Female Footballers

Listeners are in for a treat! Today on the pod we have our newest mentor and US Beach National Team Captain, Jeane Sunseri Warp! We are thrilled to talk to her about her journey from youth soccer to college to body building to discovering Beach Soccer and becoming the US Captain. This is a fun and educational episode, so Enjoy!

This episode is FIRE! We sit down with FF Board member, Former College Coach, current College Recruiting Consultant and overall badass human, JT Thomas! JT takes us through a VERY IMPORTANT and FREE recruiting presentation laying out current NCAA changes, detailing options for the right athletic fit and tools, tips and more on how to get recruited. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE! One of the...

This week, we dive into the question that was brought up by the Welcome to the Party Podcast, "Should Parents Watch Practice?" We posted on our social media and had a lot of responses, so we wanted to dive deeper into both sides of this argument. Let us know your thoughts! Enjoy!

Beyond the Game is back with an all new episode featuring a vulnerable episode with none other than one of its hosts, MAYA DOMS! Sierra interviews Maya about her career thus far and how there is more to life than soccer. Her unique perspective shines through and shows how her perspective helps her find success in soccer. Enjoy!

With so many new listeners and followers, we wanted to take a week to give some back story as to how we came to be Female Footballers! We review the early days of FF and take you into the birth of our newest program, Rise and Return! Enjoy!

This week we sit down with mentee McKinley and her mom and FF Board Member, Amy Adams Harding. We discuss the emotional toll that acl injury takes on a female athlete and her family. McKinley opens up about her recovery journey, her emotional state and how the Female Footballers Rise and Return program helped her through this tough experience . Listeners will learn about our newest program and tap...

Beyond the Game is back with an all new episode this month featuring Maddi Desiano! Madelyn Desiano is a pro soccer player in the USL playing for Spokane Zephyr FC. She recently wrote a book titled, Bend Never Break, which follows UCLA Women's Soccer's year long quest to win the NCAA National Championship. Through personal stories ad in depth analysis, her book explores topics such as lead...

This week we sit down with Associate Head Coach at the University of Portland, Maite Zabala. We chat with her about her own college (Go Bears!) and pro career, how much empathy plays a role in her coaching and some insights into the college game. Enjoy!

Kassie and Rachael sit down to discuss the Euros, injury and more in this episode about interesting happenings from this summer in soccer. Enjoy!

Beyond the Game is BACK with an all new season and episode featuring the amazing USWNT and Washington Spirit player ANDI SULLIVAN! Andi discusses her career, pregnancy and how she handles the mental challenges within the game. This is a great episode! Enjoy!

Welcome back to the Female Footballers Podcast, SEASON 9!! After a short summer break, we are back with a special first guest. She's former USWNT World Cup Winner, a college coach, the Executive Director of Seattle Reign Academy and the US Women's Deaf National Team head coach, please welcome Amy Griffin! We discuss her personal playing journey, her coaching career and her views on the fut...

This week we sit down with one of our newest Mentors, Arianna Manrique! Ari is a former UC Berkeley captain and Cal's newest assistant coach! Ari dives into her journey from her youth days at Top Hat in the South to the USYNT and her recruitment to Cal. We are so thrilled to have Ari join our Female Footballers Family! Enjoy!

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are incredibly grateful to have a venerable and honest conversation around the struggles we face within sport. NWSL players Bethany Balcer (Racing Louisville) and FF Mentors, Cari Rocarro (Chicago Stars) and Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave), answer some important questions around mental health in soccer. Originally a webinar, we hope you enjoy this conv...

We are so excited to have on the Commissioner of the Girls Academy, Patricia Hughes aka Trish the Commish! Trish speaks with us about her journey as a player for the Irish National Team a collegiate coach, and now the Commissioner of the Girls Academy. We discuss what defines success for the GA and the work they are doing to create a female specific holistic player centered environment. A great ep...

This week Sierra and Maya welcome on Dr. Kimberly O'brien! Kimberly is a Harvard educated, founder and Director of Better Together and Unlimited Resilience! She talks about tools on how to navigate the mental health struggles we face in sport. This episode is powerful, helpful and awesome so please give it a listen!

This week we Rachael and Kassie dive into tryout season and how to choose the right club for your player. We attempt to define a few of the leagues and explain important things to take into account when you are trying out for a new club. We also give tips for players at the end of the episode when heading into a new environment! Enjoy!

This week we have Laura Schott back to discuss the different youth soccer trends at the pro, college and youth levels. We discuss the trend of "the younger the better," playing up a level, ID camps and youth NWSL players. What are your thoughts? Let us know! Enjoy!

Welcome back to Beyond the Game! Hosts Sierra Enge and Maya Doms bring you an all new episode featuring their dear friend, teammate and professional soccer player for the San Diego Wave, KENNEDY WESLEY! As a Female Footballers Mentor, Kennedy talks about the highs and hard moments in her journey as a pro and the skills she's learned along the way that help her thrive! Enjoy this second episode...

This week we sit down with a former teammate, the Head Coach of University of Oregon, star of Coach the Movie, and a dear friend...welcome Tracy Joyner! We chat about her journey through soccer, what it is like to be a female coach, a head coach of a division one program and taking on new challenges. Enjoy!

This week we sat down with Tori Huster, from the NWSLPA. Tori discusses what the NWSLPA does and how their landmark CBA agreement in 2024 is giving NWSL players the voice and choice they've never had before. Enjoy!

For our FIRST EPISODE, we welcome THE, NAOMI GIRMA!! We chat with Naomi about behind the scenes challenges she has faced and strategies she uses on the mental side of the game that have helped in her career. As close, longtime friends and teammates, we get to go deeper with this Chelsea super star on her feelings behind the struggles and all of her amazing accomplishments! Please enjoy this first...

We are thrilled to announce an all NEW PODCAST SHOW brought to you by Female Footballers!! Welcome to Beyond the Game- with hosts, Sierra Enge and Maya Doms! Beyond the Game will take you behind the scenes of the adversity and challenges players face, and the experiences that don't get talked about often enough. To learn more about this new show, Enjoy!

This week we have on one of our newest and most charismatic mentors, Nikki Stanton! Nikki is a 10 year NWSL Veteran and heading into her first season with the Vancouver Rise. We chat about her journey through the sport and the lessons she has learned along the way. Enjoy!

This week we unpack the larger issue of communication and social emotional wellbeing that relates to the recent allegations of emotional and verbal abuse surrounding head coach Albertin Montoya at Bay FC. Rather than go in depth on the people involved, we discuss why this continues to occur and how complicated this issue is from all sides of the coin. Enjoy.

This week we speak to Iain Martin, a regional manager for the New England Revolution Academy and an associate trainer at Positive Coaching Alliance. We chat with Iain, a fellow presenter, who we met at the United Soccer Coaches Convention, about being a coach in today's youth landscape. His philosophy and his work at the Positive Coaching Alliance. Enjoy!