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 […]

Written and published by Gary Kleiban. Find the original version here. The perception and values associated with the practice of recruiting depends on who’s doing the perceiving and the act itself – be it an organization, coach, player, parent, or whoever. This episode will take the position of what every interested party supposedly wants. Development […]