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Magellan has yet to meet his new team - preseason training doesn't start until early November - but he does know a few of the players from coaching club soccer and futsal (a sport similar to indoor soccer). The 39-year-old has been a club coach for several years and currently guides the De Anza Deja Vu, an under-14 girls Class I soccer team.

This is Magellan's first stint as a high school coach, unless you count the three weeks he ran the Los Altos boys team in 1999 when Eagles coach and fellow Brazilian Vava Marques had to go out of town. It was then that Magellan first impressed Lodge, who recalled, "He did great."

Magellan said he was less than great during a summer interview for the girls coaching position, however.

"I didn't do so well," he said. "I had to talk about myself to people who knew me from before."

Obviously, the interview went better than Magellan thought and his resume apparently wowed the hiring committee.

"His soccer background is fantastic," Lodge said. "His background and personality should work well with the team. He's a very positive, strong soccer coach."

Magellan, who came to the United States in 1982, played four years of soccer at the University of San Francisco. He double-majored at USF, earning degrees in physical education and psychological services. He later spent a season as an assistant coach at Foothill College (LosAltosTownCrier).