OUR mission

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To provide local adults with opportunities to advance individual and team skills, to build community around our love of the game, and to provide opportunities to enjoy playing and competing.

  • To facilitate year-round playing opportunities for adults on the Northern Peninsula

  • To provide players with opportunities to advance skills under the direction of a coach

  • To provide opportunities to play, simply for the joy of playing

  • To build community around our love of the game

  • To create places for local women to play soccer

our goals

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OUR BOARD

Allison Roth

Vice President and Social Media

Steve Shively

President

Vianey Cadenas

Secretary

Jess Haugen

Treasurer

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Dave Breckenridge

At large member

Victoria Jones

At large member

Juan Carlos Cisneros

At large member

  • Soccer has been a part of Steve’s life since a really young age. Player, coach, parent of players, referee, and league administrator, have all been views of “the Beautiful Game” that he has been honored to have. But ‘fan’ is his favorite.

  • Allison has called the Olympic Peninsula home for six years. Having played soccer since childhood, she is thrilled to be involved in the local soccer community and dedicated to expanding opportunities for women in the sport across the region.

    To Allison, NPFC and the Blaze team serve as a true haven for local women. Through a passionate, community-oriented approach, the club creates a welcoming environment where women can come as they are to play, learn, grow, and build lasting connections both on and off the pitch.

    When she isn't on the field, Allison loves exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest with her husband and dog. 

  • Vianey has called the Olympic Peninsula home since 2005 and has been an active member of the local soccer community ever since. A proud Sequim High School Girls Soccer alumni, she served as an assistant coach and interim head coach for the Wolves from 2019 to 2025. She currently serves as an assistant coach for the Peninsula College Women's Soccer program.

    Vianey is passionate about sharing the joy of the beautiful game with players of all ages. She is committed to creating a positive, inclusive, and safe environment where athletes can learn, grow, and develop a lifelong love for soccer. Giving back to the community that helped shape her journey is at the heart of everything she does.

    As both a NPFC player and a member of the Board of Directors serving as Secretary, Vianey is honored to help support the club's mission and contribute to the continued growth of soccer on the Olympic Peninsula.

  • A lifelong athlete, Jess began her soccer career at age 44 and completely fell in love with the game. It is now the place where she steps out of the responsibilities of life and into flow and joy. It brings her great satisfaction to do the same for other women and mothers on the peninsula.

    Jess has a competitive nature (1993 Div III WIAA Swimming State Champion and Academic All American, 6 time competitor at UPA Ultimate Frisbee Nationals 2002-2009) a healing nature (Physical Therapist, Niasziih healer, previous yoga and Restorative Exercise Specialist), and a playful nature (mother of 2 outdoor-loving boys, loves dancing and singing) that are a nice mix for gathering women together to play this beautiful game.

  • Victoria Jones is an At-Large board member and player for NPFC. She played soccer at Champlain Valley Union High School (Vermont) and continued playing club soccer throughout college and beyond. Victoria also helped work on 2026 FIFA World Cup Seattle and has organized large events for over 15 years, including serving as executive director of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon, and brings that experience to NPFC's growth on the North Olympic Peninsula. 

  • Coach JC

    Student of Football

    Player Centered Coaching

    Practice - Improve - Continue - Knowledge > PLAY

  • At just 5 years old, Dave began began playing soccer and grew up to play AA semi-pro with the LA Stars (now LA Galaxy) and coach extensively. He coached 10 years with the California soccer league before moving to Sequim and coaching a youth team at the Y, then U10 with Stormking FC, then 5 years JV HS boys, then several years with the Varsity boys and girls teams. He served as the coach to the NPFC men’s semi-pro team, alongside Juan Carlos.

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our sponsors

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Thank you, Team McAleer, for being our biggest sponsor for 3 years in a row! Thank you for providing NPFC Blaze with game kits!

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Thank you, Greased Lightnin’ 360 for providing us with training tops!

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Thank you, Nicole Berry, for your photography and help with the website!

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Thank you, David Breeding, for photographing our games!

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we would also like to thank

The city of Sequim and Sequim Junior Soccer for maintaining and sharing field space at Haller Playfields.

The City of Port Angeles and the Port Angeles School District for sharing use of Monroe Athletic Field.

Stormking FC for donating soccer balls to NPFC Blaze.

Frank Argersinger for photographing our games

The following teams for hosting us and traveling to play us: GEMM Washington Soccer League of SeaTac, Bremerton Rec women, Minnesota Blackhawks, Bainbridge Rec women, and local HS girls players and coaches

our HISTORY

NPFC was founded by Joost Besjin in 2019 to gather the community around supporting a semi-pro men’s team to compete in the Cascadia Premier League. The season kicked off in 2021 with the men finishing 3rd place. In 2022, the club became a non profit organization continuing under the leadership of Juan Carlos Cisneros, again supporting a men’s semi-pro season in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, Jess Haugen and Juan Carlos joined forces to create a women’s recreational level team to support the needs of the community. Blaze has enjoyed 3 consecutive spring seasons consisting of friendly games with women’s teams in the area. NPFC has collaborated with local clubs to offer various opportunities for year-round play to women of all levels on the North Olympic Peninsula. NPFC continues to build on playing opportunities for local adults and remains open to supporting a men’s side again in the future.

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joost besjin NPFC Founder

A lifelong soccer player, Joost founded Northern Peninsula FC because he saw strong local talent on the men’s side with no organized outlet beyond college and pickup games. He wanted to give these players a platform to showcase their abilities and pursue professional opportunities. Originally from the Netherlands, Joost lived in the United States from 2012 through 2025. During that time, he coached his daughter’s team in North Carolina for six seasons, worked as a referee in Washington and North Carolina, and officiated higher-level college matches broadcast on ESPN+.

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Juan Carlos cisneros and Jess Haugen Women’s Side Developers

Juan Carlos brought a wealth of coaching experience to NPFC, with a history spanning almost 20 seasons at various clubs, including the Peninsula College men’s team, Bainbridge Island FC, Stormking FC, and Sequim HS. He holds the Advanced National Diploma with United Soccer Coaches and the Level 4 certification with the European Football Coach Evolution.

Jess, after many years playing high-level ultimate frisbee, started playing soccer at age 44, and completely fell in love with the game. A lifelong athlete, she was driven to learn and improve. She wanted a coach, a women’s team, and a place to play, but that didn’t exist. The community was rich with talented women who also wanted a place to play.

Jess and JC got to work and created NPFC Blaze, the first 11v11 women’s recreational soccer team on the Northern Peninsula. JC, who was interested in gaining experience coaching a women’s team, was head coach for Blaze in our inaugural season in 2024.