Female Footballers

This week we dive in and debate about who should be the next US Soccer Federation President. Will it be Carlos Cordeiro or Cindy Parlow Cone? We want to know what you think!

If you’re a coach, you’ll want to listen to this episode! We break down some common questions we get asked from coaches. We provide some great resources for coaches as well! Give it a listen, and then join us on Wednesday, February 2, for National Girls and Women in Sports Day where we are doing a FREE Zoom for coaches to gain insight into what we do and how we can help your players and the cultur...

This week we discuss the many transitions players make within soccer and how knowing how to create and harness habits, can help players find success.

This week we briefly touch upon the fear of failure and how it pertains to our habits and goals. Some great gems come from this short discussion so listen closely!

Habits are about process and action. Habits rather than resolutions or goals, focus on consistency and routine. This week we dive deeper into how the feedback we get can be used to form, change or create better small habits to work on. We give tips and some great resources on habits at the end! Thanks for listening!

Happy New Year! In our first episode of 2022, we dive into how players internalize feedback whether it be from player evals, exit interviews or just a check in with a coach. We give tips into how to use the critical feedback you are given and mentally use it to your advantage. We also discuss the norms of how many female athletes can ruminate over the critique and how to become self aware that you...

This week our Mentor Director, Haley Lukas, interviews her former teammate and current international professional player for MSV Duinsburg in Germany, Maggie Bell. Maggie discusses her experience playing together with Haley at UC Berkeley, playing pro abroad as well as how her company CACE Answers is working to help improve student athlete college experiences. Listen in to learn about CACE and the...

Back after a week holiday break to discuss the importance of taking an OFF SEASON! We dive into some important points and tips on why an off season is a must for female athletes at all levels. We discuss overuse injuries, mental burnout and the need to other sports and activities. Whether you are a player, parent or a coach there are many tips in this episode to take with you! 

We are back with our first episode of SEASON 2! This week we are joined by Director of Coaching, Greg Rubendall! On top of being the DOC of Livermore Fusion SC, he is also our very first male guest! We discuss all things coaching, directing, licensing and managing people. We also dive into what it takes to be a successful coach and a bit about the slight differences between being a male vs female...

Today, October 11th, we celebrate International Day of the Girl. This is a UN observes this day as a way to empower and amplify the voices of young girls around the world . The theme, this year, is “Digital generation. Our generation."  At Female Footballers we try to use our programs, whether digital or on the field, to empower our female athletes. Please take a listen today to celebrate wit...

This week we sit down to discuss the need for systemic transformation in the NWSL, after this past week and the alleged abuse. In the past few weeks, multiple coaches and admins have been let go due to a toxic culture of alleged emotional and verbal abuse as well as sexual coercion. We discuss this sensitive topic and the need for system change in the sport of soccer at every level. We would love...

One Third of Female Athletes drop out of sports by late adolescence (WSF). What if our periods and puberty play a larger role in that stat than we think? Josephine Kwan, founder of Flow 2 Freedom, is doing the research and providing solutions for this taboo subject that deserves the spotlight. In a day and age when our USWNT and teams like Chelsea are doing the sports science research on the effec...

This week we interviewed an awesome and inspirational coach as well as a FF mentor to our organization,  Jennifer Thomas. JT is the former assistant coach at UC Berkeley and a current collegiate athletic adviser and consultant. We dive into what its like to be a female coach, what types of things are important in coaching female athletes and how coaching has changed in the last 20 years. This is a...

Ever wonder what it is like to play pro in the NWSL? How about playing alongside the top players in the world like Christine Sinclair or Crystal Dunn? Well, our Female Footballers Mentor, Taylor Porter recently joined the Portland Thorns FC of the NWSL and she is giving us an inside look into playing for such an amazing team and organization! This is a MUST LISTEN TO episode you won't want to miss...

We are thrilled to have registered sports dietician and nutritionist, former collegiate player, and current Performance Nutrition Coordinator for UCLA,  Reilly Beatty! Reilly runs an organization called Performance Fueling Club. It is a place for women and girls soccer players to utilize easy and simple nutrition to increase energy levels, eliminate food rules and maximize their performance....

Have you ever wondered how or why players go play pro overseas? We have a few international pro players on our staff at FF and we are thrilled to have Haley Lukas on to discuss her journey into becoming a pro soccer player internationally! Enjoy the episode!

This week our Mentor Director, Haley Lukas is joined by her mother, Shari Lukas. They discuss what it is like to raise a female athlete in our sport from the youth level, to the collegiate all the way to the international professional level. This is a great discussion with a lot of takeaways! We hope you enjoy!

This week we were lucky enough to interview a few members of the San Diego Soccer Women! Positioned as an advocate for “play at every age,” Brandi Mitchell started San Diego Soccer Women to connect and expand the global community of recreational female soccer players over age 30. San Diego Soccer Women increases opportunities for women to join, continue or return to the game without the limits of...

Hollis Belger started Juggling for Jude at the age of 9. Now at 16, she is going for the Guinness World Record on juggles currently with 7,157 and attempting to raise a million dollars for pediatric cancer patients. At FF, we believe sports have the power to change the world and the people in it. Hollis is doing just that. Enjoy this episode! 

In this episode we discuss our thoughts on the USWNT and their attempt at winning the gold medal so far in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. We also dive into the discussion surrounding mental health in the Simone Biles situation. We would love to hear your thoughts!

We discuss our excitement and thoughts concerning the USWNT heading into the Olympic Games in Tokyo this week! 

Haley Lukas and Kassie Gray discuss the pros and cons of the new NIL subject in NCAA sports. 

We dive into our thoughts now that Olivia Moultrie is the youngest player to ever have signed a pro contract here in America for the NWSL. 

You Can’t Be What You Can’t See is our motto at Female Footballers. It speaks to the need for representation. We need to hear more stories from women who have overcome adversity within every Avenue within our sport. We believe hearing these stories can help our young players identify with and learn from the women who have come before them. Kim Brady is one of those women. She is a former D1 soccer...

This week we discuss the new Victoria Secret Rebrand involving Megan Rapinoe and our thoughts about how it affects female sponsorship, body image and purposeful brands.