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Michael Anthony Varas

Coach🇺🇸

San Diego · MLS

1965Current Elo

79 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

possession-based

Domestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

San Diego

Feb 2025 – Oct 2026 · 75 matches

Most used

  1. A. Dreyer6,326' · Elo 1,974
  2. J. Tverskov5,709' · Elo 1,931
  3. C. McVey5,570' · Elo 2,051
  4. O. Valakari5,262' · Elo 2,026
  5. M. Duah4,452' · Elo 1,979
  6. L. Bombino4,095' · Elo 2,102
  7. C. dos Santos4,089' · Elo 2,035
  8. A. Godoy4,042' · Elo 1,818
  9. O. Verhoeven3,085' · Elo 1,886
  10. L. de la Torre2,483' · Elo 1,990

Players under Michael Anthony Varas

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. C. dos Santos+771

    in 45 matches · San Diego

  2. L. Bombino+579

    in 53 matches · San Diego

  3. M. Duah+474

    in 52 matches · San Diego

  4. A. Mighten+395

    in 47 matches · San Diego

  5. O. Verhoeven+379

    in 43 matches · San Diego

Fell most

  1. H. Lozano−129

    in 33 matches · San Diego

  2. C. Bakambu−54

    in 6 matches · San Diego

  3. L. Morgan−46

    in 16 matches · San Diego

  4. A. Saidi−29

    in 5 matches · San Diego

  5. E. Boateng−27

    in 15 matches · San Diego

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. D. Chará portrait

    D. Chará1427

    in 6 matches · Portland Timbers

    −85
  2. M. Yoshida portrait

    M. Yoshida1614

    in 3 matches · Los Angeles Galaxy

    −58
  3. M. Reus portrait

    M. Reus1791

    in 4 matches · Los Angeles Galaxy

    −56
  4. S. Moore portrait

    S. Moore1989

    in 4 matches · FC Dallas

    −53
  5. D. Ayala portrait

    D. Ayala1989

    in 4 matches · Portland Timbers

    −46

Nemeses

  1. Z. Gozo portrait

    Z. Gozo1977

    in 3 matches · Real Salt Lake

    +149
  2. R. Roberts portrait

    R. Roberts2024

    in 3 matches · San Jose Earthquakes

    +123
  3. M. Duggan portrait

    M. Duggan1936

    in 4 matches · Minnesota United FC

    +123
  4. O. Bouda portrait

    O. Bouda2041

    in 4 matches · San Jose Earthquakes

    +106
  5. P. Judd portrait

    P. Judd1985

    in 4 matches · San Jose Earthquakes

    +105

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. G. Vanney1970

    in 4 matches · Los Angeles Galaxy

    −37

  2. P. Neville1863

    in 5 matches · Portland Timbers

    −21

  3. Eric Quill2037

    in 4 matches · FC Dallas

    −13

  4. Eric Ramsay1966

    in 3 matches · Minnesota United FC

    −9

  5. B. Schmetzer1992

    in 3 matches · Seattle Sounders

    −8

Nemesis coaches

  1. Bruce Arena2093

    in 4 matches · San Jose Earthquakes

    +60

  2. P. Mastroeni1919

    in 4 matches · Real Salt Lake

    +40

  3. J. Sørensen2065

    in 4 matches · Vancouver Whitecaps

    +23

Playing style

How Michael Anthony Varas's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

possession-based

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.