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Intro:

Career coach Mark Torcaso joins us today on STRIVE 365.

Having spent over 20 years working in the development of football within Melbourne, Mark earnt a reputation as a winner, throughout his time with powerhouse club Calder United in the NPLW.

In 2022, Mark became the inaugural head coach of new A league women’s club Western United, where he guided the team to the grand final in their first season. This earnt him a role with the Philippines WNT where for 12 months he juggled both international and professional club football.

Now focusing solely on the Philippines, Mark is striving to qualify for the 2027 FIFA women’s world cup. 

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Coach:

• Melbourne Victory – A league Women’s (2013 – 2015)
  • GK Coach
• Australian Youth National Teams
  • GK Support Coach
• Calder United – Victorian NPL (2016 – 2021)
  • Numerous local titles
• Western United – A league Women’s (2021 – 2023)
  • Inaugural head coach
  • Grand final 2021/22
  • ALW Coach of the Year 2021/22
• Philippines Women’s National Team (2023 – present)
  • 2022 Asian Games
  • 2024 Olympic qualifying
    • Vs Australia in front of 60,000 in Perth
• St Monica College – 24+ years
  • Director of Football

Education:

·       AFC Pro Licence 2024

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Intro:

This week I’m honoured to bring Anthony Di Pietro, more commonly known as Chairman onto the podcast.

Anthony has been a major shareholder of the Melbourne Victory Football Club since its inception in 2005 and where he served as Chairman for 12 years.

This was a special episode for me, as I got the chance to chat with someone I truly look up to, and who has so much wisdom and gravatas when it comes to leading organisations.

In this episode we look at different ways to lead, brand & image, decision making, the coach appointment process, insights around contracts and much more.

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Anthony Di Pietro Bio

Business

• Melbourne Victory Football Club (2006 – 2023)
  • Shareholder
  • Chairman (2011 – 2023)
• Board Member (2006 – 2023)
• A League Mens Champions – 2007, 2009, 2015, 2018
  • Runners Up – 2010, 2017, 2024, 2025
• A League Womens Champions – 2014, 2021, 2022
  • Runners Up – 2013, 2025
• A League Mens Premiers – 2007, 2009, 2014
• A League Womens Premiers - 2019
• FFA Cup Winners – 2015, 2021
  • Runners Up – 2024
• Coach Appointments
  • Ernie Merrick
  • Mehmet Durakovic 
  • Jim Magilton 
  • Ange Postecoglou
  • Kevin Muscat
  • Marco Kurz 
  • Grant Brebner 
  • Steve Kean 
  • Tony Popovich
• Big Name Signings
  • Gui Finkler
  • Besart Berisha
  • Carl Valeri
  • Harry Kewell
  • Fahid Ben Khalfallah
  • Mark Milligan
  • Marco Rojas
  • Keisuke Honda
  • Ola Toivonen
  • Luis Nani
• Hosted Liverpool, Manchester United, Juventus
• Started VIB, Chair of VIB committee – now Australia largest sporting business network (outside of game day), with over 100 member companies.
• Brough with women’s professional program into the club, originally with Football Victoria. 
• Academy program expansion (teams, hubs)
• Australian Professional Leagues (APL)
  • Director (2020 – 2023)
• Premier Fresh Australia (2003 – present)
  • CEO

Board Member

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Intro:

This week we welcome Tom Sermanni.

From coaching the Matildas (3 times), the US women’s national team, the NZ Football Ferns, working in Japan, USA & Australia in professional club football, Tommy has absolutely been there, seen that, got the T-shirt to prove it.

He has also achieved great success over his 35+ years, such as winning the Asian Cup, reaching the quarter finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, twice, as well as winning the NSWL equivalent at the turn of the century.

Tom is a peoples coach, with such great character, care & experience, this episode shows developing coaches and athletes a real sense of what is required to make it to pinnacle of your chosen sports.

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Player:

• Albian Rovers (Scotland)
• Blackpool, Torquay United Dunfermline Athletic
• Marconi, Canberra City (AUS)
• Christchurch United (NZ)

Club Coach:

• Canberra Croatia (player coach) (1988 – 1991)
• Australian Institute of Sport (1991 – 1992)
• Westfields Sports High School (1992 & 2004)   
• Sydney Olympic (1993 – 1994)
• Sanfreece Hiroshima (assistant) (1997 – 1999)
• Canberra Cosmos (1999 – 2001)
• San Jose CyberRays (assistant) (2001 – 2002)
  • NWSL equivalent 
  • Champions
• New York Power (2003)
• Orlando Pride NWSL (2016 – 2018)
• Western Sydney Wanderers (2022 - present)

International Coach:

• Australian Schoolboys (1989 – 1991)
• Australia Women’s (1994 – 1997)
  • OFC Women’s Championship (1994)
  • FIFA World Cup (1995)
  • Olympic Games (1996)
• Australia Mens scout (2005 - 2008)
• Australia Women’s (2005 - 2012)
  • Asian Cup Runners Up (2006)
  • FIFA World Cup quarterfinalist (2007 & 2011)
  • AFC Coach of the Year (2007)
  • Olympic Games (2008 & 2012)
  • Asian Cup 4th place (2008)
  • Asian Cup Champions (2010)
• USA women’s (2013 – 2014)
  • Algarve Cup winners (2013)
• Canada women’s assistant (2014 – 2015)
  • FIFA World Cup quarterfinalist (2015)
• New Zealand women (2018 – 2021)
  • OFC Nations Cup winners (2018)
  • FIFA Women’s world cup 2019
  • Olympic Games 2020
• Australia women’s interim (2024 -2025)

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Intro:

Todays guest is Geni O’Keeffe.

Geni is a mum to Poppy. A 17 year old talented football player, currently with our Melbourne Victory A league women’s squad as a youth development contracted player.

This is a great conversation about navigating the challenges of the professional level as a teenage athlete, relocating the family to access better opportunities, the challenges of balancing education and sporting commitments and much more.

Geni is a sporting parent who is finding solutions to the daily challenges of having a high performing, talented youth athlete in the house, which we know resonates with a large part of our audience. 

There’s plenty to get out of this episode.

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Family

• 4 children, all sporty, especially tennis.

Poppy (16 years old):

• Murray United
  • Playing in a boys team up to U13s
  • Played representative soccer
• Football Victory NTC & Emerging programs
  • NTC U17, U20 and NPLW competitions
  • National Youth Championship  
  • National Futsal (2020 – present), Championship Winners (2023)
• Melbourne Victory A league women’s
  • Pre Academy Centre (2019 - 2020)
  • Elite Girls Program (2021 – 2023)
  • Train on player (2023/24)
  • Youth Development Contract (2023 - 25)
    • A league pre season match vs Western United
• Football Australia
  • Aus Junior Matildas U17 training camps (2023 - 2024)

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Intro:
Women’s Super League Head Coach and former Socceroo Dario Vidosic is this week's guest on STRIVE 365.

Having played professionally for more than 13 years in the Australian A league, German Bundesliga, the Swiss, Chinese and Korean premier leagues, as well as representing Australia, Dario shares a lot of experiences and advice to aspiring athletes.

At only 38 years old, he is now the head coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in one of the best women's football leagues in the world. Having cut his teeth as a youth coach in the City Football Group, Dario provides us lessons he had discovered as a young coach learning his craft.

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Athlete:
o Brisbane Roar (2006 - 2007)
o Australian Institute of Sport (2006)
o FC Nurnberg, German Bundesliga (2007 – 2011)
o Adelaide United (2011 - 2013)
o FC Sion, Switzerland (2013 - 2015)
o Western Sydney Wanderers (2015 - 2016)
o Liaoning Whowin, Chinese Super League (2016)
o Seongnam FC, Korea (2017)
o Wellington Phoenix (2017)
o Melbourne City (2017 - 2019)
o ATK, Indian Super League (2019)
o Australia Socceroo’s (23 Caps)
o Australia U20s
o Australia U23
Coach (38 years old):
o Melbourne City (2021– 2024)
o Academy boys head coach
o A league women’s assistant coach
o A league women’s head coach
o Premiers 2023/24
o PFA coach of the year 2023/24
o Brighton & Hove Albion, Women’s Super League (2024 - present)
o Head Coach

Chapters -
0:20 Gareth & Dario’s connection story
1:25 Head Coach of Brighton & Hove Albion in the WSL 
o Management of squad & competitions
o Match day travel preparations
o Weekly periodisation
o Dario’s coaching philosophy
o Recruitment into the role
o Young and Australian stereotypes in the UK
35:00 Dario’s time at Melbourne City 
41:00 How has being an Ex ex-professional athlete accelerated your coaching?
47:00 Struggles as a young athlete at the AIS
55:00 Advice from Dario’s support network
1:01:40 Moving aboard / the first big step 
1:08:00 Advice for support people 
1:14:25 Quick Fire Questions 

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Intro:
Experienced youth coach Robbie Johnson joins us this week on STRIVE 365.

With over 35 years of coaching youth footballers in the UK academy system, as well as youth international and senior professional teams, Robbie knows what it takes to develop young athletes to the highest levels.

With a wealth of experience also interacting with parents, Robbie now turns his focus to supporting the growth of aspiring coaches, so this episode really does cater for all 3 of our main audiences.

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Coach:
o University of Liverpool (1990 – 1996)
o Liverpool Football Club (1986 – 2008)
o Liverpool Schools FA
o Academy Head Coach
o Liverpool Ladies FC (2008 – 2012)
o Head Coach
o Wigan Athletic & Tranmere Rovers (2013 – 2016)
o Academy Phase lead & coach
o Jordan Women’s U17 National Team (2016)
o Head Coach
o FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup host
o Everton Football Club (2018-present)
o Youth Development Phase coach
o Owner / Director The Soccer Consultant (2018 – present)
o Director of Football
o Coach Mentor and Freelance
o The Choices’ Voice
o SportSessionPlanner

Chapters -
0:20 Gareth & Declan’s connection story
1:00 Coaching International football in Jordan 
4:00 The Coach, The Parent, The Club with the Athlete in the middle 
9:00 15 years at the Liverpool Football Club
17:00 Youth Development Phase lead at Everton Football Club
26:00 Formal education and informal mentoring  
40:00 Connection with parents
48:30 Key traits for the top 5% of athletes all have in common
1:00:00 Coaching Liverpool Ladies 
1:05:40 Quick Fire Questions 


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Intro:

This week, we welcome our next triple threat, Declan Edge.

One of NZ's most outspoken football personalities, Declan has the track record and mentality to back it up.

After a professional and international playing career, Declan was the catalyst for a stable of future NZ All Whites before building the Ole Academy and is now testing his principles in Europe. Declan is also dad to Harry and uncle to Jesse, both youth international athletes in their own right.

What a treat it is to speak with a great football mind, lateral thinker and someone who wholeheartedly follows his own beliefs.

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Player

• Shrewsbury Town
• Gisborne City
• Notts County
• Adelaide Juventus
• Various NZ clubs
• New Zealand All Whites (26 caps)

Coach:

• Tauranga, Melville United (Assistant coach)
• Waikato FC 
  • NZ National League
• Ole Football Academy
  • Western Suburbs
• Vanuatu U20 head coach
• Torslanda IK (Sweden)

Parent:

• Harry Edge
  • PEC Zolle (2014)
  • Tuks (South Africa)
  • Auckland City
  • Eastern Suburbs
  • Torslanda IK (Sweden)
•        Jesse Edge (nephew)
  • Waikato FC
  • Auckland City
  • Achilles ’29 (holland)
  • Zeleziarne Podbrezova (Slovakia)
  • New Zealand U17 FIFA World Cup (2011)
  • New Zealand U20 FIFA World Cup (2014)

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Hi guys, as we get close to launching into a new season of STRIVE 365, I hope you have enjoyed listening to some of the re-released eps from season 1. This weeks release is a re-post from when I was a guest of Dr Craig Harrison on his podcast, ‘The Athlete Development Show’. back in July 2023

This conversation was all about our ideas around  how to best support the development of youth athletes, through concepts of play, joy, exploration and my love for sport psychology.

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Today, I welcome Wellington Phoenix AND Melbourne Victory Legend, Marco Rojas.

Marco is a fan favourite of two rival clubs, which isn’t an easy feat. We chart his football journey, where various overseas challenges are interspersed by returning back to the Australian A league.

Having also represented New Zealand at international level over 45 times, Marco has many insights to share about taking the gradual steps and the leap of faith required to make it to the top.

Ok, let's go.

Athlete:

• Waikato FC & Hamilton Wanderers, NZ National League
• Wynrs Football Academy, Hamilton.
• Wellington Phoenix, Australia A League (2009-2011)
• Melbourne Victory, Australia A League (2011-2013)
  • Johnny Warren Medal (2012/23)
  • A League Young Footballer of the year (2012/13)
• Vfb Stuttgart (2013-2016)
  • Various loans throughout Germany 
• Melbourne Victory, Australia A League (2016/2017)
• Heerenveen, Dutch Eriodivse (2017 – 2019)
• SonderjskE, Danish Superliga (2019 – 2020)
• Melbourne Victory, Australia A League (2020-2022)
  • FFA Cup winner 2020
• Colo-Colo, Chile Premera Division (2022-2023)
  • Copa Chile Cup Winners 2023
• Brisbane Roar, Australia A League (2023/24)
• Wellington Phoenix (2024 – current)
• NZ Football 
• FIFA U20 World Cup in Columbia (2011)
• All Whites (2011 – present)
  • 45 caps, 5 goals
  • Olympic Games 2012
  • Oceania Footballer of the Year 2012

Chapters -

1.45 Gareth & Marco’s connection story

4.15 Humble beginnings in the Waikato 

7.00 The role & influence that dad played in Marco's journey

14.45 The Yellow Fever Scholarship 

19.00 Trials….

30.45 The first pro contract

36.40 The move to Melbourne Victory

43.20 Marco taking on Europe

48.00 Traits of great managers

52.00 Representing the National Team

57.30 Quick Fire Questions 

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