Goalie Coach

Yuta Nomura joins Portland Hearts of Pine from New England Revolution II, where he spent five seasons as second-team goalkeeper.
Collegiately, Yuta played for Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky. As a freshman in 2011, he started all 23 games, leading the Blue Raiders to an NAIA National Championship and an undefeated 23-0-0 season. Over his four-year career, he recorded a 68-11-3 record with 35 clean sheets and set personal bests in his freshman season for save percentage (.838), shutouts (14), and saves (62). Lindsey Wilson finished third in the NAIA Tournament during his sophomore and junior years.
Yuta spent two-and-a-half seasons in Sweden with BK Olympic, competing in Division 2 Västra Götaland. He also played two seasons in the PDL (now USL League Two), representing the Springfield Demize in 2014 and the Michigan Bucks in 2015.
Early in Yuta’s career, he served as part of the coaching staff at the University of Central Arkansas (NCAA Division I) for two seasons. His efforts contributed to the staff winning the Missouri Valley Conference Coaching Staff of the Year award in 2018, a season in which UCA claimed the conference title and earned a berth in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament. After transitioning to the Sun Belt Conference in 2019, Yuta helped guide the Bears to a regular-season title with a 10-7-1 overall record and a 4-1 conference mark.
Yuta spent five seasons with New England Revolution II, where he coached second-team goalkeepers and assisted first-team goalkeepers. During this time, he worked alongside Kevin Hitchcock, as well as goalkeepers Matt Turner, Djordje Petrović, and Aljaž Ivačič. Since 2022, he also took on responsibilities for set-piece coaching.