“Houston Dash Add Eric Klenofsky to Technical Staff “

HOUSTON (July 31, 2024) - The Houston Dash announced today that Eric Klenofsky joined the technical staff as the goalkeeper coach. Klenofsky joined the Dash as an interim goalkeeping coach to start the season.

The 29-year-old joined the organization in March 2022 as the head of goalkeeping for the Houston Dynamo Academy. He was an assistant coach for the men's soccer program at the University of South Florida from 2021-2022 and began his coaching career in 2018 with Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Klenofsky played collegiately at Monmouth University in New Jersey, where he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year in 2015 and 2016. Following his collegiate career, he was drafted with the No. 34 overall pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United.

He joined the Richmond Kickers on loan that season and made his professional debut in April 2017. The former goalkeeper also spent time in Israel with Hapoel Marmorek F.C., where he helped the club reach the finals of the Toto Cup Liga Leumit. He spent the next two years with Toronto FC II and Tacoma Defiance.