PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado State University Pueblo Women's Soccer Head Coach John Constable has announced the addition of Daniel Kropf as the program's Graduate Assistant Coach ahead of the 2026 season.
 
A native of Tenerife, Spain, Kropf bring an international playing background, collegiate leadership experience and a passion for developing student-athletes to the ThunderWolves program.
 
"We are excited to have Daniel with us," said Constable. "He has good leadership qualities having captained a successful college team. He also has very good soccer experience not only here in the U.S. but in Europe before he came out here to the U.S. Daniel wants to build a career out of college coaching. I believe we can help him on his journey. I also believe he can help us on our journey of moving higher up the league each of the two years he is here."
 
Kropf recently completed an outstanding collegiate career at Eastern Oregon University, where he played from 2022-26 after spending a season competing professionally in Germany with S.V. Empor Berlin. Prior to arriving in the United States, he developed through several of Spain's top youth systems, including 11 years playing club soccer in Tenerife, two years with the FC Barcelona Football School in Tenerife and three years in the Valencia CF Academy.
 
While at Eastern Oregon, Kropf helped lead the Mountaineers to one of the most successful stretches in program history. The team captured its first conference regular season championship and conference tournament title while earning the program's first-ever national ranking and finishing with an unbeaten season. Individually, Kropf served as a four-year team captain, was selected First Team All-Conference three times and finished his collegiate career with 13 goals and 11 assists in 59 matches, making 58 starts. He also earned tournament MVP honors during after competing alongside current FC Barcelona standout Pedri.
 
In addition to his playing accomplishments, Kropf served as the head coach of the S.V. Empor Berlin Under-12 boys team, planning training sessions, organizing travel and mentoring young players. He also worked as an elementary and middle school physical education teacher.
 
Kropf will assist with all aspects of the women's soccer program, including on-field coaching, player development, recruiting, match preparation and day-to-day operations.