Born in Southern England, Roger Snr played for some of the best English coaches of his era. As a youth player, he played under Jim Ryan, Academy Director at Manchester United who has produced many great players.

On moving to the States he started coaching and was appointed the Director of Development at the Mission Viejo Soccer Club when the club was a powerhouse. He then accepted a position Head Boys Coach at Mission Viejo High School, building the Diablos into a Nationally ranked school within five years. He took a position as a coach with Irvine Strikers and won State Cup. He started his own club SC Athletic, who entered the SCDSL and then to strengthen the clubs position Nationally he rekindled his old alliance with the Strikers FC..

Roger has a strong network of College and USSF connections to assist players moving forward beyond Club and High School soccer. He also has contacts in his Native England and regularly takes teams to Manchester to compete. He has developed youth players and assisted in placements to Indiana, UCI, UCSB, USF, Sonoma State, Vanguard University, West Point, St. Mary's, and CS Northridge.

Roger is full time Director of Operations/President of Mission Viejo Football Club having retired from the Oil and Gas industry. He resides in Mission Viejo with his wife of 35 years Cecilia, has two children Roger Jr. and Joanna, and has three granddaughters.