The One Soccer Nation Podcast

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Ron Patel, the Chief Business Officer at New Mexico United. During this interview, Ron shared the steps involved in establishing New Mexico United in USL Championship, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professional soccer club ownership in the United States...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Mark McCullers who is the Principal and Cortland McCullers who is the Director of Client Services at the McCullers Group. Mark and Cortland discussed the steps required for establishing a professional soccer stadium in the United States market. They also reflected on the valuable lessons learned from the legenda...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview John Hall, the President at DeKalb County United & Former President at Midwest Premier League. During this interview, John shared the steps involved in establishing DeKalb County United in Midwest Premier League, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on semi-p...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Peter Wilt, the Managing Partner, President and CEO at Chicago House Athletic Club. During this interview, Peter shared the steps involved in establishing the Chicago House Athletic Club in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), we dived into his ownership journey and explored a wide...

One Soccer Nation Founder and CEO Kareem Rae thoroughly enjoyed conducting an interview with Alexi Lalas. Alexi is a distinguished Broadcaster at FOX Sports. Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, wher...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Andrew Weilgus, the President of Atlantic City FC. During this interview, Andrew shared the steps involved in establishing the Atlantic City Football Club in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), we dived into his ownership journey and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on socc...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Marcus Walfridson, the Owner of Sarasota Paradise. During this interview, Marcus shared the steps involved in establishing Sarasota Paradise in USL League Two, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professional soccer club ownership in the United States. WHAT I...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Gary Green, who is the Managing Partner of UNION OMAHA. During this interview, Gary shared the steps involved in establishing UNION OMAHA in USL League One, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professional soccer club ownership in the United States. WHAT IS U...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Bruce Mandell, the Owner of Hartford Athletic. During this interview, Bruce shared the steps involved in establishing Hartford Athletic in USL Championship, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professional soccer club ownership in the United States. WHAT IS H...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview with Doug Erwin, the Vice Chairman and Chief Brand Officer of Greenville Triumph Soccer Club. During this interview, Doug shared the steps involved in establishing Greenville Triumph Soccer Club in USL League One, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professio...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview James Janosz who is the General Manager of Soccer at GameChanger.  GameChanger is a US-based technology company whose mobile app and website provide scorekeeping, stats, video streaming, and recap stories to teams and connected fans at the local level. The platform supports features for sports including baseball...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Dave Simeone who provides residential and grassroots coaching education and programs at United Soccer Coaches. David has been a member of United Soccer Coaches since 1984 and a former Board of Directors Member, Simeone carries a wealth of understanding and knowledge of the association. WHAT IS United Soccer Coac...

The Soccer Syndicate officially launched in the Summer of 2018 as the first professional soccer scouting corporation in North America, with offices in both Washington, DC & Sacramento, California. The Soccer Syndicate is an innovative solution to help professional soccer clubs effectively scout this expansive continent in both a cost and time-efficient manner for the clubs themselves. Created...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Bill Manning who is a sports executive currently employed by MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Partnership); serving as president of Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and the Toronto Argonauts Football Club of the Canadian Football League. Linked IN: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/bill-mann...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Dennis Chin. Dennis, is a former professional soccer player with over a decade of playing in North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Dennis is the Founder of CHYN, a Sports Management community organically built to support professionals in their goals both on and off the field. We help individuals on their j...

Kareem Rae had the opportunity to interview Martin Blackburn who is the Director of Special Projects at the Arena Europe, Middle East & Asia. Martin shared the temporary stadium benefits, cost-effective stadium solutions for sports owners and previous projects they’ve worked on. Arena Americas is a division of Arena Group, a global event rental company. Arena Group designs and delivers complet...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Peter Trevisani, the Owner of New Mexico United. During this interview, Peter shared the steps involved in establishing New Mexico United in USL Championship, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on professional soccer club ownership in the United...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Pedro Nery who is the Founder and Agent at Future Soccer Inc. Pedro shared his experience working with FIFA in the 2014 World Cup, how he started Future Soccer back in 2015 and the future of soccer in Canada. Pedro Nery Social Media Profiles: Linked IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-nery/ Fac...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Fred Matthes who is a Consultant to Professional Soccer Leagues & Clubs Nationwide. Fred is a former MLS & United Soccer League (USL) Executive - D.C. United and Sacramento Republic FC in Ticket Sales, Service & Operations. Fred's 27 years of experience in Professional Soccer domestically and int...

Kareem Rae had the opportunity to interview Charisse Bacchus who is an Independent Board Director at Canada Soccer. Charisse shares her upbringing as an athlete, work experience at FIFA, Canada Soccer and much more. Charisse is a graduate of The University of Kansas with a Bs in Sport Management and a FIFA Masters with an MSc in Sports Law and Sport Management. Charisse has tackled the sports indu...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Bob Malandro who is the Founder and Managing Partner of Whitecap Sports Group. Bob has over 25 years of relevant industry experience--beginning his career in the financial services industry and subsequently managing relationships and overseeing alternative revenue generating initiatives for major league sports f...

The Founder and CEO Kareem Rae thoroughly enjoyed conducting an interview with Alexi Lalas. Alexi is a distinguished Broadcaster at FOX Sports. Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he was a sta...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Mike Garret who is a serial entrepreneur in indoor soccer facility development and Management across 24 locations. Mike is an experienced business owner, manager and entrepreneur who has developed several company start-ups as an investor and/or operator. Mike is experience in all aspects of busin...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Ira Jersey the Owner of Real Central New Jersey. During this interview, Ira shared the steps involved in establishing Real Central New Jersey in USL League Two, dived into his ownership journey, and explored a wide range of other intriguing topics on profession soccer club ownership in the United States. WHAT IS...

One Soccer Nation's Founder & CEO Kareem Rae, had the opportunity to interview Patrice Gheisar who is a Canadian soccer coach, who currently serves as head coach of HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League. Patrice joins the Wanderers after a storied career at Vaughan Azzurri in League1 Ontario. In 2022 he was named the league’s coach of the year after leading his team to an undefea...