This week we chat with OL Reign's Olivia Van der Jagt. Olivia is currently the longest contracted player on the current roster for the Reign, showing just how much the Coaching staff and team believe in her and her important role on the team. We loved hearing from her about the culture of the team, the leadership of the vets and the genuine support and care of the coaches on and off the field.


"You never know what opportunities will come, always work hard and do your best. Keep the dream going, you never know whats going to happen." - Olivia Van der Jagt

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224. Olivia Van der Jagt

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

Sports

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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236. Belle Briede

This week on the podcast we chat with Angel City FC's, M.A. Vignola. M.A. talks to us about falling out of love with the game and falling back in love with it. She also tells us about the silver lining of her injury was discovering her self-identity outside of soccer and how to be a great teammate from the sideline. M.A. also tells us about having feelings of self-doubt and how she believes it's something prevalent in women's sports that we need to talk about more.

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235. M.A. Vignola

Today on the podcast we chat with former NWSL and USWNT player, Amy Rodriguez. Amy is now the head Coach of the Utah Royals and tells us how her experience playing as a pro has helped form her own coaching perspective. One thing Amy wants to make sure to do for her players, as impactful Coaches did for her, is care undoubtedly and have their best interest at heart. We chat about how having a Coach who believes in you can have such an impact on a player's career. 



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224. Olivia Van der Jagt

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