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Tony Sobolevsky rejoins Gordie for this episode to talk about recent updates to his refereeing career and a recent trip he was able to take to referee in Mesa, AZ. 

The Coffee with Christina segment covers Motivation & Identity. This concept is relevant to many areas of life, not just refereeing. It discusses who you are and why you are doing what you are doing.  

Gordie then interviews the one and only Christina Unkel. Christina is a litigation attorney, entrepreneur, and sports TV analyst/journalist. As a past NCAA collegiate soccer athlete and former FIFA referee, Christina has spent the past 15 years working and performing at the highest professional, international, and collegiate levels of the soccer game among the elite players of the world. She is also the State Referee Administrator (SRA) for the Florida State Referee Committee (FLSRC).  

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University of Kansas Assistant Coach Travis Smith makes another appearance as co-host and updates us on his soccer life.  

Interview with Ryan Graves 

Travis and Gordie talk with MLS Assistant Referee Ryan Graves and discuss his journey through the many levels of officiating. Spoiler alert: He spent time with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.

Coffee with Christina 

Christina and Gordie discuss the importance of having meaningful self-talk and how that helps us manage ourselves and our surroundings.

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Legendary Kansas High School sports assignor and official John Dehan joins us to talk about his journey through officiating and the challenges of the assigning process.  

The latest segment  of "Coffee with Christina" talks about how to manage our levels of focus and mitigate distractions throughout matches.  

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Co-host Logan Clark is a current Nebraska Wesleyan University player and Kansas referee. He speaks with Gordie about his journey and balancing playing and refereeing.  

Error Correction/ Recovery: 

Our second segment of "Coffee with Christina" talks about how we deal with and navigate the inevitable errors that occur in our games.  

A Chat with Greg Barkey: 

Former FIFA AR and PRO's Manager of Video Review discusses his journey, the current state of VAR and answers some fan questions.

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Daylan Williams is a cadet in the United States Military Academy, ultra runner and referee. As co-host he speaks about the concept of PITW (Put in the work) which he started and uses to motivate others.  

Routines:  In segment one of Coffee with Christina, Mental Performance coach Christina Kremer talks through the place of routines for referees. 

Off-Season Best Practices: PRO AR Jeff Swartzel talks through four areas to make the most of your off-season.  

Coach/Referee Relations: Long time Kansas City area coach and youth club Executive Director Jason Pendleton joins the podcast to talk referee/coach relations.  

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Recovering from the Girl's Kansas State Cup, Gordie discusses with co-host Michelle Cheung how she rediscovered her love for refereeing after a lengthy absence from the game. Gordie then is joined by former MLS Assistant Referee Paul Scott, who became an administrator, referee coach and assignor after his on field career.

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Chillin' with Kenny B:  

Long time local Kansas City USSF, High School, College official Kenny Bartkoski co-hosts with Gordie and shares his story.  

An interview with Shane Butler: 

The pride of St. Louis joins the podcast to talk about his referee journey, futsal, MASL and more!  

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Newlyweds Tatum and Zachary Richter, first co-host team on the podcast, discuss their refereeing paths and working together at the college level.   

Gordie speaks with Rich Grady about how to be successful in the postseason. Helpful tip: If you got a postseason assignment, you did so for a reason. Don't change now what got you there.  

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Guest host Phil Gomez talks about his refereeing journey from Grassroots to becoming a Regional Referee as well as his role as referee liaison for Sporting KC and his day job as Director of Marketing, Tournaments & Events for Kansas State Youth Soccer (KSYSA).  

Gordie interviews Kali Smith, a PRO 2 Assistant Referee with NWSL and MLS experience. She shares her journey and balancing life as referee,  wife and mother of two.  

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Gordie chats with co-host Zaid Umar his referee journey and balancing life, school and officiating.  

PRO Assistant Referee Jeff Swartzel returns to the podcast to talk about the importance of self-reflection.  

Dr. Joe Machnik joins the podcast with a wealth of knowledge and experience about the role of soccer officials over the decades.  

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