Ryan Martin

Head Coach

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Clarens Cheridieu

Assistant General Manager

Ryan Martin joined Loudoun United in June of 2019 as the second head coach in the club’s history after becoming the director of United’s academy in January 2017.  Prior to overseeing all youth development for D.C. United, the Columbus, Ohio, native coached and was the recruiting coordinator at Wake Forest University and in 2016 helped build FC Cincinnati’s roster from scratch.

An NSCAA All-American midfielder at Ohio Wesleyan under his father Jay Martin, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA history, Martin went on to play for Real Salt Lake and teams in Iceland and Germany before following his passion to coaching. He returned to Ohio Wesleyan to begin his coaching career, and the following year moved to Wake Forest University in 2007 under Jay Vidovich.  During his time at Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons won one national championship, made three NCAA College Cups and won two ACC Championships while compiling a record of 102-39-22. 

At FC Cincinnati, Martin acted as assistant coach, where he helped form a roster of 26 players from scratch in four months en route to finishing third (16-6-8) out of 29 teams and having the Goalkeeper of the Year, MVP and Golden Boot winner, Coach of the Year finalist and three First-Team All-USL players.

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Clarens Cheridieu has been with Loudoun United FC since 2019 starting out as the Team Administrator and Director of Operations & Scout. His main focus was on recruiting new talent, organizing team travels, managing team budgets and assisting international players. In early 2023, Cheridieu became the Assistant General Manager of Loudoun United FC.

Before arriving to Loudoun United, Cheridieu worked for D.C. United as a U19 Assistant Coach and U23 Assistant Camp Lead Coach. During his time with D.C. United, he recruited players to D.C. United Academy while coaching sessions in the youth programs. In 2015, Cheridieu worked as Head Coach and Director of Coaching at Soccer Shots in Roanoke, Virginia. 

In addition to his extensive resume, Cheridieu is fluent in English and French. Cheridieu was born and raised in Haiti before moving to Miami where he started his soccer career.