Vlatko has over 25 years of experience as a player, coach or Director. As a player he was a 3 time, first team all conference in high school at Mary D Bradford High School where he was a 7 letter varsity High School winner in soccer, tennis, basketball and wrestling.
He attended University of Wisconsin and was part of the building block that helped the Badgers soccer team win the National Title in 1995. He continued playing professionally for the Milwaukee Rampage. He began his coaching career as assistant coach for the UW Parkside women's program, was co-founder of the Red Star SC in Wisconsin, and was Director of the TCSA Premier program in Illinois. Vlatko currently holds his National D Coaching license