Manya Makoski Puppione is a former professional player and current college soccer coach. Days after recording this episode, Marymount University announced that Manya will be the next women’s soccer head coach. We didn’t get a chance to talk about that, but we did have a great conversation. We discussed: What type of mentality it requires […]

Jordan Ferrell is a youth soccer coach from Stockon, California. Leading up to our conversation, I asked Jordan what he wanted to talk about. He said, “the structure of the system.” And that’s exactly what we did. Plus, more. In this episode, we discuss: His playing experience in college and abroad The quality of players […]

Mika Elovarra is currently coaching with Richmond Kickers. He is originally from Finland but played college soccer here in the United States. After finishing college, he returned home and played five seasons of professional soccer before retiring and starting his coaching career. Our conversation focuses on the benefits of diversifying education. Mika is a fountain […]