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3four3’s Week in Review: The DA Shuts Down, But There Is Hope.

This week, we all got some big news. U.S. Soccer announced that the *world-class Development Academy will be shutting down. The announcement confirmed the rumors that had been swirling for weeks. USSF CEO Will Wilson, along with President Cindy Parlow-Cone and GM Earnie Stewart, co-signed a letter to DA members citing the COVID-19 pandemic as […]

3four3’s Week in Review: A New Article, New Podcast, and a Badass New Video!

“What you must do is learn to press forward when everyone else around you sees disaster.” -Ryan Holiday, Obstacle is the Way. It’s been a little while since we’ve put out a weekly roundup. The world is certainly different than it was the last time we did one. But just because things are different now […]

The One Recipe You Need to Remember

As coaches, we want to do 100 different things while going 100mph. We learn something new and we think we’re ready to teach it. We have long-term visions, but we want to bring them to life right now. The reality is that if we try to do too much, too fast we won’t do anything […]

Ep 351: Masterclass Lesson 5 – What’s an Elite Player?

Duration: 47:26

Ep 350: Masterclass Lesson 4 – Using the Wall to Develop Technique

Duration: 1:00:13

Ep 349: Masterclass Lesson 3 – Possession Soccer is the Way

Duration: 55:57

Ep 348: Masterclass Lesson 2 – Mentality, The Most Important Attribute Gets The Least Attention

Duration: 59:54

Ep 347: The Impact of Promotion and Relegation in Soccer – A Father’s Perspective

Duration: 1:19:48

Ep 346: Masterclass Lesson 1 – Inside the 3four3 Program Providing Soccer Education for Parents

Duration: 1:03:19

Ep 345: Balancing Winning and Development in Youth Soccer

Duration: 1:10:10

Ep 344: Rory O’Neill – Argentina, Coaching, and How to Identify Well-Coached Teams

Duration: 1:28:39

Ep 343: Get Your New Coaching Season Started on the Right Foot

Duration: 1:03:14

Ep 342: Pochettino to the USMNT – Things You Are Not Told

Duration: 1:09:35

Ep 341: Benny Rogers – The Practitioner Behind 3four3

Duration: 1:10:52

Ep 340: From Berhalter to the Bleachers, Everything is Connected – Is American Soccer Finally Going to Level Up?

Duration: 1:12:00

Ep 339: USMNT Failure was Necessary and Inevitable – A Deeper Dive of the Ecosystem that Drives American Soccer

Duration: 2:21:43

Ep 338: Emergency Podcast – US Soccer Leadership Needs to Be Removed and Reformed

Duration: 29:20

Ep 337: Navigating the High-Stakes World of Soccer: Insights with Kephern Fuller

Duration: 2:09:04

Ep 336: A Bunch of American Soccer Topics with Paul Spacey

Duration: 1:21:54

Ep 335: Pro/Rel and MLS’ Assault on the US Open Cup with the OG himself, Ted Westervelt

Duration: 1:08:48

Ep 334: Be Smart with this Incomplete Notion of “Just Let the Kids Play”

Duration: 18:13

Ep 333: Don Williams – Soccer Practitioner Working on Player Pathway Management you Should Follow on X

Duration: 1:05:17

Ep 332: The Ongoing US Open Cup Fiasco, Pro/Rel, and Are There Any Real Clubs in American Soccer?

Duration: 1:20:07

Ep 331: A Myth You Are Believing About National Team Coaches

Duration: 13:58

Ep 330: On Culture, Japan’s Success, America’s Failure, Neuroscience, Plus Much More with Tom Byer

Duration: 2:14:23

Ep 329: Seeing the American Soccer Landscape Clearly, and the Most Recent MLS/USSF Conflict of Interest

Duration: 2:51:54

Ep 328: Why is the American Soccer Mentality so Soft?

Duration: 1:07:25

Ep 327: From Playing Pro to Coaching D1 College, MLS Academies, and Now Overseas – Paul Holocher is a Reservoir of Experience

Duration: 1:03:37

Ep 326: On Messi, The Mentality of Players, Suburban Soccer Culture, Pro/Rel, and More

Duration: 1:51:08

Ep 325: The 2 Most Important Influences on Player Development, Plus Why the US Women Are Not Good Enough

Duration: 55:45

Ep 324: Implications of the MLS Salary Cap You’ve Probably Never Considered

Duration: 59:23

Ep 323: How to Be Remarkable Within a Traditional “Rec” Program

Duration: 42:40

Ep 322: Be Careful Who You are Allowing to Program your Mind – On American Soccer Broadcasters

Duration: 46:44

Ep 321: How Valuable is Competition Within the Youth Team Environment, and How do You Manage It?

Duration: 55:47

Ep 320: Anatomy of a *Successful Youth Coach – Mentorship and the 7v7 Format with John Kokkoris

Duration: 1:01:27

Ep 319: The Identity of the USMNT, or Lack Thereof, Jesse Marsch, and What You’re Not Considering.

Duration: 58:17

Ep 318: Pay-to-Play is Not as Black and White as you Think

Duration: 40:50

Ep 317: A Critical Skill Missing in American Soccer – Cambios de Ritmo

Duration: 35:55

Ep 315: A Brief Chat about Argentina, Current vs Former USMNTs, and MMA (but not that MMA)

Duration: 37:42

Ep 314: The USMNT Exits the World Cup – Conclusions & Much More

Duration: 1:42:53

Ep 313: USMNT vs Netherlands, and Is USMNT Success Actually Good for You in American Soccer?

Duration: 54:44

Ep 312: Post-Mortem of the USMNT versus Wales in the 2022 World Cup

Duration: 1:18:51

Ep 311: Winning is a Good and Necessary Ingredient for Development

Duration: 54:14

Ep 310: Should Coaches Focus on the Individual or The Team?

Duration: 56:53

Ep 309: The College Soccer Recruiting Process – with Carlos Aguilar

Duration: 50:23

Ep 308: How Familiar are you with the Player Development Jigsaw Puzzle, and the Importance of Culture?

Duration: 1:25:29

Ep 307: On “Losing your Man” – A Fundamental Skill that Goes Completely Untrained and Unrecognized

Duration: 30:22

Ep 306: Why You in American Soccer Should Really F***ing Care that Villarreal is in the Champion’s League Semifinal.

Duration: 9:49

Ep 305: Zooming in on Rondos – Are Coaches Continuing to Misunderstand?

Duration: 53:00

Ep 304: On Super Clubs Dominating Their Domestic Leagues

Duration: 31:06

Ep 303: Is Using How the NFL Operates a Good Template for Operating Soccer in the US?

Duration: 19:34

Ep 302: What Ambitious Youth Coaches Should Consider When Assessing Job Opportunities

Ep 301: Addressing Some Objections to Promotion and Relegation

Duration: 28:18

Ep 300: What Should Be Done About Joystick Parents?

Duration: 58:25

Ep 299: A First Chat on Virtuous and Vicious Cycles in Football

Duration: 52:43

Ep 298: When Does US Player Development Start Falling Behind the Other Nations?

Duration: 19:37

Ep 297: On Criticizing [Pro] Players

Duration: 20:42

Ep 296: On MLS Contrived Rivalries

Duration: 1:03:45

Ep 295: Burnout is Bullshit

Duration: 31:18

Ep 294: On USL’s Proposal to Implement Promotion and Relegation

Duration: 44:05

Ep 293: On Joystick Coaching

Duration: 35:06

Ep 292: A First Chat on the Monopolies that Are American Pro Team Sports

Duration: 32:25

Ep 291: A Brief Clip on Mentality

Duration: 8:25

Ep 290: On Players “Playing Up”

Duration: 36:10

Ep 289: On Scouting and Promotion/Relegation

Duration: 36:31

Ep 288: What Can be Gleaned from the USMNT vs Mexico in the Nations League Final

Duration: 24:23

Ep 287: Dual Nationals in the US – How it’s Been Handled, How it’s Being Handled

Duration: 28:36

Ep 286: The Myth of the “Cream Rises to the Top”

Duration: 33:26

Ep 285: On The Dark Arts, VAR, and Even Some Pro/Rel

Duration: 52:44

Ep 284: Housekeeping, the EUROs, and the 3 Best Players in the World

Duration: 35:40

Ep 283: USMNT Olympic Qualifying Failure – What’s the Excuse Now?

Duration: 23:52

Ep 282: The Training Formula That Can Help You Create a Competitive Advantage Over Your Opponents.

Duration: 38:33

Ep 281: How Can We Catch up to the Best Players and Nations in the World?

Duration: 41:05

Ep 280: You Want to Help Your Player Achieve Their Goals, Right? Start Here.

Duration: 36:11

Ep 279: A Huge Deficiency in the Suburban American Soccer Player

Duration: 36:57

Ep 278: American Players Must Improve This Before We Can Contend With the World’s Best.

Duration: 39:30

Episode 277: Listen to This before You Say a Player Is “Elite”

Duration: 39:07

Ep 276: The One Training Tool Every Soccer Player Should Be Using

Duration: 34:18

Ep 275: The Truth and Lies About Possession Soccer

Duration: 34:50

Ep 274: Introducing the 5 Components of Player Development

Duration: 45:45

Episode 273: Here’s the Unvarnished Truth About American Soccer’s Culture Problem.

Duration: 52:16

Ep 272: Who Can Claim Credit for Developing a Player? The Answer Isn’t as Simple as You’d Think.

Duration: 57:41

Ep 271: What Is and Isn’t Remarkable About American Soccer?

Duration: 36:02

Ep 270: Who’s Really Making Money Off Youth Soccer?

Duration: 1:08:39

Episode 269: How to Use Foundational Rondos and Really Improve Your Players

Duration: 33:25

Episode 268: Why You Should Expand Your Soccer Vocabulary and Get Rid of These Limiting Words and Phrases.

Duration: 18:33

Episode 267: Why You Need to Develop Pattern Recognition and Pattern Matching.

Duration: 53:39

Episode 266: Do You Know What “It’s Just a Game” Really Means?

Duration: 23:15

Episode 265: How to Properly Calibrate Yourself to Identify Talent at Early Ages.

Duration: 57:36

Episode 264: You Want Diversity in MLS, and the National Teams? Okay, These Things Must Change.

Duration: 30:48

Episode 263: Why Would Someone Want to Own an MLS Franchise That “Loses” Money?

Duration: 56:18

Episode 262: The Costly Effects of Entrusting Your Soccer Education to MLS and Incumbent Media.

Duration: 33:50

Episode 261: The One Element Of Player Development You Can’t Get Wrong

Duration: 24:20

Episode 260: “MLS Said That Parity Is Something Good, But That’s Just Not True.”

Duration: 26:17

Episode 259: The Solution to Your Competitive Environment Problem

Duration: 43:04

Episode 258: This is the Balancing Act Most Coaches Fail at, and Most Non-coaches Don’t Appreciate.

Duration: 14:42

Episode 257: Here’s How We Improve the Quality of Soccer In America, From Top to Bottom.

Duration: 14:16

Episode 256: The Development Academy Is Over.

Duration: 15:47

Episode 255: Here’s How Players Can Impress Coaches During the Shutdown.

Duration: 22:49

Episode 254: Your Twitter Questions Answered (March 2020)

Duration: 52:38

Episode 253: Follow the Leaders

Duration: 14:21

Episode 252: Who Can Claim Credit For American Player Development?

Duration: 18:51

Episode 251: A Huge Deficiency in the Suburban American Soccer Player

Duration: 15:08

Episode 250: Quality Pro Player Development or Recreation? People don’t know the Difference.

Duration: 18:39

Episode 249: See How Easily You Can Excite U.S. Men’s National Team Fans.

Duration: 43:24

Honorary Episode 248: The Road Map Kobe Left Us

Duration: 7:50

Episode 245: Here Are the Criteria to Judge Gregg Berhalter in 2020

Duration: 40:43

Episode 244: How to Gain an Advantage Using Throw-In’s

Duration: 25:47

Episode 243: What Are the Biggest Misconceptions of Playing Possession-Based Soccer?

Duration: 28:02

Episode 242: How to Execute Short Goal Kicks

Duration: 32:12

Episode 241: What Separates the Best from the Average?

Duration: 30:02

Episode 240: A Quick Discussion About Rondo’s with Brian Kleiban

Duration: 10:36

Episode 239: Do You Notice These Fundamental Actions When You Watch a Game?

Duration: 42:21

Episode 238: Elite Soccer Player Characteristics

Duration: 10:27

Episode 237: Find Out Why Spanish Coaches Are Interested in Developing American Players.

Duration: 52:07

Episode 236: Mathias Schober, Schalke 04 Youth Academy Director, Discusses Scouting, Recruiting, and Developing Players

Duration: 33:50

Episode 235: It’s Time to Hold American Soccer to These Standards

Duration: 56:09

Episode 234: “The Mirage of CONCACAF” and Our Thoughts on the USMNT vs. Cuba.

Duration: 46:34

Episode 233: Here’s Why USMNT’s 4-1 Win Over Canada Was NOT Progress.

Duration: 54:41

Episode 232: Earnie Stewart Gives Gregg Berhalter and the USMNT Another Hall Pass

Duration: 39:34

Episode 231: Why Are European Clubs Focused On Growing Their Brands In America?

Duration: 1:03:17

Episode #230: Oh Canada, Here We Come! Our Reactions to the USMNT Roster Announcement.

Duration: 1:06:18

Episode 229: Mark Lowry Talks Openly About What It’s Like Being A Professional Head Coach In America

Duration: 49:18

Episode 228: Wicky Achieves Nothing as U.S. U17 Coach During the World Cup. What’s Next?

Duration: 52:09

Episode 227: Yay! We Tied! Reactions to the U.S. U17’s 0-0 Result Against Japan.

Duration: 1:02:46

Episode 226: What Went Wrong? Reactions to the U.S. U17’s 4-1 Loss to Senegal at the World Cup.

Duration: 52:05

Episode 225: Bobby Puppione Talks About Removing Barriers Throughout American Soccer

Duration: 41:01

Episode 224: What Is A Game-Model and Why Do You Need One?

Duration: 1:04:39

Episode 223: Soccer Education is the Key to Soccer Development

Duration: 12:31

Episode 222: Jose Lopez Explains Why Coaching to Win Isn’t For Everyone.

Duration: 51:18

Episode 221: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Luke Babson

Duration: 29:49

Episode 220: “People Want to Invest in American Soccer, but They Want to Make Smart Business Decisions.”

Duration: 48:10

Episode 219: How Is a Club In Rural New York Providing a Non-Pay-to-Play Program?

Duration: 46:15

Episode 218: 2-minutes Uninterrupted with Sarah Devine

Duration: 26:18

Episode 217: “I’m Only Responsible for What I Say, Not What You Understand.” A Good Reminder from Tom Byer.

Duration: 50:33

Episode 216: How to Dictate the Game With and Without the Ball Using Possession and Pressure.

Duration: 17:41

Episode 215: Why Is Soccer Coaching Education so Expensive?

Duration: 59:51

Episode 214: Okay, Fine. We’ll Talk About Rec Soccer… But Just This Once.

Duration: 43:38

Episode 213: You Were Never Supposed to Hear This Conversation with Brian Kleiban.

Duration: 37:39

Episode 212: New Season, New Rules. Here Is What You Need to Know.

Duration: 52:34

Episode 211: The Best Reference For Proper Player Assessment.

Duration: 8:43

Episode 210: Jimmy Conrad Wants Promotion And Relegation Here In America. Hmm… Really?

Duration: 58:29

Episode 209: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Emilee Tominovich

Duration: 20:38

Episode 208: Why Do Most Coaches Overcomplicate Things? Part 2 with Chris Verhasselt.

Duration: 56:55

Episode 207: Why Do Most Coaches Overcomplicate Things? The Answer Is Simple.

Duration: 13:02

Episode 206: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Tristan Tillette

Duration: 31:05

Episode 205: Ante Cop Explains Some of the Politics of Playing Abroad

Duration: 42:21

Episode 204: Are Your Players Suffering Because Of Your Mental Fatigue?

Duration: 29:43

Episode 203: Shhhh… Don’t Tell Anyone, But Ethnic Soccer Clubs and Vibrant Cultural Communities Still Exist All Over the Country.

Duration: 46:01

Episode 202: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Nicholas Martin

Duration: 20:26

Episode 201: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Adam Finney

Duration: 23:36

Episode 200: You Probably Don’t Know About Nick Mayhugh Or This U.S. National Team Program

Duration: 40:14

Episode 199: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Andrew Hoyt

Duration: 26:12

Episode 198: Why Players like Christian Pulisic and Uly Llanez are Different According to Shaun Tsakiris

Duration: 36:23

Episode 197: Hear Ian Lane Discuss the Valuable Lessons He Has Learned as a Young Coach

Duration: 49:41

Episode 196: What Do Soccer Scouts Look For?

Duration: 53:45

Episode 195: How Does One Policy Cripple Our Country, From the National Team to 9-Year-Olds?

Duration: 38:07

Episode 194: Who Is Chris Kessell and Why Is He “All-In” for Promotion and Relegation in American Soccer?

Duration: 47:38

Episode 193: 2-minutes Uninterrupted with Ryan Crabbe

Duration: 20:56

Episode 192: 2-minutes Uninterrupted with Keishawn Cordier

Duration: 18:52

Episode 191: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with John Adams

Duration: 24:43

Episode 190: Ted Kroeten Offers a Different Approach to Free Play

Duration: 1:12:18

Episode 189: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Stephen Damore

Duration: 19:50

Episode 188: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Michael Prunty

Duration: 20:41

Episode 187: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Jason Tenner

Duration: 25:08

Episode 186: How Ben Harreld Developed a New Tool for Evaluating U.S. U-20 Player Performances

Duration: 45:14

Episode 185: Sean Monaghan Zeroes in on the Development Path of U.S. Men’s U-20 Players, and More.

Duration: 35:39

Episode 184: It’s About Time John Pranjic Answers Some Questions

Duration: 1:20:22

Episode 183: 2-Minutes Uninterrupted with Steve Rollins

Duration: 21:41

Episode 182: Joe Dratnol Offers a Different Perspective on the Similarities Between Teaching and Coaching

Duration: 59:10

Episode 181: What You Need to Know About Daryl Grove and the Total Soccer Show

Duration: 43:00

Episode 180: New 3four3 Coaching Podcast Series Kicks Off With Jon Burklo

Duration: 22:01

Episode 179: Girls Youth Soccer and the Battle for Los Angeles

Duration: 57:34

Episode 178: How Shaun Soderling Builds a Positive Team Culture and Why It’s Important

Duration: 51:50

Episode 177: Why Mike Austin Is Talking About Promotion and Relegation to College Students

Duration: 43:46

Episode 176: How Randy Waldrum Rebuilt His Roster and Reenergized the Program

Duration: 1:04:02

Episode 175: Do Different Cultures Require Different Opportunities?

Duration: 50:47

Episode 174: How Important Is Parent Education When You’re Building Your Teams Identity?

Duration: 52:32

Episode 173: Has Ted Westervelt Been Right About Promotion and Relegation All Along?

Duration: 52:20

Episode 172: Here Is a Conversation That Can Help Soccer Coaches of All Levels (Part Two)

Duration: 56:45

Episode 171: Here Is a Conversation That Can Help Soccer Coaches of All Levels (Part One)

Duration: 1:01:37

Episode 170: Two Different Approaches to Giving Players Cues

Duration: 1:01:12

Episode 169: How Do You Manage the Different Mentalities on Your Roster?

Duration: 51:52

Episode 168: Alert! We Have Structural Damage.

Duration: 58:40

Episode 167: The Benefits of Diversifying Your Education…Or Not.

Duration: 55:51

Episode 166: Recruiting Is the Right Thing to Do

Duration: 9:52

Episode 165: Can a Background in Teaching Help Soccer Coaches on the Field?

Duration: 57:27

Episode 164: How Do You Communicate with Your Players and Their Parents?

Duration: 57:05

Episode 163: Proof! Someone in American Soccer Media Cares About Promotion-Relegation.

Duration: 1:14:58

Episode 162: Who Else Wants to Stop Referee Abuse?

Duration: 1:11:55

Episode 161: These Stories about American Soccer’s History from Dr. Joe Machnik Will Blow You Away

Duration: 1:08:35

Episode 160: A Conversation About Coaching Education You’ll Wish You Heard Sooner

Duration: 1:08:48

Episode 159: What Everybody Ought to Know About Soccer America and Mike Woitalla

Duration: 44:56

Episode 158: Who Else Wants to Build a Soccer Club That Represents Their Community?

Duration: 1:00:03

Episode 157: Don’t Be Fooled! You Too Can Coach Possession Soccer and Win.

Duration: 1:14:28

Episode 156: Here Is a Different Perspective on the U.S. Youth National Team

Duration: 1:06:23

Episode 155: You Think American Kids Struggle to Get to Soccer Practice? Wait Until You Hear These Stories.

Duration: 1:03:20

Episode 154: You Don’t Have to Be in the Premier League to Absolutely Love Your Coaching Job

Duration: 1:04:41

Episode 153: Here’s What Happens When You Build Your Own Club and Disrupt Your Local Soccer Market

Duration: 1:14:59

Episode 152: Possession Soccer – What Does It Take?

Duration: 13:08

Episode 151: How Would Real Competition Help Women’s Soccer in America, Canada, and Australia? Ciara McCormack Tells Her Side of the Story.

Duration: 1:05:55

Episode 150: The Key Decisions That Helped Chris Richards Sign With Bayern Munich

Duration: 50:48

Episode 149: Yes, It’s Okay to Let Your Kid Become Obsessed With Soccer.

Duration: 1:04:09

Episode 148: 3 Things That Influenced Akron Head Coach Jared Embick – Patterns, Possession, and Bielsa.

Duration: 58:52

Episode 147: How to Get Coaching Education When USSF Says No – Tracy Hamm Tells Her Story.

Episode 146: It’s Time to Debunk the American Myth That Soccer Is Just a Game.

Episode 145: Setting Goals Is Normal, but Normal Is Boring. Stand out by Defining Your “Why.” Lessons From West Ham United’s Brianna Visalli.

Episode 144: Experience, Not Speculation Is What Former MLS and U.S. Men’s National Team Player Danny Califf Uses to Train and Mentor the Next Generation.

Episode 143: 3four3’s Crystal Clear Guide to the MLS Combine and MLS SuperDraft.

Episode 142: Want to Build a Better Roster and Win Trophies? Joey Cascio Shares His Process.

Episode 141: Introducing Zach Jonker and Bounce Athletics, the Shows First Sponsor.

Episode 140: Leveraging What You Know and What You Don’t Know to Start a Soccer Podcast, with Jason Broadwater.

Episode 139: Tiffany Weimer Weighs in About American Coaching Education After Experiencing the USSF C Course First Hand.

Episode 138: Daniel Smith Smelled Trouble When the Youth National Teams Failed in 2009 & 2011. Are Things Better Now?

Episode 137: How Is Chelsea Braun Encouraging Creativity and Building Confidence in Young Female Players? Well, It’s a Funny Story.

Episode 136: This One Subtle Thing in This One Powerful Training Exercise Can Make All of the Difference.

Episode 135: Answer This One Easy Question and Your Team Could See Fantastic Results.

Episode 134: A Crash Course with Ken Bensinger on Global Football Corruption and America’s Role in It.

Episode 132: Okay, Curriculum or Methodology… What Is the Difference? Christian Lavers Offers His Thoughts.

Episode 131: American Soccer Continues to Ignore Latino Leagues, but Are They the Missing Link? Javier Ayala and I Discuss.

Episode 130: How Much Time Does American Soccer Need?

Episode 129: Daniel Workman Explains How American Soccer Works and How Your Child, Club, and Community Are Being Impacted.

Episode 128: Kat Nichols Explains Her Twist on One of the Most Effective, and Fundamental Training Exercises Known to Soccer

Episode 127: Saul Isaksson-Hurst Talks About His Experiences Working in Premier League Academies.

Episode 126: David Robertson Explains Why Soccer Parents Are Important, Plus More.

Episode 125: Why Is American Soccer So SOFT? Real Talk With Kephern Fuller and Gary Kleiban Returns.

Episode 124: Pay to Play and the Link to Promotion Relegation

Episode 123: The Story of a Little Girl from Rural Northern California That Grew up to Win Olympic Gold and a World Cup, from Her Mother’s Perspective.

Episode 122: Joey Cascio and I Record Our Best Conversation Ever. I Don’t Think You’re Ready for This Realness.

Episode 121: Telling American Soccer Fans What They Need to Hear, with Sebastian Salazar.

Episode 120: Michael Perkins Talks About Coaching Education from a Teachers Perspective.

Episode 119: Doing Whatever It Takes, From America to Europe, with Adelaide Gay.

Episode 118: I Interviewed Houston Dynamo’s Chris Seitz – the Only Professional Goalkeeper I’ve Ever Scored On – About His Career and Thoughts on the Future of American Soccer.

Episode 117: Zack Goldman Went to Russia and Covered One of the Most Important and Unheard of Stories of the 2018 World Cup.

Episode 116: A ‘Behind the Scenes’ Conversation About American Soccer with Ian Sarachan

Episode 115: Carmelina Moscato Talks About the Importance of Taking Your Own Path

Episode 114: Matt Danaher, Creator of SoccerPulse, Developed A Tool to Help You Get to Know Your Players Better.

Episode 113: Kai Edwards Addresses One of the Biggest Elephants in American Soccer’s Room.

Episode 112: Find Out How Christian Ramirez Used His Last $200 to Invest in Himself and Catapult His Professional Playing Career

Episode 111: Hope Solo Is an American Soccer Legend but She’s Tired of Playing U.S. Soccer’s Games.

Episode #110: Taylor Craven Tells All After a Career in Women’s Soccer That Included Playing for Two of the Best Coaches in America.

Episode 109: A Potent Conversation with Gary Kleiban Discussing the Fundamental Problem in American Soccer: Education.

Episode 108: I Called Kyle Martino and Recorded the Conversation. You Don’t Want to Miss This.

Episode 107: Stuart Singer Can Help You Understand the Benefits of Training Your Players’ Brains.

Episode 106: Why Did Anthony Zoric Get on a Plane and Fly To Russia?

Episode 105: Hailai Arghandiwal Discusses Life as a Dual National and Says, “Dreams Only Matter if They’re Rooted in Something Real.”

Episode 104: Tiffany Weimer, Founder of Duktig Brand, Talks About Life As a Professional Women’s Soccer Player in America.

Episode 103: Christian Lavers, President of the ECNL, Shares His Perspective on the State of American Soccer.

Episode 102: Former Professional Kyle Smith Shares His Perspective as a Player, Coach, and Father.

Episode 101: 3 Advantages to Keeping It Simple and Delivering a Crystal Clear Message.

Episode 100: David Copeland-Smith, the Founder of Beast Mode Soccer, Reveals Why He Is 3four3 Member.

Hear Romeo Jozak Talk About the Croatian Development Process and Why It Requires Patience and Guts.

FREE Coaching Education! Yes, Bob Warming Is Offering Free Coaching Education. But… Why?

Why Is It so Hard for People to Understand That Possession Soccer Is Not Dead?

Travis Clark Isn’t Afraid to Highlight the Lack of Playing Time for Young American Players in MLS. You Should Follow His Work.

Listen to This Simple and Practical Advice for Individual Player Development from a 3four3 Practitioner.

This Podcast Is Not for Losers. Listen to Find out How Anson Dorrance Develops Winners.

An Exclusive Conversation With the American Protagonist – Brian Kleiban.

Forget About American Outlaws. Joey Anthone Is the Real American Soccer Fan That You Need to Know.

Yael Averbuch Talks About Her Own Development and How to Get Better When It’s Just You and a Ball

Duration: 59:24

Joey Cascio Talks About Daily Routines and Trying to Make It as an American Soccer Coach

Duration: 1:00:01

Adam Belz Talks About the U.S. Men’s National Team, and the Players Who Could One Day Make It Better

Duration: 1:27:16

Ian Barker Shares His Perspective on American Soccer Coaching Education and Says That Your Perspective Is Important Too.

Duration: 1:05:01

You Need to Learn How to Deliver Your Message Effectively and Win. Yes, WIN!

Duration: 11:04

Hear Curtis Jones Talk About Starting a Pick-Up Soccer Program While Being Deployed Overseas with the United States Air Force.

Duration: 38:00

Are You Using The Most Effective Player Development Tool That Costs Absolutely Nothing?

Duration: 7:10

Adam Finney Crushes Every Excuse and Delivers a Proper Soccer Experience to His Players. You Can, Too.

Duration: 1:23:24

How Gerson Perez Learned from His Dad’s Playing Experiences to Shape His Own Coaching Career.

Duration: 57:46

How J.R. Eskilson Uses His Experiences to Cover American Soccer from a Different, and Better Perspective.

Duration: 53:00

Ted Westervelt Talks About Promotion and Relegation and the Fight to Open the Pyramid and Include All of America in American Soccer.

Duration: 1:17:23

Erik Stover Talks About Signing Thierry Henry, Working with Rocco and New York Cosmos, and American Soccer Airballing in Player Development.

Duration: 1:20:21

Listen to Dennis Crowley Discuss Why He Is Hell-Bent on Growing Lower Division Soccer in America and Why Pro/Rel Matters.

Duration: 49:37

Rishi Sehgal Says U.S. Soccer Is Good but Not Good Enough and Discusses Rocco’s Plan to Inject Hundreds of Millions of Dollars into American Soccer.

Duration: 59:26

A Conversation with Yan Skwara About American Soccer That You Must Listen To.

Duration: 58:58

Christopher Cramer Discusses the Fact That If You’re Not Genuine, You’re Going to Fail.

Duration: 43:47

How Much Time Do You Dedicate to Choreographing and Training Set Pieces?

Duration: 7:38

Mandy Pocho Tells Her Side of the Story About When She Met the Entire 3four3 Crew for the First Time.

Duration: 53:36

What Is One Fundamental Element That Is Often Ignored In Traditional Coaching Education? [Coaching 11]

Duration: 6:25

How to Develop a Style of Play and Educate Your Players in Global Standard Fundamentals. [Coaching 10]

Duration: 7:41

Joey Cascio Talks About Lessons Learned After Coaching With Two Different MLS Development Academies

Duration: 1:18:28

Coaching Education Is Important. So, Who Are You Learning From? And Why? [Coaching 09]

Duration: 11:09

How to Establish a Proper Culture in Your Possession-Based Team. [Coaching 08]

Duration: 9:53

Chandra Eigenberger Comes Back on the Show to Discuss the Lack of Opportunities for Women to Play Professional Soccer in America – the Numbers Are Shocking.

Duration: 50:41

Brian Dunseth Proves That He Isn’t Afraid of Having Real Conversations About American Soccer.

Duration: 1:03:07

Rocco Commisso Shares His Unfiltered Stories About U.S. Soccer, Major League Soccer, and Soccer United Marketing.

Duration: 53:27

What Are the Two P’s That Best Describe the 3four3 Style of Play? [Coaching 07]

Duration: 7:31

Brian Dunseth Shares Stories About Sunil Gulati, Alexi Lalas, and Life After A Professional Career.

Duration: 40:38

How to Navigate the USSF License Pathways While Implementing a Proper Training Methodology

Duration: 1:02:29

How Your Team Plays Is an Indicator of Your Values as a Coach. Here’s a Podcast Explaining Why. [Coaching 06]

Duration: 8:33

Listen to His Story, and Then I Dare You to Tell Casey Proud That Soccer Is Just a Game.

Duration: 1:23:18

Hear Robert Palmer Talk About His Fight to Unleash Soccer in Communities All Across America

Duration: 47:10

Eric Bucchere Opens up About Life as a USL Coach and Helping Unknown Players Turn Pro.

Duration: 1:03:39

What Is Losing Your Man? And Why Do Armchair Analysts Think It’s so Easy Even Though It’s Not? [Coaching 05]

Duration: 10:26

American Soccer Is Built upon a Foundation of Disenfranchisement and Justin Reid Is Fighting to Expose Some of the Nasty Truths.

Duration: 1:09:01

Breaking down a Pre-Development Academy Training Session with Ian Lane.

Duration: 56:12

The Benefits of Teaching and Rehearsing Throw-In Choreography. [Coaching 04]

Duration: 9:55

What Is the Most Powerful Training Activity Known to Soccer? [Coaching 03]

Duration: 10:09

Go to School. Get a Real Job. Coaching Doesn’t Pay the Bills. [Part One with Ian Lane.]

Duration: 36:39

Jenn Schwartz Talks About Innovative StrengthTraining and Recovery Techniques in Youth Soccer

Duration: 1:41:23

How to Avoid Getting Trapped in the Trial and Error, Error, Error Cycle [Coaching 02]

Duration: 10:42

Brian Hess Says That Kathy Carter and Her Relationship with MLS and SUM Is the Tip of the Iceberg for All That Plagues U.S. Soccer.

Duration: 51:54

Why “Vision” is Important For Coaches and A Personal Story About Developing My Own [Coaching 01]

Duration: 10:40

Anthony DiCicco Believes the United States is Failing to “Access the Power of Soccer.”

Duration: 1:18:48

Matt LaGrassa Shares Vivid Stories About His Journey to Becoming a Professional Player in America.

Duration: 1:17:41

Herculez Gomez says “There is a cultural difference in the way the game is covered in this country compared to other countries.”

Duration: 59:05

Tom Byer Talks About Disrupting Traditional Youth Player Development With One Simple Change

Duration: 1:45:26

Skye Eddy Bruce Talks About Her Mission to Change the Game by Educating Soccer Parents.

Duration: 1:07:00

Rocco Commisso Is Fighting to Unleash American Soccer and He Has Absolutely No Reason to Back Down.

Duration: 1:29:11

Paul Lapointe Knows Transparency Won’t Solve All of U.S. Soccer’s Problems, but It’s a Damn Good Place to Start.

Duration: 1:05:32

The 3four3 Podcast Goes Inside the U.S. Soccer Boardroom with John Motta.

Duration: 1:03:36

The United States has Never Engaged in the Real Business of Soccer. Eric Wynalda Will Change That.

Duration: 1:09:58

What Does 3four3 Really Stand For? The “Arvel Email” Exposed.

Duration: 12:16

Chandra Eigenberger Talks About Chasing What Was Once an Impossible Dream

Duration: 1:08:48

Finally, An Episode About Youth Soccer Coaching and Player Development with Pete Stuart

Duration: 1:18:10

3four3’s Thoughts on U.S. Getting Bounced from 2018 World Cup

Duration: 54:31

Seth Jahn, U.S. Army Special Forces Veteran and U.S. Men’s PNT Co-Captain said, “Soccer Saved My Life.”

Duration: 1:06:57

Why Did I Talk About Pinching Pennies with Professional Soccer Player Amobi Okugo?

Duration: 50:11

Jerome De Bontin- the Name You Need to Know If You Think U.S. Soccer Needs Change.

Duration: 1:20:05

Tristan Bowen, the First Ever MLS Homegrown Player, Says There Is so Much That People Do Not Know.

Duration: 1:09:57

The Three Stages of Developing Luka Modric, and Developing Croatia’s National Team, According to Romeo Jozak.

Duration: 1:12:43

Nick Rogers Talks About Using Street Soccer to Speed Up Player Development, Add Flavor and Change the Culture of the Game.

Duration: 44:28

Raymond Verheijen Believes American Coaches Should Be Developed to Think for Themselves

Duration: 1:16:16

Taylor Twellman Opens up About His MLS Contracts, American Soccer Media, and His Life as an Athlete.

Duration: 1:20:45

Terry Ransbury- The American Soccer Dad with Ties to Messi’s First Club and Co-Founder of His Own Soccer School in North Carolina

Duration: 1:08:51

President of San Francisco City FC Talks About Starting a Podcast, a Family, and a Professional Soccer Team

Connecting the dots between Christian Pulisic, this podcast, and Emmy award winning filmmaker Thaddeus Matula.

How An American Coach Is Creating Pathways For American Players In Europe

Insights From An International Scout- Sacha van der Most van Spijk

The Making of Four Future Pros.

How Coach Brian Kleiban Creates A Winning Culture

What Five Years Of Jurgen Taught Us About American Soccer.

How The Co-Founder Of Foursquare Plans To Help The United States Win A World Cup

Why America Has A “Soccer Problem” That Isn’t Really A Soccer Problem

A Fundamental Guide to Soccer IQ

Yes, “White Boys” Can Play Soccer; Maybe, Sometimes, Hmmm…

From Argentina to Long Beach with Coach Mauricio Ingrassia

Why “Developing All Players to Their Potential” as a Lie [PODCAST]

Successes, Failures, And The Future- A Conversation With Bob Bradley

Mastery or Misery?

Duration: 12:29

Ninety Minutes Wasn’t Enough- A Discussion With Alexi Lalas

A Real Conversation With Phil Schoen

Kitsap Pumas Owner Robin Waite Lifts The Curtain

Duration: 57:50

Diego Simeone And The Art Of War

LAFC Academy Coach Joey Cascio Breaks Down A Session

An Investor In Detroit Soccer- Sean Grogan

Limitation or Obligation? You Decide.

Consult The Cloud

Making Waves In Barcelona

The Challenge of Finding and Using Good Education

Christian Pulisic’s Father, Mark, Shares Perspective

The One Thing a Legit Coach Must Have Before Anything Else

This Real Talk Would’ve Been Inadmissible in Court

Kyle Gruno – US Youth at Leicester City F.C. Academy

Eric Wynalda Podcast

Hugo Perez – Former US International and Youth National Team Coach

Duration: 1:08:06

Ted Westervelt