This episode is a conversation that was recorded on June 1, 2016 in Sacramento, California. The conversation takes place in a hotel lobby. It was about 4 hours prior to kickoff between Sacramento’s Republic F.C. and Kitsap Pumas from Washington.

Why was I there?

Well, Assistant Coach Liviu Bird was nice enough to invite me to be part of the operation for a day. So I drove about six hours north to meet him and the rest of the team in Sacramento. The plan all along was to record a podcast with Liviu. But what I ended up getting was more.

Enjoy this podcast featuring Robin Waite, Liviu Bird, and myself as we discuss the past, present, and future of Kitsap Pumas.

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Joey Cascio, head coach of the LAFC Academy, invited me down to help with a training session recently. Of course, I took advantage of this opportunity to experience the inner workings of the newest MLS academy program.

The session was good. The players were motivated and talented. The setting on the campus of California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) was also quite remarkable.

After training, Joey and I found some real estate to sit and chat for a while. We talked about the sessions and he deconstructed everything that happened. He painted a picture of the past, current, and future not only for himself as a coach, but for this group of young players and LAFC as a whole.

Links to everything we discuss are provided below. I highly recommend following Joey's journey on social media.

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When I asked Sean Grogan (@RiseAM_ on Twitter) to be a guest on the podcast, I didn’t know much about Detroit’s soccer scene.

But what I learned, and what I hope we highlight in our talk, is that Detroit’s soccer scene is thriving.

No wonder rumors of MLS moving to town are swirling. What big shot billionaire wouldn’t want a piece of this pie?

Kudos to the people of Detroit for building something genuine. And kudos to those same people for staying genuine in the midst of the news that a couple of NBA owners are buying their way to the top of the food chain and leap frogging right over what an amazing group of supporters, families, coaches, players, and owners have been building for years.

This is an interview with an investor of Detroit City F.C. and a story of how things got started and the state of Detroit soccer today.

Enjoy.

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