Glenn van Straatum
Glenn Van Straatum is a soccer manager and former Surinamese football midfielder and forward. He was appointed as the manager of the California Victory, a new expansion franchise in the USL Division 1 for 2007. However, the club folded after only one season leaving Van Straatum a free-agent.
Van Straatum has played for SV Transvaal in Surinam and at the University of San Francisco and for several semi-professional teams in the San Francisco area including the Greek-Americans FC, Hellas FC, San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and San Francisco Glens in California. He appeared for Surinam national football team from 1976-1978. Van Straatum was hired as head coach at Merritt College in August 2019.
