Lehigh University Athletics
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Liisi Vink-Lainas
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- Assistant Coach
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Liisi Vink-Lainas enters her second season as assistant coach for the Lehigh women’s soccer program.
Vink-Lainas was an assistant coach at the University of Delaware for two seasons. As primarily a goalkeeping coach, she coached and developed the program’s first-ever conference Goalkeeper of the Year and a first-team All-CAA selection. During her tenure, Delaware earned its first trip to the CAA Tournament in 2024 since the 2019 season.
?Prior to Delaware, Vink-Lainas coached in central Illinois for four years with FC Central Illinois and Central Illinois United. She served as the Girls' Assistant Director of Coaching for FC Central Illinois, where, in addition to her head coaching duties, she was responsible for player development and coach education. At Central Illinois United, she held head and assistant coaching positions for ECNL RL, USYS Midwest Conference, and pre-Girls Academy teams.
?Collegiately, she played at Penn State, winning the 2015 National Championship, three Big Ten regular season championships, and one Big Ten Tournament championship. She was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2015 and 2016.
Professionally, after college, Vink-Lainas played internationally, earning caps for the Estonian Women’s National Team and playing for FC Flora Tallinn in the top Estonian and Baltic Region leagues.
Vink-Lainas holds a USSF D License and is in the process of completing her USSF C License. She graduated from Penn State University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and from Illinois State University with an MS in Biological Sciences – Neuroscience and Physiology.
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Vink-Lainas was an assistant coach at the University of Delaware for two seasons. As primarily a goalkeeping coach, she coached and developed the program’s first-ever conference Goalkeeper of the Year and a first-team All-CAA selection. During her tenure, Delaware earned its first trip to the CAA Tournament in 2024 since the 2019 season.
?Prior to Delaware, Vink-Lainas coached in central Illinois for four years with FC Central Illinois and Central Illinois United. She served as the Girls' Assistant Director of Coaching for FC Central Illinois, where, in addition to her head coaching duties, she was responsible for player development and coach education. At Central Illinois United, she held head and assistant coaching positions for ECNL RL, USYS Midwest Conference, and pre-Girls Academy teams.
?Collegiately, she played at Penn State, winning the 2015 National Championship, three Big Ten regular season championships, and one Big Ten Tournament championship. She was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2015 and 2016.
Professionally, after college, Vink-Lainas played internationally, earning caps for the Estonian Women’s National Team and playing for FC Flora Tallinn in the top Estonian and Baltic Region leagues.
Vink-Lainas holds a USSF D License and is in the process of completing her USSF C License. She graduated from Penn State University with a BS in Biomedical Engineering and from Illinois State University with an MS in Biological Sciences – Neuroscience and Physiology.
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