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Back to Search#622: Grassroots Pt. 4 — Listener Q&A with Jim Harte and Mike Idland
Episode 622
Why not tell kids to "space out"? Can you teach 7-yr-olds to defend? What to tell your intimidated 4-year-old? How to progress from U6 to U12? We wrap up this series with a bunch of listener-submitte…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
#621: September roster preview with Greg Velasquez
Episode 621
Greg, Vince and Belz convene to discuss the soon-to-be-released roster for the upcoming friendlies against South Korea and Japan, and Greg classifies each position into Locks, Poch Favorites, All Eye…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
#620: What happened to the FC Dallas pipeline? With Buzz Carrick
Episode 620
Buzz Carrick, the founder of the 3rd Degree, the Dallas soccer blog and podcast, joins Belz to explain why the pipeline of elite talent at FC Dallas, once so full, has stopped producing (at least for…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
#619: Pulisic documentary fallout with Meg Swanick, plus the weekend action
Episode 619
The venerable Meg Swanick joins Belz and Vince to talk through the Pulisic & Weah vs the pundits news cycle, plus a full rundown of the weekend action.
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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
#618: Grassroots Pt. 3 — How to coach rec soccer with Mike Idland
Episode 618
Foxes & Hounds! Sharks & Minnows! High Fives! Pinecones! We’re getting into the nuts and bolts of helping little kids learn to master the soccer ball with Mike Idland, a college women’s soccer coach …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
#617: Doug McIntyre, USMNT reporter for Fox Sports, joins the pod
Episode 617
Doug, Belz and Vince talk about Poch's summer of (resetting) the vibes, when the wave of enthusiasm about the World Cup will hit (soon), where Johnny Cardoso stands, whether Sebastian Berhalter reall…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
#616: Grassroots Pt. 2 — Jim Harte on how kids engage with organized soccer
Episode 616
Jim Harte is one of the people really fighting to grow soccer in America and he’s spent most of his life working with kids, working in the trenches of helping them learn to love the game. He's a six-…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
#615: Monday Review — Dest Supercup winner, Leagues Cup rages on, Weah to Marseilles, etc.
Episode 615
Vince, Belz and Charlie Boehm talk through all the latest transfer news, Dest's winner against Go Ahead Eagles, the upshot of all this Leagues Cup action, a full transfer news rundown, and how bad is…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
#614: Grassroots Pt. 1 — Tom Byer on soccer starting at home
Episode 614
The best soccer players all have one thing in common. They learned to love the soccer ball at home. Tom Byer, a former pro in Japan whose book “Football Starts at Home,” is probably known to many of …
Published on 3 months ago
#613: Monday Review — Eintracht Frankfurt in Louisville, pro-rel realizations, full preseason update
Episode 613
Vince and Belz recap the news from the weekend. That includes Eintracht Frankfurt's friendly in Louisville, where Vince watched Pax and interrogated Dino Topmuller, plus the upcoming USL League Two f…
Published on 3 months ago