We Are Soccer Central

Like everyone else in the soccer world Robert Kerr and his guest, Chris Rosin, have World cup fever while simultaneously feeing icky about the host nation of Qatar. Robert and his friend from soccer banter about the upcoming World Cup, what has them excited about it, what has them feeling uneasy, and who has a shot at winning the whole thing.

This week, Robert Kerr is back in full force with a pair of successful coaches in the state of Michigan. First up is Jon Evans, who has led Grosse Ile's boys varsity team to five consecutive State Cup Final appearances. Next up is Emily Ottenhoff from Calvin College's women's team. Ottenhoff led the Knights to an undefeated regular season and an MIAA tournament championship ahead of the NCAA Division III tournament.

Robert Kerr keeps it short this week with a quick update on the Michigan Stars run to the NISA Championship Game this weekend as well as a look back to about a year ago when Stars owner George Juncaj foresaw his team's success in 2022.

Detroit City FC's season came to a close last weekend after a 3-1 loss to Memphis 901 in the first round of the USL Championship Playoffs. In order to look back on the club's first season in the second tier of American soccer, Robert Kerr welcomes writer and DCFC supporter Sean Spence to the program. The pair review the season that was and look ahead to what could be after what should be an interesting offseason for Le Rouge.

Robert Kerr returns to the professional ranks to get this week's show started as he welcomes Jer Staes and Fletcher Sharpe from the Daily Detroit podcast to take a look at how Detroit City FC faired in their first USL Championship regular season ahead of their playoff match this Saturday against Memphis 901. After that, Josh Hakala comes on to recap a hectic weekend in Brighton at the Michigan Girls State Cup.

This week Robert Kerr highlights one of the great turnaround stories in high school soccer. Nicolas Suarez, head coach at Ypsilanti Community Schools comes on the show to talk about how he took a program that was struggling to even exist and turned it into a successful team and powerful force within the diverse city of Ypsilanti. Robert then welcomes Brother Rice boys head coach Danny Price back to the show to talk about how his team is preparing for the upcoming boys state playoffs.

Robert Kerr takes a trip to the west side of the state this week to converse with a couple of Grand Rapids area guests. First up is Katie Hultin, first year head coach of Grand Valley State, the two time defending Division 2 Women's National Champions. Next is MSC correspondent Steve Corcoran, who traveled to the final event of the season for The Soccer Rebellion, their national championships in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Detroit City FC takes center stage this week after their come from behind 2-2 draw at home against FC Tulsa over the weekend. Robert Kerr caught up with forward Yazeed Matthews and head coach Trevor James at Keyworth Stadium after the match. Robert is then joined by Nolan Bianchi of the Detroit News. Nolan has been covering Detroit City all season long and he brings his unique perspective to the show as a relatively new soccer fan covering this interesting team.

This week, Robert Kerr brings on a pair of guests involved with some brand new teams in the state of Michigan. First up is Louis Stephens founder of Rapid City FC, a new indoor club starting play in Grand Rapids this December. Next is Alex Lubyansky, CEO of Gold Star Detroit FC, a new club entering NISA for the 2023 season. Gold Star has lofty ambitions that include the first ever soccer specific stadium in Michigan and a pathway for local talent to eventually play in the UEFA Champions League.

Robert Kerr talks to Detroit City FC goalkeeper Ryan Shellow fresh off his professional debut last weekend in a cold, rainy match against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks. Shellow and DCFC took all three points away from home and was glad to get his first pro game under his belt. Western Michigan University men's soccer head coach Chad Wiseman then joins the show to talk about the hot start for his Broncos as well as the ambitions he has for the program and the rest of the Mid-American Conference.