How to Become a Professional Footballer

Had a great time chatting with Lucas Stauffer in this episode. Lucas is a 23 year old outside back/winger who is currently playing in the 4th league in Germany. He played 4 years of college soccer at Creighton University before getting drafted by the Vancouver Whitecaps. Unfortunately, he was released after a couple of weeks. Though, he ended up finding a good solution when he signed with the Red...

Was a blessing having Nico Olsak on the podcast. Nico was born in Argentina, but ended up moving to the US at a young age to “chase the American Dream!” He played 4 years of college soccer at Belmont University (a small Division 1 school in Tennessee). He always had the dream of playing professional soccer, so he took his chances at an open combine. He had a good chance at Rochester Rhinos that fe...

Was great having Taylor on the Podcast. A truly inspiring footballer with a great attitude on football and on life. Taylor is a 24 year old striker from Jensen Beach, Florida currently playing in Sweden for Lidköpings FK. She played College Soccer at UCF for two years before transferring to FAU for her last 2 years. The beginning of her journey was in Peru for 4 months, which she described as “int...

Day in the Life of Kyle Knotek Ep. 21. Kyle Knotek is a 31 year old midfielder going into his 10th year as a professional, and currently playing for FC ŠTK Šamorín in the 2nd league in Slovakia. He started his journey to becoming a pro by playing college soccer at NIU for 4 years. This is when he ran into one of his first obstacles to becoming a pro, and what has led to his determination and drive...

Dion Acoff is a 27 year old winger originally from Fontana, California. He is currently playing for SJK in the Veijkausliiga (first tier) Finland. He signed his first professional contract with Thróttur Reykjavík in the third tier in Iceland when he was 23 years old. After two successful seasons with them, he was signed by Valur Reykjavík; where he played in the Europa League and Champions League...

Jesse Edge (24 years old) originally from New Zealand has been on his football journey for 6 years now. He signed his first professional contract in the Serie C, before moving on to play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier Holland) with Achilles. After his stint in Holland, he played in the first league in Slovakia, and is now currently back in Slovakia with a second league team with big ambitions...

My brother Guilherme Machado came on the Pod a couple of days ago. It was fantastic to hear his journey. Definitely, one of the most inspiring ones I have heard. He was born in Brazil, and started playing Futsal at the age of 6 years old. That's right, the football that is played on a small pitch that is very high paced, and excellent for your touch, and playing at speed.  At the age of 17, h...

John Hollinger- a 24 year old goalkeeper originally from Fairfax, Virginia comes on the Footballer's Journey Podcast all the way from Denmark (where he is currently playing).  He played 3 years of college soccer at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY and 1 year at Palm Beach University before embarking on his journey to become a Professional Player. In his first year in Europe, John played for IF...

Lorenz comes on the Podcast, originally from Westport, Connecticut. Lorenz played 1 year of college ball at UCONN and three years at the College of Charleston. He was the starting right back for all three years at Charleston. He recently made a ‘jump over’ to Europe this year. We talk about his journey this far and how he views the game and then sacrifice he has made to go to Sweden.

Got the opportunity to have a great guest on the Podcast, Jessey Hein. He is originally from Plano, Texas. He played 3 years of college ball at BYU, and 1 year at BYU-Hawaii. Ever since he was a young child, he has wanted to chase his dream of becoming a Professional Soccer Player. He is in the middle of that chase. He is currently playing in the 4th league in Switzerland, and is hopefully going t...

Nadaner is 26 years old, originally from the Bronx in New York. He played PDL soccer with the Westchester Flames before playing 4 years at Boston University. Evin had always had his eyes on being able to play soccer in Europe one day. During his Junior Year of College, Evin went to the Maccabi games in Israel. After winning the player of the tournament, he had many teams interested in him. Though,...

Originally from Massapequa, New York, 23 year old Sean Vinberg decided to make the jump to chase the dream of being a professional footballer. He played 4 years at SUNY Oneonta, before making the jump to play in the Mongolian Premier League. He is currently playing in Germany, and is enjoying every moment. The best part of the conversation is how grateful Sean is of the opportunity to get paid to...

Russell Cicerone is a 23 year old winger, originally from Detroit Michigan, playing for FC Cincinatti in the USL. Russell play at the University at Buffalo and got drafted by the Portland Timbers, signing his first pro contract for the Timbers 2 in the USL, before making a transfer to FC Cincinatti. Russell talks about his typical day in the Life in season, as well as how he looks at movement, nut...

Client Check In Full time college student at Texas A& M in aerospace engineering and also a rugby player. His desire is to play professional rugby. We talk mentality, movement, nutrition, and sleep and how much he eats on the RicFit Plan. He is eating more food than he ever has. He has learned to start focusing on movements instead of muscles, and he feels like it’s “shocking” his body and he...

Client Check In Episode 1-Stephen Lipton From NYC Works full time in Financial Services in NYC at Ernst & Young. We talk about the deep lying message behind my approach and how you don’t have to be “perfect” every single second to achieve your goals! He works at a job sitting down all day, so he reached out to me because he saw a lot of the content I have been putting out, and he realizes how...

Mr. Zac Lubin, stepping in on the podcast at 6'5, towering over everyone. He is a Goalkeeper, originally from Montana. Zac has played 5 seasons as a professional. He is currently 28 years old, playing in the USL with the Phoenix Rising. He has played 2 years in Sweden and 3 years in the USL. Zac and I talk about his journey as a pro and what the "grind" really is, and how beautiful the process rea...

Yael Averbuch, originally from Montclair, New Jersey, is a Center Defender, currently playing for the Seattle Reign FC in the NWSL. Yael was selected in the first round (4th overall) by the Sky Blue FC out of the University of North Carolina (where she set a record of starting 105 games). After a stint with Sky Blue, she decided to move to Sweden, where she played in the UEFA Women's Champions Lea...

Super grateful to get on the Pod today with another fantastic guest. Kaelyn was born in California, and moved to Minnesota when she was 14 years old. Kaelyn went on to play high school football at Shattuck St. Marys in Minnesota. She continued her career at Creighton, before transferring to Central Michigan for her last 3 years of College. She wanted to continue to play the game she loved, so that...

Andrew Jean Baptiste is originally from Brentwood, New York, in Long Island. He played his youth at Brentwood High School (where he won a National Championship), and at Albertson Academy. He was an All-American in High School. He went on to play 2 years at the University of Connecticut, where he also received All-American, and Defender of the year. Jean-Baptiste was selected as the number 8 draft...

Jochen Graf is a Striker, originally from Dallas Texas. He is 28 years old and currently playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the USL. He has lived & played in many countries, including; Germany and Sweden. He gives fantastic insight about how perseverance and persistence is what actually gets you to the top! I can say he is a PERFECT example of that, and how the little things done right every...

Andrew Kendall Moullin comes on the podcast originally Florida, ended up moving to Shattuck St Mary’s in Minnesota and played most of his career there. Many of the footballers I bring on here have similar mindsets but this guy is one specifically that stands out to me. He is a guy I always looked up to because of his work rate, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, if you want to talk about persistence. I thought I...

Had a fantastic time talking with a good friend; Ricky Lopez Espin, a 22 year old for Real Salt Lake in the MLS. He’s originally from Miami, Florida. At 13 years old he moved to Minnesota to play at Shattuck St Mary’s USSDA. I am sure that getting out of his comfort zone at this young of an age has put him where he’s at today. Plus, he encountered the setback of an ACL injury, and kept pushing on....

Originally from Northbrook, Illinois, played 2 years in highschool, and spent the next two at a very prestigious highschool; Shattuck St. Marys. Centerback David Abidor went on to play three years at the University of Dayton, and spent his last year at Creighton University. He signed his first pro contract as a Pro in Sweden with Dalkurd FF. After that stint, he went back home to the US, and signe...

21 year old Professional Footballer (Sweden Division One) Samuel Kroon tells us about his life as a professional footballer. We cover everything you can think of; nutrition, extra training, recovery, sleep, his team training, freshness, how to develop as a Footballer and get to the next level.