Equal Time Soccer

We sit down with Sadie and Sophia to talk about them combining for the Gophers game winning goal against Michigan State, long road trips during COVID, the intricacies of their cleat choices, Delaney Stekr's work rate in practice, and a slew of listener (and Paige Elliott) questions.

Matt talks to Gopher Soccer star Megan Gray following her breakout performance as a holding midfielder in Minnesota's return to the field after more than a year between games. They discuss when she knew she'd be playing her new position, staying motivated during COVID, and how the team talked about kneeling for the anthem and making their voices heard.

Matt is joined by Anna Landis (@juliannalandis) from the MN Daily to preview the upcoming Gopher Soccer season. After more than a year since their last game we talked to:

Head Coach Stef Golan (starts around 6 min)

Defenders Athena Kuehn and Alana Dressely (around 17 min)

Midfielders Katie Duong and Sophia Boman (around 28 min)

Attackers Kenz Langdok and Kenna Buisman (38 min)

We catch up with Gopher Soccer Head Coach Stefanie Golan about this extended fall camp/pre-season/off-season, how the young players are adapting and growing, and we answer some Patreon questions about the Del Moral Cup, the Duong-Boman pairing in midfield, Buisman-Langdok-Stekr showing improvement, and more!

A reminder that you can always support the Gopher Soccer program financially if you have the means by contributing to their Soccer Enhancement Fund: bit.ly/SupportGopherSoccer

Bianca Keil is the new Head Coach at the University of Minnesota Morris, a DIII program that plays in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC). We talk to Bianca about transitioning from head coach-to assistant-and back again, recruiting in a state she's never lived in before, and building a program in the COVID era.

For this massive episode, we brought in 6 current and former Gopher Soccer stars (Rashida Beal, Patricia Ward, Maddie Nielsen, Athena Kuehn, Katie Koker, Katie Duong) to help us preview the knockout rounds of the NWSL Challenge Cup and to check in to see where each individual player is at after COVID quarantine.

We sat down with returning Gopher Soccer veterans Patricia and Ari to learn about recovering from ACL tears during COVID, how so much time rehabbing may impact their game both physically and mentally, and their individual goals for this fall.

We spoke with new Gopher Soccer assistant coach Maya Hayes about how she landed in Minnesota, translating her playing expertise to coaching, how fans can support players looking to speak out about racial justice, and more.

We chat with St Cloud State Assistant Coach Jade Smith live on Instagram to learn about how the Huskies are adjusting during COVID, their outlook for what version of the 2020 season we may have, how Jade landed in Minnesota, how she made the jump from England to North Dakota before that, and more.

We talk to Emily Bunnell LIVE on Instagram to do a deep dive on the transfer process. Emily started her college career at Baylor, spent her junior season at the University of Minnesota, and after finishing her undergraduate degree will now pursue her Masters at Seattle U and finish her last year of athletic eligibility as well.