Adventures with Aggie

In this episode of AWA, Aggie spoke with four NYU basketball players. Jules Brown, Ethan Feldman, Bobby Hawkinson, and Jaden Narwal discussed the experience of being student-athletes at a school in New York City where there are so many academic and social pressures. They also talk about how they formed such close relationships with each other and some of their NYC favorites. Check it out to learn more about the unique student-athlete experience that comes with NYU and NYC life!

On this episode of AWA, we spoke with Bolu Akinyode about his soccer story: moving from Nigeria to the US, playing with the NY Red Bulls II, graduating from Seton Hall University, and now playing as defensive midfielder for Birmingham Legion FC!

In this episode of AWA, we spoke with P.J. and Adam about their career pathways and current roles at Queensboro FC. Queensboro FC, owned by soccer legend David Villa, is a USL team located in Queens, NY. P.J. and Adam told us about developments the team is making as well as offer us career advice on entering the sports industry. 

We spoke with Tony Rocha, a midfielder at NYCFC. Tony was raised in Houston, Texas and went to college at University of Tulsa. He hit a few bumps in the road with a broken collar bone and stadium issues then found himself playing in Orlando and now NYCFC! 

We spoke with Juan Cascio, Head of International Business Development at Club Atlético River Plate about his role and strategy, how he discovered he wanted to work in sport, and his exciting path to his current position! 

We chatted with Mickey Kennedy, University of Alabama alum who currently works in Digital Media with FC Tulsa. Listen to hear about FC Tulsa's digital media, how they adjusted with the pandemic, and what the restart of the season will look like on digital and social platforms. 

In this episode Aggie spoke with Jaime Siaj about his soccer career! Jaime started playing soccer in Madrid, Spain with youth teams including ED Moratalaz, Real Madrid, and Getafe.  After growing up playing soccer in Madrid he moved to the United States and spent time at three USL teams including Oklahoma City Energy, Charlotte Independence, and Tampa Bay Rowdies. Jaime has most recently moved back to Madrid to play for Internacional de Madrid-Boadilla. He also represents Jordan at an international level playing for the Jordan Football Association. 

Today we spoke with Bruno Lapa! He grew up playing soccer in Brazil, moved to the United States in high school, went to Wake Forest University and is now a midfielder at Birmingham Legion FC.

This week on Adventures with Aggie we spoke with Andres Vargas, Head of Business Development in Latin America at FC Bayern Munich.