We Are Soccer Central

Robert Kerr talks about a local player going global this week with Phil Friend of the Lansing State Journal. Lansing native Zoe Morse recently hopped across the pond to play for Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Women's Super League after three successful seasons with the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars. Rob and Phil talk about what led Morse to this point and what her future holds as she looks to bre...

2023 is upon us so Robert Kerr brings show editor Jenny Hojnacki on to give three things each they are looking forward to in the new year both locally and globally. Afterwards, Dominic Scicluna of Waza Flo indoor soccer comes on to discuss his team after their match against Rapid City FC at the Detroit City FC Fieldhouse.

Robert Kerr kicks off 2023 with a fan account of the 2022 World Cup. Local soccer fan Hassan Rehman travelled to Qatar for the world's biggest sporting event and he shares a ton of tales about following the U.S. Men's National Team, Cristiano Ronaldo, and more around the nation of Qatar.

With the MLS SuperDraft in the books, Robert Kerr brings on MSC core team member and professional scout Brooks Laimbeer onto the show to discuss the Michigan based players that will be given a shot to make it at the top level of pro soccer in the United States.

It's the holiday season and Robert Kerr has the gift of indoor soccer for everyone! Steve Corcoran returns to the show to discuss Rapid City FC's high scoring home opener in the brand new Major League Indoor Soccer against the Cleveland Crunch as well as the World Cup and the return of top level club soccer throughout the world.

Robert Kerr welcomes Bloomfield Hills native and Sacramento Republic forward Russell Cicerone. Cicerone speaks about his new move to Sacramento, his previous stops in the USL Championship, his time in the amateur ranks with the Michigan Bucks, and what it takes to make the jump to professional soccer.

Robert Kerr brings Michigan Mr. Soccer Kyle Pierson of Detroit Catholic Central onto the podcast this week. Kyle speaks of his journey playing at the club level and transitioning to the high school game for his senior season with the goal of winning the state's highest individual honor. His story is one that shows the role that motivation and hard work play in achieving ambitious goals.

Robert Kerr is joined by Christ McAuliffe from the Futsal Champions Series in Lansing. The competition is played at Lansing City Arena and it has one more matchday left in the regular season. Chris talks about the league, its teams, and the playoffs to come.

This week, Robert Kerr and show editor extraordinaire (who also writes these show notes) Jenny Hojnacki waffle on about the World Cup. They discuss the U.S. Men's National Team and a win or go home moment against Iran, some of the interesting upsets in the group stage, and what is still out there to look forward to over the next couple of weeks.

Robert Kerr leads you into your Thanksgiving holiday with an update on Western Michigan's run in the NCAA tournament as well as a look at the World Cup and the USMNT's 1-1 draw against Wales, an undate on Gold Star FC's stadium, as well as this week's We Are Soccer Team of the Week.

Like everyone else in the soccer world Robert Kerr and his guest, Chris Rosin, have World cup fever while simultaneously feeing icky about the host nation of Qatar. Robert and his friend from soccer banter about the upcoming World Cup, what has them excited about it, what has them feeling uneasy, and who has a shot at winning the whole thing.

This week, Robert Kerr is back in full force with a pair of successful coaches in the state of Michigan. First up is Jon Evans, who has led Grosse Ile's boys varsity team to five consecutive State Cup Final appearances. Next up is Emily Ottenhoff from Calvin College's women's team. Ottenhoff led the Knights to an undefeated regular season and an MIAA tournament championship ahead of the NCAA Divis...

Robert Kerr keeps it short this week with a quick update on the Michigan Stars run to the NISA Championship Game this weekend as well as a look back to about a year ago when Stars owner George Juncaj foresaw his team's success in 2022.

Detroit City FC's season came to a close last weekend after a 3-1 loss to Memphis 901 in the first round of the USL Championship Playoffs. In order to look back on the club's first season in the second tier of American soccer, Robert Kerr welcomes writer and DCFC supporter Sean Spence to the program. The pair review the season that was and look ahead to what could be after what should be an intere...

Robert Kerr returns to the professional ranks to get this week's show started as he welcomes Jer Staes and Fletcher Sharpe from the Daily Detroit podcast to take a look at how Detroit City FC faired in their first USL Championship regular season ahead of their playoff match this Saturday against Memphis 901. After that, Josh Hakala comes on to recap a hectic weekend in Brighton at the Michigan Gir...

This week Robert Kerr highlights one of the great turnaround stories in high school soccer. Nicolas Suarez, head coach at Ypsilanti Community Schools comes on the show to talk about how he took a program that was struggling to even exist and turned it into a successful team and powerful force within the diverse city of Ypsilanti. Robert then welcomes Brother Rice boys head coach Danny Price back t...

Robert Kerr takes a trip to the west side of the state this week to converse with a couple of Grand Rapids area guests. First up is Katie Hultin, first year head coach of Grand Valley State, the two time defending Division 2 Women's National Champions. Next is MSC correspondent Steve Corcoran, who traveled to the final event of the season for The Soccer Rebellion, their national championships in K...

Detroit City FC takes center stage this week after their come from behind 2-2 draw at home against FC Tulsa over the weekend. Robert Kerr caught up with forward Yazeed Matthews and head coach Trevor James at Keyworth Stadium after the match. Robert is then joined by Nolan Bianchi of the Detroit News. Nolan has been covering Detroit City all season long and he brings his unique perspective to the s...

This week, Robert Kerr brings on a pair of guests involved with some brand new teams in the state of Michigan. First up is Louis Stephens founder of Rapid City FC, a new indoor club starting play in Grand Rapids this December. Next is Alex Lubyansky, CEO of Gold Star Detroit FC, a new club entering NISA for the 2023 season. Gold Star has lofty ambitions that include the first ever soccer specific...

Robert Kerr talks to Detroit City FC goalkeeper Ryan Shellow fresh off his professional debut last weekend in a cold, rainy match against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks. Shellow and DCFC took all three points away from home and was glad to get his first pro game under his belt. Western Michigan University men's soccer head coach Chad Wiseman then joins the show to talk about the hot start for hi...

This week's show opens with three players from Bishop Foley High School's boys team after defeating thier arch rivals from Shrine for the first time in eleven years, making a solid case for the MSC/We Are Soccer Team of the Week. After that, Robert Kerr reviews last weekend's Detroit City FC scoreless draw against Indy Eleven with head coach Trevor James and midfielder Brad Dunwell. The episode co...

Robert Kerr is joined by Saline High School mainstay Ryan Williams to start this week's show. Williams is beginning his seventh season as Saline's boys' soccer head coach and his 17th season overall with the program. He discusses his journey in Ann Arbor and the upcoming season filled with high expectations. After that, Detroit City FC head coach Trevor James comes on the pod to take stock of Le R...

It's a big week for high school soccer as Robert Kerr presents two different perspectives of the embryonic season. Detroit Catholic Central's Kyle Pearson drops in to recap his team's preseason successes and West Bloomfield's first year head coach Borce Kosteski joins the pod to look at how his new head coaching gig with the Lakers is kicking off. Michigan Soccer Central/We Are Soccer team of the...

Robert Kerr welcomes Salvatore Vilardi to the show this week. Salvatore is the GM of United West FC, a club joining the UPSL for next season. As the first club in the league from outside of Metro Detroit, they have a lot of unique challenges ahead of them and Salvatore and his team are ready for the challenge. Also, if you are involved with a high school team that has a season coming up, be sure t...

Robert Kerr welcomes Detroit City FC attacking midfielder Connor Rutz to the show to discuss his Commerce Township roots and how he went from playing at the junior college level all the way to the USL Championship. After that, Tim Hileman, President and CEO of Special Olympics Michigan joins the pod to look back on the Unified Cup Finals that were played at Keyworth Stadium this past weekend.