The Deu Awuok Show

Hi ladies and gents, welcome to episode 7 of The Deu Awuok Show, where it is my job to interview professional and collegiate soccer players about their life journeys around the beautiful game.

In this episode, I speak with Olu Oyegunle, a member of the Syracuse University men's soccer program. Amongst other things, we talk about his experience winning the treble (ACC regular season, ACC Tournament, & National Championship), playing in Europe, and getting called up to the u17 Canada National Team. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Hi ladies and gents, welcome to episode 6 of The Deu Awuok Show, where it is my job to interview professional and collegiate soccer players about their life journeys around the beautiful game.

In this episode, I speak with An Le, a former men’s soccer player at Yale University. We talk about his experience playing club and high school soccer with his twin brother Binh, his D1 college recruiting process, how he successfully balanced playing a Division 1 sport, the rigorous academic challenges of an IVY league institution, and recruiting for a career as an investment banker. I enjoyed & found this conservation insightful, and I hope you do too.

Hi ladies and gents, welcome to episode 5 of The Deu Awuok Show, where it is my job to interview professional and collegiate soccer players about their life journeys around the beautiful game.

In this episode, I speak with Waniya Hudson, a member of Notre Dame’s women's soccer program.  We talk about her experience playing for the Olympic Development Program, growing up playing with a boy’s team, her very impressive high school career at Greece Athena where she was a 4-year starter and an All-American, as well as her college recruiting process and experience playing at the Division 1 level. I hope you enjoy the episode!

Hi ladies and gents, welcome to episode 4 of The Deu Awuok Show, where it is my job to interview professional and collegiate soccer players about their life journeys around the beautiful game. 

In this episode, I speak with Abdi Salim, a recent 1st round draft pick playing for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. 

Abdi was part of the Syracuse team that recently completed the sweep, winning the ACC regular season, the ACC tournament, and the national championship, becoming only the 2nd team to ever accomplish this feat. Amongst other things, we discuss his experience playing D1 soccer, winning the national championship, getting drafted to the MLS, and his “welcome to the league” moment: going up against Christian Benteke.  I hope you enjoy this episode.

Hi ladies and gents, welcome to episode 3 of The Deu Awuok Shown, where it is my job to interview professional and collegiate soccer players about their life journeys around the beautiful game. 

On this episode, I speak with Nick Szabo, a former teammate of mine during my time at Canisius.  We talk about his experience playing for Empire Academy, now rebranded as Rochester NY FC, and the sacrifices made to play academy soccer, his D1 recruiting process and lessons learned, as well as successfully balancing playing a D1 sport while majoring in Finance, minoring in Computer Science and having a part-time job. Nick is one of the smartest, hardest-working people I know and I think you guys will enjoy this episode.

In this episode, I speak with Machop Chol, a professional soccer player for Atlanta United in the Major League Soccer and a South Sudan national team member. 

We talk about his experience growing up in Atlanta and getting the opportunity to play for the academy, playing Division 1 soccer at Wake Forest and leading them to the national cup, signing a professional contract, and getting to play with the likes of Miguel Almiron of Newcastle United and Thiago Almada, who recently won the World Cup with Argentina. 

Thanks for tuning in, I hope you enjoy the episode.

Hi Ladies & Gents,

Welcome to the first episode of The Deu Awuok Show!

The beautiful game of soccer has given me so much; from helping me get acclimated to a new country to meeting lifelong friends from across the world while learning a few life lessons along the way. This is my story with the beautiful game of soccer. 

Thanks for tuning in, I hope you enjoy the episode.

Welcome to the Deu Awuok Show, a podcast where I will be interviewing professional & collegiate (NCAA D1) soccer players. We discuss these baller's life journeys around the beautiful game of soccer