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2007 Women's Soccer Record
Overall CCAC Streak Home Away Neutral
11-7-2 (.600) 6-3 (.667) Lost 2 7-1 4-3 0-3
2007 Women's Soccer Coaches
Freddie King, Jr. Image
Freddie King, Jr.
Head Coach
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Head coach Freddie King, Jr., enters his fifth year as Judson’s women’s soccer coach. He is coming off his finest season, ever, at Judson. He was named the CCAC and NCCAA Region Coach of the Year and guided Judson to the most wins in program history (15) while advancing them to the NCCAA National Tournament.

King, a Judson University alum and former men’s soccer player, came to Judson after a seven-year stint as the head men’s soccer coach at Indiana Wesleyan University. In 2003, King was inducted into the inaugural class of the Judson University Athletic Hall of Fame.

King played men’s soccer at Judson from 1988-91, graduating in 1992 with a B.A. in Secondary Physical Education. He was named NIIC All Conference three consecutive seasons and twice named Conference Player of the Year. He was also named NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association), NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) and NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) All-American. A team captain from his sophomore through his senior year, King currently ranks second on the career scoring list at Judson with 89 goals. His 205 career points rank fourth. King led his team in goals and points all four years of his career. In his senior season, King broke the single-season scoring record by netting 38 goals and was the nation’s second leading scorer in the NAIA. He now stands second for goals scored in a single-season in program history. He also helped Judson to its first NCCAA National Championship and was selected to compete in the NAIA Senior Bowl. Off the field, King was selected to the NIIC All Conference Academic Team and was selected to Who’s Who Among American College Students.

Following college, King was invited to train professionally with the Chicago Power of the NPSL. In 1993, he signed to play for the Charlotte Eagles of the then USISL. The Charlotte Eagles are the first Christian professional soccer team in the United States. Following a brief layoff, King signed with the Rockford Raptors of the D3 League in 1996 and was once selected as the D3 National Player of the Week. King ended his professional career after playing for the Indiana Blast in the D3 League in 1997. Throughout his career King has played on eight soccer tours to Europe and Asia including a three-week training stint with the Youth Team of the Doncaster Rovers professional football club in England.

Coach King began his coaching career as the Head Women’s Soccer Coach at Indiana Wesleyan in 1994. The women’s soccer team compiled a 23-13-2 record under King while achieving the first two winning seasons in the program’s history. King then moved over to be the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at IWU in the fall of 1996. While directing the men’s soccer team, King was named NCCAA Region Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2000.

 

He led the Wildcats to the MCC Regular Season and Tournament Championships in 1998 and was voted MCC Coach of the Year. The Wildcats qualified for the NAIA Regional Tournament three seasons in a row from 1997 to 1999. In NCCAA competition, the Wildcats won region championships in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000. King is currently 121-109-9 as a college head coach.

King earned the NSCAA National Diploma in 1999. In 2001, he earned the NSCAA Advanced National Diploma with a Distinguished Pass. In 2002, King was also the Assistant Coach of the Chicago Eagles in the Premier Development League (PDL) of the United Soccer Leagues (USL).

King completed his M.S. Degree in Exercise Science at Ball State University in 1999. At Indiana Wesleyan he also served as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Kinesiology Recreation and Sports Studies and now serves as a professor in Judson’s Exercise and Sports Science department. King resides in Elgin with his wife Amy and three children.
 
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Ricardo Salazar
Assistant Coach

Former Judson men’s soccer player Ricardo (Kiki) Salazar will be in his fifth season as an assistant coach for Freddie King. He will be helping with various duties, including goalkeepers.


Salazar, a Judson alumn, played three seasons for the Eagles in 1991 through 1993. In 1991 and 1992, the team won NCCAA National Championships and then were the national runner-ups in 1993. He was also a member of the NCCAA Nationals All-Tournament team and a NIIC All-Conference selection in both 1992 and 1993.


Salazar is also a member of the International panel of soccer referees. He is one of six FIFA referees here in the United States. He is working his 10th year as a referee in MLS (Major League Soccer). He also referees at the college level in the Big Ten and the ACC.


Salazar and his wife Jennifer are the resident directors of Lindner Towers on campus. The Salazar’s are the parents of daughter’s Isabella and Illiana.
 
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Steve Whitehouse
Assistant Coach

Entering his first year as an assistant coach at Judson, Tim Whitehouse brings an international flair to the coaching staff. Originally from England, Whitehouse will coach the goal keepers.

Whitehouse was raised in England and graduated from the University of Leeds where he was a three-year starter as the goalie. While in England, he also played club soccer for the Professional Academy on the Black Bruns Revers.

As a coach, Whitehouse is familiar with the Chicagoland area. He is the former assistant and head women’s soccer coach at Elgin Community College. He was the head coach for the 2003 and 2004 seasons at ECC. In 2003, ECC won the Skyway Conference Championship. He was also the assistant coach for one year.

In club soccer, he helps coach local youth in Bartlett. He coaches five teams for the Bartlett Travel Soccer Club from U-8 to U-18.

Whitehouse and his wife Rachel have been married for four years.