This week on the pod we chat with Australian professional soccer player, Alanna Kennedy, who plays as a defender for Manchester City in the English FA Women's Super League, as well as the Australia national team. Alanna gives great tips on what to focus on for training for free kicks. We also love learning about how to train and play in different styles of football, depending what team she is playing for.
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148. Alanna Kennedy - Australian National Team & Man City

The Soccer Girl Problems Podcast is a fun, entertaining, and informative look into the life of a Ladyballer, on and beyond the field. The three founders and podcast hosts, Carly Beyar, Shannon Fay and Alanna Locast are the Ladyballers behind the hilarious viral YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram account, SoccerGrlProbs. Whether it’s talking about their experience as collegiate soccer players and struggles of being a female athlete, current soccer news, or interviews with professionals, the insights you get here will inspire you to transform your game, your mentality and your overall life as a ladyballer. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/soccergrlprobs/support

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We chat with Harvard University and Canadian National Team's, Jade Rose. Jade tells us about her devastating injury that had her leave NZ right before the World Cup and how her team rallied around her during that tough time. She also tells us about how her time off the field helped lead her to finding her passion off the field to be a mentor to minority athletes in the sport and how she can be a resource for them. We also learn how Jade is able to balance college academics and soccer while being on the National Team. 

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240. Jade Rose

Today on the podcast we chat with former NWSL Kealia Watt. We chat with Kealia about the challenging decision to retire and finding her purpose after leaving the game. Kealia tells us about how becoming a mom is the best thing to ever happen to her. We have a heartfelt discussion on the challenges of parenting while balancing professional commitments, emphasizing the importance of cherishing special moments with loved ones.

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239. Kealia Watt

Today on the podcast we chat with Sports Nutritionist, Reilly Beatty. Reilly answers a ton of your questions about how to fuel your body as a female athlete. Topics we discuss include:
-pregame/training food 
-post training fuel
-foods to help build muscle
-best snacks
-favorite sports drink


Check out more tips from Reilly at her website www.reillybeatty.com and her IG @reilly.beatty.nutrition

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238. Sports Nutritionist Reilly Beatty

This week on the podcast we chat with Utah Royal's Carly Nelson. Carly tells us about her transformative experience of playng overseas and why she recommends it for other pros. She also tells us about the impact of having a coach who communicates transparently with their players. 

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237. Carly Nelson

This week on the podcast we chat with Houston Dash's Belle Briede! We chat about:

 finishing training and practice on a high note
 shifting mindset for growth 
  finding positives in adversity 
  embracing discomfort in growth 
  learning soccer isn’t your whole identity


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148. Alanna Kennedy - Australian National Team & Man City

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