About UPfc FlasH

Matt Broadhead brings more than two decades of elite youth soccer leadership to Utah Prep Academy and Utah Prep FC. As Sporting Director, he leads the soccer pathway with the experience, standards, and long-term vision needed to help players develop, compete, and prepare for the next level.

Matt has served as a youth club soccer director for 21 years, including his previous role as Sporting Director at United PDX in Portland, Oregon. Under his leadership, United PDX became an ECNL Boys and Girls Academy member club, advanced more than 150 players into NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs, produced professional players, and earned multiple state, regional, and national-level results.

He also spent 10 years with the West Region Olympic Development Program as a Head Coach and Director of Coaching, identifying and preparing top players from 14 Western U.S. state associations for elite domestic and international competition. A former professional player, Matt competed across the WISL, USL Pro, MISL, and MLS Reserve Division, and holds a U.S. Soccer National B License, U.S. Youth Grassroots License, and Spanish La Liga Formation Methodology License.

Matt’s leadership gives players and families a trusted, proven guide for navigating the game with clarity, purpose, and a real pathway forward.