in program history.


Year three for Moraga was an abbreviated season due to COVID-19 putting off the fall season to the spring with just three games played. However, Moraga and the Tartans returned to the field in 2021 and once again made a run in the NCAA Tournament, finishing in the Sweet 16. The team finished with a 13-6-1 record and played eight nationally ranked opponents in 2021 with a record of 3-5. All five losses were by one goal. One of Moraga's first recruits, junior Alex Adams, earned her second United Soccer Coaches All-America award with junior Nikki Hasson joining her on the All-Region team. First-year player Maria Askounis earned University Athletic Association (UAA) Rookie of the Year honors, the first honor for the Tartans since the 2014 season. Adams also repeated as a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-American and was joined by seniors Jocelyn Mayer and Maddy Lui.


Moraga's fifth year on staff saw the Tartans advance to the NCAA Championship Sweet 16 once again and receive a national ranking as high as seventh during the season. Senior Rachel Legg earned defensive player of the year accolades from the UAA, D3soccer.com, and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as well as All-America Second Team selection from United Soccer Coaches. The team posted a 14-3-2 record with a second-place finish in the UAA at 5-1-1.


Upon his hiring, head coach Yon Struble said, "Chris is an excellent addition to our staff. He is a believer in Division III athletics and knows the national landscape of D3 women's soccer. We feel Chris is the one that will help us take the next step in achieving our team goals." That statement certainly came to fruition.


With more than 10 years of coaching experience, Moraga joined the Carnegie Mellon coaching staff after a five-year stint at Whittier College in Whittier, California. Moraga served as an assistant coach at Whittier, helping to lead the Poets to the NCAA tournament for just the second time in school history after winning the 2017 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).


Additionally, Moraga has experience as a club and high school coach, as he got his start with the Crusaders Soccer Club in San Diego, California. While at Whittier, Moraga also worked as a staff coach and college advisor for the Fullerton Rangers, and as a staff coach for U.S. Youth Soccer.


Moraga holds his National C and National Youth License coaching certifications from the United States Soccer Federation, received his Premier Coaching Diploma from United Soccer Coaches and was a 30 Under 30 Program selection in 2016.

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