Albertin Montoya hints at continued role with Bay FC after resignation

A day after announcing his plan to step down from the position of head coach Albertin Montoya stated it was the plan all along adding that he ll remain within the club going forward in another threshold The timing raised eyebrows because Bay FC has seven games remaining on the schedule But the association has been backsliding for several weeks now Bay FC has not won since June has not earned a point since Aug and is as of now on a four-game losing streak At selected point something had to give But when Montoya spoke to reporters on Tuesday he outlined a different vision for the club that he declared was planned in advance We re perpetually getting together and talking about what s best for the organization Montoya disclosed If we do this now it gets us everything in place for a new coach it gives us a little bit more time We had a great conversation with the players They understand it We felt that it was very crucial for the organization the success in the future to do it at this time and we re all supportive of it Albertin Montoya head coach of Bay FC who just reported he s resigning speaks during a press conference at CEFCU Stadium in San San Jose Calif on Tuesday Sept Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Montoya indicated that he would remain in the organization in a role to be determined Bay FC has used language like startup to describe the end of Montoya s tenure with the group and has stressed that the next coach is expected to take the club to the next level It was something that we were looking at Montoya noted The project has inevitably been for the first couple years let s get started And I was so proud and happy that I was able to do that And then now it s moving forward What s going to give us the best opportunity and success moving forward We started discussing this just a couple weeks ago what we thought was better for the organization and we thought this was a good time Montoya who was originally brought on board as a consultant during Bay FC s coaching search emerged as a candidate and the ultimate hire On Tuesday he implied that this was intended to be a short-term assignment Albertin Montoya head coach of Bay FC who just stated he s resigning looks at the soccer field before speaking during a press conference at CEFCU Stadium in San San Jose Calif on Tuesday Sept Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group From the very beginning it was all for me to step in and help however I could Montoya reported We thought this was the right timing when I first started almost two years ago now just knowing the local territory getting us up and running The fact that we made the playoffs in was a huge achievement But the plan was reliably coming in for the first couple years get it up and running get us in a good place and then move forward and concentrate on the youth advancement Montoya s background before joining Bay FC centered mostly on the youth level Along with his wife Erin he helped make Mountain View Los Altos Soccer Club into a national powerhouse that won multiple national championships His new role will see him shift back into working with players who are earlier in their careers MVLA has sent a number of players to the NWSL including several at the moment on Bay FC Abby Dahlkemper Karlie Lema and Catherine Paulson all played for MVLA while the Montoyas were there Primarily right now it s going to be the identification of talent and evolution Montoya explained of the vision for his new role So it s not with any youth club or anything like that There s a lot of work that demands to be done and we still need to sit down and discuss how that s all going to play out Albertin Montoya head coach of Bay FC who just broadcasted he s resigning walks past the soccer field before speaking during a press conference at CEFCU Stadium in San San Jose Calif on Tuesday Sept Shae Hammond Bay Area News Group Bay FC has a little more than a month left with Montoya as its coach The club s players still clinging to remote playoff hopes seemed surprised by the move You can never predict that declared forward and club captain Rachel Hill As a club we re behind the head coach We get the news and that s just the way that this industry goes unfortunately We all take it on the chin and just continue Hill expressed regret that Montoya would be leaving as coach but seemed optimistic about what s ahead Related Articles Bay FC coach Albertin Montoya to step down at end of season club announces Bay FC drops fourth straight championship with loss to NWSL-leading Kansas City Current Bay FC s acclaimed striker leaves for Saudi Arabia s Al Hilal Bay FC loses on late goal to Angel City FC last season s leading scorer reportedly on way out Behind the scenes at Bay FC Inside a crucial gameday for the second-year club It was the club s decision and that s what they thought was best for the organization Hill declared So we believe in that No one wants results not to go their way As players we take that on board and that is heavy on us But as we continue in the season our company is so good at continuing to believe continuing to go out and grind Bay FC will face Orlando on Saturday and has matches remaining against Gotham Utah Portland Seattle North Carolina and Racing Louisville All but two of those teams would make the playoffs if the season ended at present Bay FC sits th of teams in the league with points trailing Louisville by nine points for the final playoff spot The next chance to make up ground is Saturday in Orlando against the Pride Subscribe to our Inside Sports newsletter for all our sports coverage including challenge analysis scores and everything you want to know about your Bay Area sports teams including Bay FC