Charlie Naimo is currently the technical director of the

Western New York Flash The Western New York Flash (WNY Flash) was an American soccer club based in Elma, New York that competed in the United Women's Soccer league. They have won league championships in four different leagues: the USL W-League in 2010, Women's Profes ...

in the

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. Naimo started his USL coaching career in 1998 with the Central Jersey Splash of the W-League. He coached the Splash for two seasons before moving to the New Brunswick Power for the 2000 W-League season. He was named the W-League Coach of the Year in 1999 with the Splash. He returned to the W-League in 2004 to coach the

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with great success. In three seasons with the Wildcats, Naimo posted a 47–2–1 record including the 2005 W-League Championship. After spending the 2007 season as head coach of the W-League's Jersey Sky Blues – a predecessor to

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, Naimo moved to California, where he started the

Pali Blues Pali Blues was an American women's soccer team, which played from 2008 to 2014. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team played in the Western C ...

of the W-League. From 2008 to 2010, he served as head coach of the Pali Blues winning the W-League Championship in 2008 and 2009. Naimo was also involved with Women's Professional Soccer, serving as the general manager of the

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in 2009 and as a technical advisor with the

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in 2010. In 2011, Naimo moved into coaching on the men's side when he assumed the position of head coach for the

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in the team's debut season in the

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. He served in that position for two seasons before resigning following the 2012 season. In 2012, Naimo returned to the role of head coach of the Pali Blues in addition to his role with the Blues men's team. He brought the Blues back to the W-League championship, where they fell to the Ottawa Fury in penalty kicks after a 1–1 tie. Naimo earned the 2012 W-League Coach of the Year Award. In 2014, Naimo was hired by the Western New York Flash in the role of technical director. In 2016, Naimo was hired by the North Carolina Courage as technical director for the NWSL Franchise. In 2018, Naimo was hired by Capelli Sports and Cedar Stars Soccer Academy as their executive general manager.

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