The SoccerGirl Podcast

We chat with our good friend (SGP Youtube superstar) Melissa Ortiz on her journey and decision making process on whether to play college soccer or not then playing D2, her time on the Columbian National Team and. her fight for the team's equal rights (that went viral)! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So many belly laughs with our idol and US women’s national team 2x World Cup Champ, Julie Foudy. She is currently an ESPN commentator (you might recognize her voice on the SheBelieves Cup coverage). This woman is incredible! She talks about everything from her upbringing to becoming a professional player to what she is up to now. Make sure you listen to her podcast “Laughter Permitted” with ESPN....

We are in ManCity this week and grabbed coffee with Janine Becky! Janine grew up in the US, has played in the NWSL and now plays for the Canadian National team and ManCity. This lady is a BALLER and we loved chatting with her today! Brewing with Beckie Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JImk17yDyyvk7DogTKPZF?si=vA3gp2F2RA6WiDv5PM6pUQ Beckie's YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeN...

We chat with soccer and life coach, Seth Alan Taylor! We talk about how to deal with game-day anxiety and stress, as well as the best communication skills between players and soccer parents. Seth personally worked with SGP and works with athletes of all ranges from middle school players to professional athletes to help players deal with these very common issues and the best tools to deal with it!...

We chat with Ali Riley who played collegiate soccer at Stanford University while at that same time playing on the New Zealand National Team. Just this week Ali announced she is now playing for the Orlando pride. Ali has played all over the world and has great advice for Lady Ballers at all levels of the game, about keeping an open mind, embracing new challenges and being a coachable player! Learn...

Each position on the soccer field comes with its own set of problems. We chat about the difficulty of being a goalie, defender, midfielder and forward. #positionprobs Position Probs Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhpRVgPC6-U Bleacher Report App: https://bleacherreport.com/mobile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The three of us had each had moments where we felt like quitting soccer, but the difference is that these were temporary feelings that we had in a moment of anger, sadness or exhaustion..but how do you decide if you should quit or not? Today we chat about when we think is the right and wrong time to quit the game you love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re like us, we've already threw in the towel or put your new 2020 goals on the back burner. How do we stop making goals we can’t achieve?! We chat with Goal Coach and former college athlete, Jess Softcheck (@jess.softcheck)about how athletes specifically can find their core values which will lead them to creating the best goals and how to best break potential barriers to achieve them! Learn...

What being a student-athlete has taught us.. It is no doubt a challenge, and throughout this journey we have experienced a countless number of emotional hurdles we have had to overcome. Disappointment, frustration, sadness, and pain are all feelings buckled along this path to success, hindering the view that keeps one on track. We can each recall moments we have wanted to quit and take the easy wa...

This week we chat about expectation vs reality over our long winter break. It may consist of more eating and netflix binging than Coach expects... Youtube Video Coach's Expectations VS Reality: https://bit.ly/2T8uhzR Motivational email list: https://bit.ly/36BRZZk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we chat with Cory Muscara about the power of meditation for athletes. Cory is an international speaker and teacher on the topics of mindfulness and positive psychology and for the past few years, has taught mindfulness-based leadership at Columbia Teachers College and currently serves as an instructor of applied positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. We also speak with Co...

This week we are answering all of your questions on how to stay fit over the holiday season. We know first hand how difficult it is to eat healthy (and not eat 300 cookies) and get work outs in over the busy holidays especially when you are not in your typical environment (aka at your parents). Don't worry though, we gotchu!! Here are our tips to staying fit and healthy this holiday season! 6 Ways...

Here is our list of 50 little things (we could have made it 500) that make soccer girls scream (but also made us laugh to talk about haha). Chances are you are going to agree with all of them blog: https://bit.ly/2PiuYV8 soccer mom video: https://bit.ly/2teG6K3 prewar breaking video: https://bit.ly/2PfCzDF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are busy AF getting all of your soccergrlprobs.com orders out in time for the Holidays but fear not we will be back soon!! Thank you all so so much for supporting SGP and being part of the LB community! LYLAS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Thanksgiving, we are so thankful for all of you and for the Lady Baller community! Have a wonderful day and eat alllll the good stuff because come on, you'll run it off later! Blog: https://soccergrlprobs.com/blogs/blog/a-letter-to-soccer-girls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with our former college teammate and now professional player for Chicago Red Stars, Nikki "Guti" Stanton. She gives us the dets on the try-out process and and her tips on what it takes to be a pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are SO MANY things we wish we knew before playing college soccer (hence why we made a part 1 and 2). We hope you Lady Ballers can learn from us and our mistakes and if you played college soccer you will probably find yourself agreeing with almost every single thing we discuss on this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are SO MANY things we wish we knew before playing college soccer (hence why we made a part 1 and 2). We hope you Lady Ballers can learn from us and our mistakes and if you played college soccer you will probably find yourself agreeing with almost every single thing we discuss on this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode we talk about our experiences with different soccer injuries (we've each had our fair share of these), how to reduce our risk of injury and how to best recover from a nagging injury. We also speak with former professional player and found of The ACL Club, Jordan Angeli. Jordan's torn her acl THREE TIMES so she knows quite a bit about how to deal with and best handle serious...

SGP chats with the hilarious professional comedians of @SoccerCooligans Alexis Guerreros & Christian Polanco, who are obsessed with pizza and soccer as much as we are! In 2015 they decided to start a podcast and series of videos bringing humor to the game of soccer in America. Now they can be seen twice a week on FuboTV: www.fubosportsnetwork.com as hosts of The Cooligans tv show! Learn more about...

SGP sits down to answer your questions! We chat about what we do after a tough loss to feel better, our favorite episode of The Office and what we fear most on the field! Blog: https://soccergrlprobs.com/blogs/blog/5-inspirational-videos-every-ladyballer-needs-to-watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SGP recaps our trip to Chicago this week to see the USWNT's last Victory Tour game against South Korea (we are still trying to figure out what offside rules really are), our thoughts on Jill Ellis stepping down as head Coach and we chat with the amazing Alyssa Naeher on what it takes to be a successful goal keeper! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The three of us at SGP have each at some point had issues with our body image. It seems like every female in the world probably has. How can we turn negative thoughts about our self into positive feelings of self worth and body image? Here are our tips for embracing your soccer legs and every part of what makes you, you! FREE Inspiring SGP iPhone backgrounds: eepurl.com/gD2mFv Chasing Freedom podc...

We've all set goals that were never achieved and it's the WORST! This episode we are chatting about goal-setting; how to set the best goals for yourself, how to achieve those goals, the s.m.a.r.t. goal method and our personal tips for reaching our own goals. #GoalDiggers Goal Setting Blog: https://bit.ly/2nc1Z9D FREE DOWNLOAD 8 Tips Every Goal Digger Needs to Succeed: http://eepurl.com/gEuSj1 Lear...

Not enough athletes talk about their internal struggles and the physical pressures put on themselves day in and day out. You're not alone. No matter how tough, happy or composed we may look on the outside, we are ALL dealing with stress, anxiety and emotions underneath that hard exterior. Here are our tips to how to deal with it! 11 Ways Athletes Can Manage Stress: https://bit.ly/2ko8cOO Freedom f...