Straight From The Training Ground

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.

Meet Robby Smukler, creator and founder of Icarus FC. He took a childhood hobby of drawing and doodling sports logos for imaginary teams and turned it into a company that since it's inception in 2017 has now sold jerseys to over 2000 clubs in 25 countries! Here about their unique culture, their Icarus Cup tournament and more!