Coach Neto Returns to the Baltimore Blast with his Brother Coach Sergio

The good son returned home, and he brought his brother with him to celebrate the Baltimore Blast first home win. BRAUSA President Adauto Neto returned to the Baltimore Blast as the Assistant Coach and joined that staff with his brother from another mother and BRAUSA Director of Coaching Sergio Moura. Coach Neto started his career with the Blast in 2003 and last took to the field in 2015. During Coach Neto’s time with the Blast he played 146 games, scored 146 goals, and recorded 107 assists.

In 2015, Coach Neto and Coach Sergio started BRAUSA United Futebol Club. They currently serve as our President and Vice-President, in addition to serving as head coaches to several of our teams. They joined Coach Adriano and Coach Juan, who are active Blast players. Last night, the BRAUSA family came out to witness the start of this new chapter in Coach Neto and Coach Sergio career with an overtime win over Milwaukee Wave.

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Coach Neto joined the Baltimore Blast this year as their Assistant Coach and brings with a tremendous amount of experience with him. He was born in Itabuna, Brazil and started his soccer career with Esporte Clube Vitoria in Salvador, Bahia. Coach Neto arrived in the United States in 1999 to play college soccer and was a three time All American at University of Mobile before joining the Major League Soccer with the Dallas Burns. Coach Neto became one of the top players of MISL, being named the league MVP in 2004-2005. He also won three MISL titles with the Baltimore Blast.

Coach Sergio Moura joined the Baltimore Blast this year as their Performance Coach. On an international level, Coach Sergio has worked with three different Division 1 soccer clubs in Brazil as Physical Trainer, Coach and Technical Director. Within Coach Sergio’s curriculum, we will find two Dallas Cup super group Under 19 titles in 1996 and 1997 and two others from the Phillips Cup in Holland in 1996 and 1997. Coach Sergio has worked and developed several division players, who have played in Brazil and many countries around the world. Coach Sergio has been the brain behind our BRAUSA coach style and Brazil Exchange program. In the past few years, he has helped the club take several players to Brazil and expose them first division team.

Coach Neto and Coach Sergio increased the BRAUSA presence in the Baltimore Blast by joining Blast stars Coach Adriano dos Santos and Coach Juan Smith, who have been with the Blast since 2014.

Congratulations to all our BRAUSA Coaches for the amazing job they have done with BRAUSA. Special recognition to Coach Neto and Coach Sergio for this victorious career start as Baltimore Blast Coaches.