GP Soccer Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience with comments regarding what it's like to coach a losing team and then shares a personal announcement of his candidacy for Vice President on the Board of Directors for United Soccer Coaches. Be sure to vote! This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature Dan Rudolph o...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience with comments regarding the Showtime special series- "The World According to Football". The series tackles many serious social issues through the lense of football. This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature Rob Holliday of MA Youth Soccer where the topic is-...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience with opening comments about Euro '24, Copa America '24, and the NBA's attempt to copy soccer's cup style play.  This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature the second of what has been a two-part segment with Dr. Jay Martin, author of the new book- &q...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience with opening comments about Project Goal, MYSA Workshop, and with the announcement that the GP Soccer Podcast is now #6 on Feedspot's "Top 25 Soccer Coaching Podcasts".  This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature the first of what will be a two-part segm...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast... the 150th episode! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience and thanks them profusely for their support for the show.  Opening comments feature brief comments about the conclusion of the high school soccer season.  This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature the second of the two-part interview with Randy Wa...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this Special Edition of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini has a special guest on the show as he welcomes Randy Waldrum, the Head Womens Soccer Coach at the University of Pittsburgh and Head Womens Soccer Coach of the Nigerian National Team. The extended conversation appears in the popular " Conversation with thee Coach" segment of the show.  In the o...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Opening comments feature a piece from Soccer America about the lies folks in the game tell.  This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature Steve Russo, the Goalkeeper Coach at Masconomet Regional HS where he coaches his son Marco, the starting goalkeeper on t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Opening comments feature a piece from Soccer America about the lies folks in the game tell.  This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature John Barata, the Head Boys Soccer Coach at Oliver Ames HS in Easton, MA where the discussion will be what it's like...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Opening comments are shared regarding trash talk and a story about poor officiating. This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature Rob Herringer, the new DOCE of United Soccer Coaches where the topic will be coaching education and development. "Coaches C...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Opening comments are shared regarding the recent US-Germany friendly match played in Hartford, CT. This week's "Conversation with the Coach" will feature Tommy Geis, DOCE of MA Youth Soccer where the topic will be managing player behavior. "Coaches Corner" w...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini once again welcomes his worldwide audience to the show noting that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show now features some new segments such as... "Conversation with the Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Giovanni Pacini". Returning to the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini once again welcomes his worldwide audience to the show noting that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show now features some new segments such as... "Conversation with the Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Giovanni Pacini". Returning to the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini once again welcomes his worldwide audience to the show noting that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show now features some new segments such as... "Conversation with the Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Giovanni Pacini". Returning to the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini once again welcomes his worldwide audience to the show noting that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show now features some new segments such as... "Conversation With The Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Giovanni Pacini". Returning to the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini once again welcomes his worldwide audience to the show noting that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show now features some new segments such as... "Conversation With The Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Giovanni Pacini". Returning to the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Season 9 kick off show of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show with the announcement that the broadcast has been reformatted... new and improved! A leaner show will now feature some new segments such as... "Conversation With The Coach", "Coaches Corner", and "Soccer News and Analysis With Gi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Season 8 Finale of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini opens the show with a sentimental look back of Season 8 and sets the stage for the September 6th premiere of Season 9. The interview block features a great friend of the show Rob Ellis, where he and Giovanni look back at some of the major happenings that took place in the world of soccer during Season 8....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 8 of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Today's episode features commentary on the ongoing issue of violence in youth sports, the USMNT winning the Nation's League championship, and the re-hiring of Gregg Berhalter. The final block features Rob Ellis and his weekly EPL / European Soccer Report.  The...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 8 of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Today's episode features commentary on Manchester City winning the treble, Lionel Messi coming to MLS, and the FIFA U20 World Cup. The interview block features a past conversation with Alessandro Pasquali, former player at Lazio and Director of Youth Development at...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 8 of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the show. Today's episode features a variety of topics which includes feedback from the two-part series on violence in youth sports, commentary on the U20 championships for both the US men and women, thoughts on the recent "The Soccer Tournament" 7 v 7 tournament, a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special edition of the GP Soccer Podcast. Host Giovanni Pacini will moderate a two-episode discussion surrounding the increase in violence within youth sports. Last week's episode focused on the contributing factors and today the emphasis will be on solutions. Pacini has assembled an outstanding panel of experts of whom include- Skip Gilbert, CEO of USYS, Mike...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this special edition of the GP Soccer Podcast.  Host Giovanni Pacini will moderate a two-episode discussion surrounding the contributing factors related to the increase in violence within youth sports. Today's episode will focus on the contributing factors. Pacini will moderate an outstanding panel of experts of whom include- Skip Gilbert, CEO of USYS, Mike Woitall...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the GP Soccer Podcast! Todays' show features a conversation that host Giovanni Pacini had with former soccer official Mary Fitzgerald a few years back. The conversation serves as an appropriate set up for the upcoming two-episode series surrounding the increase in violence within youth sports. Next week's episode will  focus on the contributing factors and the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 8 of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini welcomes his worldwide audience to the halfway point of Season 8! A brief comment on the EPL races, both at the top and bottom segues into Giovanni noting that this week's EPL / Euro Report will be done by him as regular host Rob Ellis is away. Listeners are reminded of the upcoming two-part series on "Vi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 8 of the GP Soccer Podcast! Host Giovanni Pacini and Rob Ellis, author of "The Soccer Coaches Toolkit" have a lively discussion on the various methods by which the game is taught.  Giovanni also makes an important announcement regarding two upcoming GP Soccer Podcast episodes which will focus on violence in youth sports. In the third segment listeners w...