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Interview with former college player and National Referee Esad Omanovic from our first episode. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 Internat...

Guest co-host Stephanie Iwata shares her impressive game portfolio in her first 10 months of refereeing. Lance VanHaitsma talks about his role as Manager of Refereeing at CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) as well as his time as FIFA Futsal Referee. Umpiro Referee shoe at Official Sports https://officialsports.com/1708-umpiro-shoe/ -----------...

Former National Assistant Referee and current High School assistant coach and Regional Referee Ryan Cook stops by to co-host this episode. CONCACAF Manager of Refereeing Lance VanHaitsma chats with Gordie about his journey, college soccer, futsal, CONCACAF and more in part one of the interview. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Referee and assignor Aaron Rench joins Gordie "deep in the bowels" of someone's basement for a chat. MLS Assistant Referee Jeff Swartzel discusses how to deal with dissent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attri...

Scott Van Pelt impersonator Jason Paepke shares recent observations about the state of refereeing from a coaching standpoint before nerding out about shoes. Andrew Bigelow, MLS assistant referee, High School coach and all-around nice guy chats with Gordie about his pathway.

Coach Matt Gow and Gordie connect about the coach/referee relationship, things he's noticed and learned along the way and some of the pet peeves we have with one another's roles. CEO and Founder of RunninRef, Austin Ardrey chats about his passion to provide sports officials the training and resources to stay fit and healthy, giving back to the game they love for years to come.

Tatum Richter returns to join Gordie in the studio, revealing the winner of "Nerding Out, part dieux". Mike Warneke, Founder and Executive Director for Fields of Dreams Uganda, shares his inspirational story via Zoom. Fields of Dreams Uganda www.fieldsofdreamsuganda.org linktr.ee/foduganda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexa...

PJ Garcia joins Gordie in the studio. Together they talk out about whistles in the first "Nerd out" segment. Lots of whistles! White Badger (FIFA referee), PRO ref and all around awesome guy Rubiel Vazquez chats with Gordie.

0:47 Friend of the podcast and previous co-host Zach Richter joins Gordie to discuss assigning, something he has taken on recently. 16:53 "Nerd Out" segment 20:26 Preseason NCAA discussion with Rich Grady 39:48 Outro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by http...

Season 2 Episode 3 0:43 Intro with Eric Montgomery 18:28 Nutrition with JJ Bilinski 28:35 Outro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Dri...

Season 2 Episode 1 0:47 - Gordie's Intro 6:40 - JJ Bilinski talks Proper Warm-up and Cool-down in the second installment of his discussions about referee specific training. 17:05 Question 1 17:47 - Daniel Radford, US Youth Soccer Senior Manager of Referees, speaks with Gordie 54:13 - Question 2 and Outro Dynamic Athlete Training - dynamicathletetraining.com Daniel Radford - proreferees.com ---...

0:57 - Guest host Lucas Cuejilo joins Gordie in the studio. 8:09 - JJ Bilinski talks Fitness Myths in the first installment of his discussions about referee specific training. 27:59 - MLS AR Kevin Lock talks with Gordie about how he got started just outside Philadelphia as a 12year old working unsanctioned games to becoming a MLS Assistant Referee. 43:55 - Outro with Lucas Dynamic Athlete Training...

Gordie and Brendan say farewell (for now) to Christina Kremer with the last segment of Coffee with Christina, which deals with Mental Toughness.  Gordie interviews Becky Greenberg, the 2022 Young Female Referee of the Year. This impressive young woman has much more going for herself than "just" being a really good referee.   Gordie then speaks with JJ Bilinski, a National Referee from Fl...

Tony Sobolevsky rejoins Gordie for this episode to talk about recent updates to his refereeing career and a recent trip he was able to take to referee in Mesa, AZ.  The Coffee with Christina segment covers Motivation & Identity. This concept is relevant to many areas of life, not just refereeing. It discusses who you are and why you are doing what you are doing.   Gordie then intervi...

University of Kansas Assistant Coach Travis Smith makes another appearance as co-host and updates us on his soccer life.   Interview with Ryan Graves  Travis and Gordie talk with MLS Assistant Referee Ryan Graves and discuss his journey through the many levels of officiating. Spoiler alert: He spent time with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.    Coffee with Christina  Christina...

Legendary Kansas High School sports assignor and official John Dehan joins us to talk about his journey through officiating and the challenges of the assigning process.   The latest segment  of "Coffee with Christina" talks about how to manage our levels of focus and mitigate distractions throughout matches.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Co-host Logan Clark is a current Nebraska Wesleyan University player and Kansas referee. He speaks with Gordie about his journey and balancing playing and refereeing.   Error Correction/ Recovery:  Our second segment of "Coffee with Christina" talks about how we deal with and navigate the inevitable errors that occur in our games.   A Chat with Greg Barkey:  Former FIFA AR and...

Daylan Williams is a cadet in the United States Military Academy, ultra runner and referee. As co-host he speaks about the concept of PITW (Put in the work) which he started and uses to motivate others.   Routines:  In segment one of Coffee with Christina, Mental Performance coach Christina Kremer talks through the place of routines for referees.  Off-Season Best Practices: PRO AR J...

Recovering from the Girl's Kansas State Cup, Gordie discusses with co-host Michelle Cheung how she rediscovered her love for refereeing after a lengthy absence from the game. Gordie then is joined by former MLS Assistant Referee Paul Scott, who became an administrator, referee coach and assignor after his on field career. Absolutely no Turkeys were harmed in the production of this  episode......

Chillin' with Kenny B:   Long time local Kansas City USSF, High School, College official Kenny Bartkoski co-hosts with Gordie and shares his story.   An interview with Shane Butler:  The pride of St. Louis joins the podcast to talk about his referee journey, futsal, MASL and more!   Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://...

Newlyweds Tatum and Zachary Richter, first co-host team on the podcast, discuss their refereeing paths and working together at the college level.    Gordie speaks with Rich Grady about how to be successful in the postseason. Helpful tip: If you got a postseason assignment, you did so for a reason. Don't change now what got you there.   Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.s...

Guest host Phil Gomez talks about his refereeing journey from Grassroots to becoming a Regional Referee as well as his role as referee liaison for Sporting KC and his day job as Director of Marketing, Tournaments & Events for Kansas State Youth Soccer (KSYSA).   Gordie interviews Kali Smith, a PRO 2 Assistant Referee with NWSL and MLS experience. She shares her journey and balancing life...

Gordie chats with co-host Zaid Umar his referee journey and balancing life, school and officiating.   PRO Assistant Referee Jeff Swartzel returns to the podcast to talk about the importance of self-reflection.   Dr. Joe Machnik joins the podcast with a wealth of knowledge and experience about the role of soccer officials over the decades.   Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://...

Guest co-host Riley Young highlights the importance of paying attention to the little details and controlling the controllables. Gordie and Riley then chat with PRO Referee & FIFA VMO (Video Match Official) Chris Penso about his journey and answer audience questions.   Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music...

Gordie chats with guest host Anthony (you may call him Tony) Sobolevsky about his rapid climb on the referee ladder and recent experience at the 2022 USYS National Championships in Orlando. They then have an informative discussion with former FIFA referee and current MLS VAR (Video Assistant Referee/FIFA VMO (Video Match Official) Carol Anne Chenard about her journey.  Spoiler alert, before b...