The Cleveland Soccer Group, founded in 2022, is making a serious push for both an MLS and an NWSL team in Cleveland. This past October (2023) they made their official bid for an NWSL team. Find out what Caitlin Clark and the NCAA Women’s Final Four have to do with their mission.

Ty Phillips from the Columbus Crew joins us to discuss the soccer culture in Columbus, Ohio and the excitement around town of hosting the upcoming MLS All-Star game! The Soccer Rebellion and Michael Dublis will also be in town as part of the build up to the All-Star game as they bring their summer street soccer tour to Dick's Sporting Goods at Easton Town Center. Learn more about the Columbus soccer culture as well as information regarding The Soccer Rebellion's street soccer tournament and youth clinic, registration is only &10 and includes a t-shirt and discount at Dick's Sporting Goods.

Adelaide Gay, professional goalkeeper with DC Power & co-founder of Duktig Brand FC joins us to discuss the new USL Super League, national championships at the University of North Carolina and more. Hear about her typical day as a professional player, her recent visit back to Chapel Hill for Anson Dorrance and the moment she and fellow co-founder Tiffany Weimer realized their company was onto something big! Use the link below to find great coaching products at Duktig Brand FC.

Unozero CEO & founder Sam Garzon joins us to discuss the motivation for leaving his career and starting his own company, as well as the many challenges he faced along the way. Hear about his childhood growing up in Venezuela and how it created his passion for the beautiful game from an early age. He shares the future goals for Unozero as well as a huge promotional event for Unozero called 'Unozero Day' (10/10.) Learn more about their great sales during Unozero Day as well as the free giveaways they will be providing to their customers with every purchase. Each year a portion of these sales are donated to an important cause and Sam announces that this year Unozero will be donating to The Soccer Neighborhood!

Niall McCabe joins us from USL Championship side Louisville City FC to discuss their excellence on and off the pitch. Lou City, currently top of the table in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship (second division of professional soccer in the U.S.) are trendsetters as an organization. They not only field a full men's professional team, but also Racing Louisville their women's professional team, in addition to a full youth academy on both sides. Lou City also has built their own state-of-the-art soccer specific stadium as well as world-class training facilities. As if that was not enough, Lou City sets the standard as an active member in their community with their foundation, scholarship programs for youth players and a transportation partnership with Toyota to help assist youth players and families with the travel required for academy teams, training and tournaments.

U.S. soccer legend Brian Maisonneuve has won the Hermann Trophy at Indiana University, played in the 1996 Olympics, was an inaugural member of MLS with the Columbus Crew and represented the USMNT in the 1998 World Cup! He joins us to discuss everything from falling in love with soccer at an early age in Detroit, Michigan to the honor of representing your country at a World Cup and everything in between.

David Copeland Smith, world-renowned soccer trainer to international soccer stars like Alex Morgan, Abby Wambach, Rachel Daly, Ali Riley, Kelly O'Hara and more shares his story of being an entrepreneur in a new country and starting Beast Mode Soccer. Hear his story of how he developed Beast Mode Soccer into a global success while house-sitting for Robbie Williams!

Todd Beane, founder & CEO of TOVO academy joins us to share the TOVO philosophy and the influence Johan Cruyff had on its development. Todd played collegiately at Dartmouth, has served on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University, has an ‘A’ coaching license as well as a M.Ed. in education.

Former Big East coach of the year, American East coach of the year and United Soccer Coaches national staff coach, Paul Marco has been around DI college soccer for over 25 years. Coach Marco was also recently inducted into the West Virginia youth soccer hall of fame. Hear about his unique introduction to the game, his early struggles, who he has been inspired by, his thoughts on the latest changes in the NCAA and what he would like to see change in youth soccer!

Taking the Nigerian women's team to the 2023 World Cup while rebuilding the Univ. of Pittsburgh women's soccer program, two-time national coach of the year Randy Waldrum tells us how he managed to balance all of this and more. Coach Waldrum previously led the Notre Dame women's program to two national championships, twelve Big East reg. season titles and five Final Four appearances. He has also coached the Trinidad & Tobago women's team, as well as the Houston Dash in the NWSL before taking his current position at Pitt.