Staff

Coaching Staff

Denzel Pettigrew

Owner

Youth Career:
Made SYL Team in Wisconsin (National Finals 2006)
Named best defender while in Dominican Republic
Went to Germany with 92’s Sport Tour through the Milwaukee Kickers
Elite 300 soccer camp in Pennsylvania
Captain of Mequon United Soccer Club
Runner up in State Cup Finals 3 times

High school Career:
Captain of Pulaski High School Varsity Soccer team
Named All-City Conference Sophomore at Pulaski High School
Named All-City Conference Champs at Pulaksi High School
Played varsity soccer all four years in high school
Two time MVP at Pius XI High School- Junior and Senior year
Captain of Pius XI High School Varsity Soccer team junior and senior year
2nd Team All Conference for the Classic 8 Conference- Junior year
1st Team All conference for the Classic 8 Conference- Senior year

College Career:
University of Dubuque 2010-2011 (D3)
Trained at Schulz Academy 2011-2012
Kentucky Wesleyan 2012-2013 (D2)
Pratt Community College 2014-2016 (D1 Juco)
Pratt CC Jayhawk Conference Champs 2015-2016 Season
Pratt CC ranked 16th in the nation for 2015-2016 Season

Recent Career
Associates Degree in General Studies from Pratt Community College
Assistant Coach at Pratt Community College for the beginning of the 2016 season
Returned to Schulz Academy for pro training in Boca Raton
U.S. Soccer Federation “F” License
U.S. Soccer “E” license
CPR/AED certified by the American Red Cross
Obtained soccer referee license in Feb. 2017
Played for North Shore United Men’s Major Team
Played for LC Aris (NPSL)
CEO of 2Legendary Sports Inc.
Obtaining U.S. Soccer "D" license in August 2018

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Lito Zabala

Head Coach

Lito played at the college level at UWM and continued that career with the Milwaukee Wave. In 56 games, he scored 22 goals and had 15 assists. Lito continued to be involved in soccer by becoming a well known coach. He has coached a lot of Milwaukee soccer players throughout his career. He’s coached at clubs like Mequon Soccer Club, Fusion Soccer Club and even coached for the Milwaukee Torrent. He currently helps coach high school soccer at Rufus King and continues to help the Torrent as an assistant coach.

Dr. Alex Josef

Team Physio

Elevate Physical Therapy

Board of Directors

Senora Pettigrew

Senior Executive Director

An innovator for auxiliary envisioning and creating a positive impact and future for Brew City Legends FC. She is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University with a dual degree in Biology/Physic-Chemistry. As a highly effective educator with Milwaukee Public Schools for 25 years, high standards and positive relationships are fostered.

Senora brings over 18 years of supervisory leadership and managerial experience. She is coherent in developing/implementing new policies and overseeing promotional strategic strategies and tactical procedure to maintain effective communication throughout the organization. Senora is skilled in navigating changes, actions, activities, and goals that helps promote the creations and uniqueness of Brew City Legends FC.

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Tammy Mays

Research & Sponsorship Coordinator

Dr. Mays completed her Ph.D. in the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and successfully defended her dissertation entitled, A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding the Role of Athletic and Racial Identities on the Health Information-Seeking Behaviors of African American Male Athletes, on May 10, 2017. Her research explores health information seeking behaviors of African American male athletes, specifically factors affecting health disparities and how racial and athletic identities influence why and how African American male athletes seek health information.

Currently, she is the Branch Manager at the Milwaukee Public Library Center Street.

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Other Staff

Robert "Biko" Baker

Grassroots/Merchandise Director

A former Allstate and Division 1 player, in 1994 Coach Biko began coaching under the tutelage of Jimmy Banks at area Boys and Girls Clubs. Today, Baker is focused on building the beautiful game in Wisconsin’s grassroots. He has D-License and has coached at the Men’s Majors level and is the co-founder of Inter City Pride FC.

Tyrone Gordon

Grassroots

Tyrone Gordon is a former Minnesota Thunder, Milwaukee Wave and 2002 Top 150 Adidas Player.

Gordon began playing soccer for Latino Soccer Club at the age of 5 years old and was coached by Santos Camarillo. Gordon also played at Sherman Park's Boys and Girls Club were he was coached by Jimmy Banks and Rob "Biko" Baker.

In 1996-97 Gordon joined the Simba Lions. Gordon played his high school ball at Milwaukee Vincent, where he managed to score 10 goals in one game.

Today, Gordon is focused on building the beautiful game in the inter city of Milwaukee grassroots. Gordon has coached MPS Rec League at Milwaukee Vincent and also was the head coach for Milwaukee Vincent from 2015-17.

Gordon is the co-founder of Inter City Pride FC.

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Brian Holz

Graphic Designer

Atomic Design