our staff has identified you as an elite player who would thrive in our Pre-Academy. Complete the Identified Player Form below and our Pre-Academy Director, Aubrey Buehler, will reach out.
meet our directors
AMY GRIFFIN / executive director
A 1991 FIFA Women’s World Cup winner, Griffin serves as Executive Director of Seattle Reign Academy. Griffin completed her 24th and final season as Associate Head Coach of the University of Washington Women’s soccer program in 2019. Amy also has extensive coaching experience within the US Youth National Team system, including assisting the U20 Youth National Team to a World Cup title in 2014. Griffin has also served as the Head Coach of the US Deaf National Team for the past three years. Amy holds her USSF “A” & Director’s Licenses.
AUBREY BUEHLER / pre-academy director
Aubrey joins Seattle Reign with over 10 years of experience along with a reputation for developing top youth players in a wide range of ages. Her love, reputation, and process for identifying, developing, and working with the younger age groups is well-known across the country. Most recently, she spent the last three years at Crossfire Premier, leading teams competing within the ECNL, ECNL RL, and RCL levels of play. Prior to that, she resided in Indiana where she was on staff for Indiana Fire Juniors before moving on to Indy Premier to serve as the Girls U8-U12 Director. Aubrey, originally from Waukesha, WI, competed at the collegiate level for the University of Tennessee-Martin (2009-2010) and Ball State University (2010-2013). She holds her USSF “C”, Grassroots 4v4, and Grassroots 7v7 Licenses.