The Washington Spirit has named Albertin Montoya ’97 as its interim head coach. Montoya served as the co-head coach of the California Storm of the Women’s Premier Soccer League before becoming an assistant coach at Santa Clara University, his alma mater, and Stanford University. Returning to the professional ranks in 2009, Montoya became the head coach of Women’s Professional Soccer’s FC Gold Pride where he coached current Spirit players Nicole Barnhart and Kelley O’Hara. In addition to his college and professional coaching experience, Montoya has also coached the U.S. Women’s U-17 youth national team.