United Soccer Coaches Podcast

On this week's show we hear interviews conducted at #BMORE20 including United Soccer Coaches Vice President Dr. Missy Price. We chat with Brent Boone of Pelota Training and Navy head men's soccer coach Tim O'Donohue as well as Anna Tuuri, host of the Keep The Game Beautiful Podcast.

On this week's show we meet Nicole Hercules, the new Advocacy Chair for the Black Soccer Coaches group, and hear some of her story and her goals for the group. We head back to the Convention and hear from former USWNT player and current TV analyst Lori Lindsey as well as sports psychologist Dr. Cristina Fink and hear about her session from #BMORE20.

On this week's podcast, presented by TeamSnap, we hear an interview from #BMORE20 with Keith Tozer, who talks about the benefits of futsal as well as the session he presented with Anson Dorrance at the convention. We chat with Vince Ganzberg to get a review of the first-ever National Diploma hosted at convention as well as some upcoming United Soccer Coaches courses including a pilot course aimed...

Lynn Berling-Manuel, G Guerrieri, & Megan O'Keefe Pres. by TeamSnap 1.23.20 by United Soccer Coaches

We preview the 2020 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore with Director of Coaching Education Ian Barker, Amanda Ferranti of Ferranti Empowerment, a Certified Mental Performance Consultant, and past president Dr. Jay Martin. Barker and Ferranti preview their sessions and we talk with Martin about his upcoming induction into the Hall of Fame.

On this week's show, presented by TeamSnap, we speak with three more presenters at next week's United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore. Willie McNab of Celtic FC, John O'Sullivan from Changing the Game Project, and Nathan Thackeray, GK Coach with the North Carolina Courage.

We meet the two candidates for the vacant Vice President position on the Board of Directors; Shawn Danhouser and Rusty Oglesby. We also review the year that was in soccer with Mike Woitalla of Soccer America and we chat with former USMNT goalkeeper Tony Meola.

On this week's show we chat with comedian, actor, podcaster and former professional soccer player Kevin Flynn. We chat with former president Dr. Ray Cieplik about the Convention, emceeing events in Baltimore and his career in the association. We also hear from incoming president, Kevin Sims.

We kick off the show talking about Convention with Director of Operations & Events, Geoff VanDeusen. We also hear from the head coaches of the Division I and II National Champions: Brian Wiese (Georgetown), Paul Ratcliffe (Stanford), Dan Stratford (Univ. of Charleston) and Jeff Hosler (Grand Valley State).

Todd Beane, NCAA D3 and NAIA Champions, Pres. by TeamSnap 12-12-19 by United Soccer Coaches

Ralph Perez, former assistant coach for USMNT and the current head coach at Redlands, joins the show to talk about his session at Convention. We hear from Todd Shulenberger, who has his Washington State women's team in the College Cup in his 5th season leading the way. We also hear from Junior College Division I National Champions Marcus DiBernardo with the Monroe College men and Corey Rose, head...

Foundation Development Officer Amanda Mitchell talks about Giving Tuesday coming up next week and all donated funds going to the For the Good of the Game Fund. Author Wayne Coffey joins the show discussing his daughter, Sam Coffey, midfielder for Penn State, as well as his career as an author and his book, "When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World" about Carl...

On this week's show with sit down with Bryan "The Goose" Finnerty, former GK for San Diego State and the Detroit Rockers of the NPSL. He has twin boys both playing in college including Owen, a freshman GK for Michigan, who stepped in to help the Wolverines to the Big 10 Championship game in almost the exact same way as his father did at SDSU in 1987. We also sit down with Dean Koski, head men's co...

Chris Henderson, Vice President of Soccer & Sporting Director for the Seattle Sounders joins the show talking about MLS Cup and the Sounders' consistency. We also chat with Chris Rich, head men's coach at UNC Greensboro, Arkansas head women's coach Colby Hale and Sian Hudson, head women's coach at Colorado-Colorado Springs.

This week's show features interviews with Clemson men's head coach Mike Noonan and Michigan head women's coach Jennifer Klein about their seasons and the approaching postseason. We chat with former USMNT player Steve Trittschuh and hear about his coaching journey. We meet two more 30 Under 30 members; Amy Dyer, head boys coach at West Clermont High School in Cincinnati; and Deb Langlinais, head co...

We talk about the 21st Century Model proposal. United Soccer Coaches Director of College Programs Rob Kehoe gives an updated summary on the proposal and the next steps before the NCAA votes on the proposal in April. We hear from UCLA Head Women's Coach Amanda Cromwell, who is in favor of the women's game heading the same direction, and Oklahoma State Head Women's Coach Colin Carmichael who thinks...

Heather O'Reilly of the North Carolina Courage joins hosts Dean Linke to talk about the NWSL Final, which is her final game, and moving into the coaching ranks. We also chat with 30 Under 30 members Su DelGuercio and Lora Gralheer and we meet Stu Wilkin, men's soccer player at Missouri State. The Bears are the last remaining undefeated team in Division I men's soccer and are ranked No. 9 in the la...

Dan Lauletta from Equalizer Soccer joins the show to talk about the U.S. Women's National Team's next head coach and NWSL Playoffs. UCF men's coach Scott Calabrese and Memphis women's coach Brooks Monaghan join the show to talk about their seasons and careers. We also hear from Mat Dunn, head women's coach at NAIA No. 1 Keiser University, and we meet another 30 Under 30 member, Pam Monnier, head c...

This week we welcome five guests. We chat with Girls' High School Advocacy Chair Howie Putterman. Glenn Crooks joins us talking all things MLS playoffs. We chat with Paula Wilkins, head women's coach at Wisconsin. We also meet two more members of the 2018-19 30 Under 30 Class; Tom Poole, U11 and U12 Boys DOC with Colorado Rapids Youth, and Margueritte Aozasa, Assistant Coach with the Stanford wome...

College of Charleston Head Men's Coach Ralph Lundy talks about a lifetime spent serving the game. Henry Gutierrez, former player at NC State, remembers his former coach George Tarantini. Former Columbus Crew player and current Ohio State men's coach Brian Maisonneuve joins the show. Garry Rosenfield from Coaches, Inc. joins the show to preview the Professional Development Workshop that they'll hos...

Cal State Fullerton head men's coach George Kuntz leads off the show talking about the Titans' 7-0 start to the season, his coaching career and his experiences with United Soccer Coaches. UC San Diego head women's coach Kristin Jones has the Tritons ranked No. 1 in Division II, she played at UCSD, was an assistant coach and is now in her 1st year as the head coach. Jen Cooper, Editorial Director f...

United Soccer Coaches President Jeff Farnsworth kicks off the show remembering the association's first Executive Director, Jim Sheldon. Director of Coaching Education, Ian Barker joins the show to discuss all things related to education including an upcoming trip to the Scottish FA. We chat with Florida head women's coach Becky Burleigh who recently won her 500th career game and Jim McElderry, hea...

We chat with our returning NCAA-III championship coaches Michelyne Pinard of Williams College and Josh Shapiro of Tufts University. We also meet three more members of our 30 Under 30 class; Connor Pracher, head women's coach at Division III Hood College, Evan Segal, coach with Real Colorado, and Luis Pulido, an assistant coach at Dakota Wesleyan

GCU head coach Schellas Hyndman leads off the show talking about his start in D2 and his rise up to D1, MLS and back to D1 where he recently picked up his 500th win. Steve McCrath talks about trying to defend the D2 men's title with Barry and Dave DiIanni talks his start in D2 and his rise to his 6th year at Iowa. We also chat with new Youth Advocacy Council Chair Marguerite Ferrell, her Hall of F...

We look back at the 1982 NCAA Championship game between Indiana and Duke, the topic of an upcoming documentary titled Worth The Wait. We chat with the Hall of Fame head coaches of both teams, Jerry Yeagley and John Rennie. We also chat with Tucker Gragg, video director for Blueline Pictures as well as then-Indiana assistant coach Don Rawson. We also meet two more 30 Under 30 members, Hannah Brown...