We sit down with Andy Commins, Director of Coaching for GPS Iowa, to talk about the club. Formerly known as Altoona Soccer Club, they have recently become affiliated with Global Premier Soccer (GPS), which additionally is tied to Bundesliga powerhouse Bayern Munich.

We sit down for a chat with Gary Eyles, the Director of Coaching for the Ames Soccer Club. We touch on a range of topics - not only youth soccer, but also climate change, gymnastics and the Special Olympics.

We were on hand for the a big substate final at Coach Cownie Soccer Park pitting the Hawks of Ankeny against the Railsplitters from Lincoln. It was an evening of intense competition, a little bit of controversy and ultimately, a beautiful night for the beautiful game.

We welcome a true Iowa Soccer LEGEND, Nikki Thaden Zelenovich, to the pod.

As the boys' regular season comes to a close, we saw the eighth-ranked Valley Tigers take on number twelve, the Lincoln Railsplitters at Coach Cownie Stadium.

We took a trip up north to cover the big Ankeny Derby for both the boys and girls, rounding out a hat trick of doubleheaders for the KIF media team.

We breakdown our heroic efforts to combat the Adam Emmenecker Challenge, but also discuss our super exciting outdoor futsal court project and the money we've raised so far.

We split up our KIF media team to simultaneously cover both the boys' and girls' games between the Urbandale Jayhawks and the Johnston Dragons, which kicked off at the same time in separate locations.

Our Iowa Soccer LEGEND Interview Series continues with the one and only Matt Nickell.

El Presidente, Matt Sahag, calls in to discuss our Game of the Week, which saw the Ankeny Hawks visit the Dowling Catholic Maroons. Then, another Matt joins us. Matt Ream of the Roosevelt Roughriders calls in to talk about their big metro match-up against the North Polar Bears.