With 750-plus members, Federal Way Football Club is the largest single-sport youth sports organization in Federal Way. Since the mid-1970s, the club has provided and promoted soccer-playing opportunities for players under 10 to under 18 at every competition level in Washington state. As the director of coaching, Fawzi will lead FWFC’s next phase of growth and development initiatives. The core of these initiatives center around improvements in both technical and tactical development of players and coaching staff.

“I am pleased that Fawzi has accepted this appointment as our director,” said Joshua Cheatham, President of FWFC, in a statement. “We feel that his passion and energy are going to be critical in accomplishing our Club’s growth and development initiatives. As FWFC grows, Fawzi’s oversight will make sure that we grow the right way – his technical and tactical player development strategy will continue the assent of all of the current and future players at FWFC.”

Belal has spent 15 years coaching at various youth soccer clubs. His soccer coaching skills were sharpened during his years working on the Seattle Sounders Academy coaching staff. The Sounders Academy experience helped develop his philosophy of creating the correct environment to develop an intellectual understanding of the game through improvements in technical and tactical training.

Belal is an “A” licensed coach with the U.S. Soccer Federation and holds a bachelor’s degree in Sports and Health with an emphasis in coaching from American Public University.