Grays Harbor College women’s head soccer coach Alan Carloza has informed the college of his intention to step down from the position effective immediately, Grays Harbor Athletic Director Will Rider confirmed on Thursday.

Carloza was hired by the college in early May and leaves the team seven games into the season with a record of 0-6-1.

Carloza’s decision to step down stemmed in part from disagreements on how to increase the roster size. Injuries have been detrimental to an already small roster as the Chokers rarely have more than one substitute available during a game and forfeited a home match against Bellevue Community College on Sept. 17 due to a lack of available players.

The Chokers currently have 11 players listed on their roster, according to the Northwest Athletic Conference website.

Rider confirmed that Carloza had informed the college of his intent to resign though Carloza has not yet submitted an official letter of resignation as of late Thursday.

Rider acknowledged that Carloza was in a tough spot in regards to recruiting since he was hired late in the spring when a lot of high school players had already made their college decisions.

“To be fair to coach Carloza, he was hired late in the year with the season practically upon him. It hasn’t been easy for a first-year head coach,” Rider said. “He felt like he wasn’t enjoying the coaching anymore, we tried to assist him to the bet of our abilities and it wasn’t adequate enough.”

Carloza declined to comment.

The college plans to look for a permanent replacement while assistant coach Allie Oropeza leads the team in the meantime on an interim basis.

Oropeza acted as head coach in the Chokers’ 3-0 loss to Pierce College on Thursday.

Oropeza was an assistant on last year’s Chokers coaching staff and will be on the college’s list of potential candidates to take over the head coaching position.

“Me and Student Success Navigator PageCarol Woods will be sitting down with (Oropeza) soon to talk about the future of the program,” Rider said.