Board of Directors
Samir Romero
President/ Co-founder
While Samir Romero was born and raised in Colombia, which is where he played soccer for Deportivo Cali, he is a dedicated and loyal member of the Rockford community. Since arriving in the U.S. at 21-years-old, Samir climbed the coaching ranks through the Rockford Raptors organization as well as the high school ranks. As an assistant at Rockford Christian, Samir helped the Royal Lions win back-to-back regional and sectional titles.
Brendan Noble
Vice-President/ Co-founder
Brendan Noble is new to Rockford, but when his wife, Andrea, brought him here in February of 2019, he quickly fell in love with the city. As an avid Eintracht Frankfurt and Detroit City FC fan, it became a dream for him to help establish a soccer (Fußball) club in his new city, and he is extremely excited to be involved with Rockford FC. In the soccer world beyond Rockford FC, Brendan is a referee and has probably heard you yell at him for giving a card to your child. He is also a data enrichment specialist at ABC Supply Co. Inc. in Beloit and a published author.
Pablo Burgos
Amaro
Board Member/ Director of videography
Pablo Burgos Amaro was born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, more exactly in Colonia Independencia. Pablo has been refereeing for the last 26 years, which makes him a very knowledgeable person on the matter. Pablo was born June 20th, 1964 and he was of the first licensed referees in the Rockford Metropolitan Area.
Jonathan Burgos Gonzalez
Board Member & Co-Director of Videography and Narrator
Jonathan Burgos was born and raised in Rockford Illinois Jonathan graduated from Jefferson High School in 2017, a Jayhawk.
Jonathan has loved soccer since his high school days and has been refereeing since he was 15 years old. Currently, Jonathan has 10 years experience refereeing and is currently licensed to referee in Illinois.
