Cornfed Coaching

In conjunction with the Iowa Soccer Symposium, the Cornfed Coaching team was able to sit down with two powerhouse coaches. Eloisa and Maren both tell us their phenomenal playing backgrounds and how those experiences shaped who they are today. We dive into some all too common issues within professional soccer coaching. They go through the challenges of being a female in a typically male dominated industry. It's an important conversation and we were very appreciative that they got so candid with us.

What a guest! The Cornfed team was able to sit down with Hasney Aljofree during the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Hasney's background is unbelievable. He was a player in Manchester United's youth system, then joined several organization through his professional career. Since hanging up the boots as a player, he joined Man U's coaching staff on the youth side for 10 years, and now is part of the PFA's coaching education system. Phenomenal conversation, and an even better educator.

Jack and Jon are BACK with another special edition in partnership with Iowa Soccer hosting the podcast at the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Bright and Barker offered reflection on their session and talked shop about development and soccer in the Covid era. Great catching up with two previous guests!

The Cornfed team is back! In this return episode, the Cornfed team was honored to be joined by Nick Garcia. Nick is a former professional player in the MLS and is now working for the league through media, and serves as the Executive Director of Sporting Brookside. He takes us through is unique journey growing up in Texas and playing for the USYNT throughout the years. Great discussion on giving back to the game and insight into the professional life and what it takes to get there.

The Cornfed team was happy to get back together and take and get back to our roots with a local coach doing big things! Mark McKeever wastes no time diving into how he got to America and started his coaching journey from Scotland. Mark is currently the head coach for Young Harris as well as the Des Moines Menace for the past two seasons. Mark talks about the different challenges coaching college and in the USL II. He gives great insight into the player's process as well as what it takes behind the scenes to actually produce an expansive playing style.

The Cornfed team welcomed back Paul Bright of The Coaching Manual in conjunction with the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Paul has been instrumental in the progression of The Coaching Manual, which is an online platform to help further coaching education with sessions and ideas for coaches to dive into. He joined the team today to talk about a hot topic in the soccer community, Periodization. Great chat!

The Cornfed team welcomes back Ian Barker, Director of Coaching for United Soccer Coaches, to the pod. This episode was in conjunction with the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Ian leads coaches all across the country to become better educators and talks with us about rondos and the implementation of how they can facilitate multiple avenues of learning. Great talk as always.

The Cornfed team was delighted to chat with Josh McAllister, a performance coach and Iowa-native! The Cornfed team consisted of Damien Corrieri and Rich Bywater as a guest hosts alongside Big Jack. Josh has worked with Drake University,  Sporting Kansas City and Portland Timbers in the area of performance. He talks about how to maximize athlete performacne and how he started his own program independent organization now. Great chat on a topic that is coming more and more to the focal point of soccer. 

Tommy Wilson is the academy director for the Philadelphia Union. Tommy was a phenomenal player himself and has now transitioned into leading the Union and building out their player development campaign. He took over the organization and is now constantly trying to improve it along with his staff. What a treat for the Cornfed crew to sit down and chat with him. We talk about the staffing that is implemented at the highest levels of football, game models and universal language to expedite the traning process. Great listen!

In partnership with the Iowa Soccer Symposium, the Cornfed team was delighted to have the opportunity to chat with legendary referee, Esse Baharmast. Esse worked his way through refereeing to have one of the most famous calls in World Cup history. He has now transitioned to mentoring a new generation of referees to expand the beautiful game. A very detailed and educational episode into an often times overlooked aspect of the game.