#soccerchat

How did Nick's team do? He discusses this along with Shaun's club team preparing for an upcoming showcase. This week the guys are joined by Beau Farrell of SLSG and formerly of Shattuck-St. Mary's. The fellas talk all things recruiting, life at a boarding school, and the misconceptions about boarding school teams. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr and the hashtag #SoccerChat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Nick Rizzo- www.twitter.com/CoachNRizzo Shaun Soderling - www.twitter.com/CoachSoderling Guest: Beau Ferrell - http://www.twitter.com/CoachB_Farrell ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstudentathletes.com FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/HSSocialMedia TWITTER - www.twitter.com/HSSocialMedia

Nick's team is heading to the playoffs! But first, Nick and Shaun are joined by a fantastic coach in just his 2nd year of coaching! Spencer Sandow is the Graduate Assistant coach for the Lakeland University women's team and has already made a name for himself in just a short time. Spencer tells us how he got into coaching, what that transition was like, how he's enjoying his new passion, working for 2 different head coaches in his first 2 seasons, learning to network, and what he will take from this experience to wherever the future takes him. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr and the hashtag #SoccerChat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Nick Rizzo- www.twitter.com/CoachNRizzo Shaun Soderling - www.twitter.com/CoachSoderling Guest: Spencer Sandow - http://lakelandmuskies.com/coaches.aspx?rc=336&path=wsoc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstu

Nick and Shaun enjoy a great conversation with University of Michigan Women's Assistant Kai Edwards. Kai comes to the podcast highly suggested and you'll see why. Go on the journey with Kai from a California 2nd degree black belt to Ann Arbor. Kai gives insight on how he's taken pieces from all of his stops to become successful, what it was like coaching his first team featuring Christen Press and Whitney Egan, and all things about the coaching business. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr and the hashtag #SoccerChat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Nick Rizzo- www.twitter.com/CoachNRizzo Shaun Soderling - www.twitter.com/CoachSoderling Guest: Kai Edwards - http://www.mgoblue.com/coaches.aspx?rc=209&path=wsoc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstudentathletes.com FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/HSSocialMedia TWITTER - www.twitter.com/HSSocialMedia

This week Nick and Shaun are joined by William Penn Associate Head Coach Simon Brown. Simon talks with the guys about coming to the US from Ireland to coach, differences between coaching courses in the states and Europe, the grind to getting the job he's in currently, how YouTube helped his goalkeeper training, inside secrets to recruiting, and his great impression of Conor McGregor. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr and the hashtag #SoccerChat! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hosts: Nick Rizzo- www.twitter.com/CoachNRizzo Shaun Soderling - www.twitter.com/CoachSoderling Guest: Simon Brown - www.twitter.com/CoachSimonBrown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstudentathletes.com FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/HSSocialMedia TWITTER - www.twitter.com/HSSocialMedia

The first edition of the #soccerchat special shows, Shaun & Nick are joined by their friends Jon and Jacob for a roundtable discussion about the current state of US Soccer following #USMNT Head Coach Bruce Arena' resignation and USSF President Sunil Guliati's decision not to step down. The group discusses how the USMNT got to this point, how and why things need to change, and if given the opportunity what would they do to make it better. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr! Nick Rizzo- www.twitter.com/CoachNRizzo Shaun Soderling - www.twitter.com/CoachSoderling Jon Denham - www.twitter.com/Denham_Jon Jacob Smith- www.twitter.com/Whitetastic10 SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstudentathletes.com FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/HSSocialMedia TWITTER - www.twitter.com/HSSocialMedia

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo open up the show with their thoughts from the depressing US Soccer game against T&T, but the mood lightens up when they're joined by Paul Lawrence, Head Coach of Florida Southern. Paul educates us on what it's like to take a coaching course from the English FA and how it differs from the classes here in the states, where he learned to be such a successful recruiter, how he found himself in Florida after time in Michigan, and more details on the time he send Raliegh DeRose on a blind recruiting trip with Nick! Great conversation that you're really going to enjoy! Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following www.twitter.com/ChatSoccr! SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete WEB - www.socialstudentathletes.com FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/HSSocialMedia TWITTER - www.twitter.com/HSSocialMedia

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo chat along with Marisa Kresge from the University of Wisconsin. Tons of fun here as Marisa and Nick share camp stories, Marisa tells us about her journey in coaching, and her weakness about coaching U11s after working with college kids during the day. Great conversation that you're really going to enjoy! Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo have a chat with NKU Men's Head Coach @StuRiddle about his 1st fall in charge of the Norse, his previous stints at Buffalo and Western Michigan, how those jobs molded him into the coach he is today, being a GA at age 30, the importance of social media, building a staff, and the challenges he's set for his program to achieve in the future. Great conversation with a head coach on the rise who has left his mark everywhere he's been. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo go around the table with Bianca Jauregui (Illinois-Springfield Asst.), Clifford Jordan (Knox College Asst.), and Ian Wilson (Illinois Wesleyan University Asst. This fun group discuss how they all first met, every aspect of recruiting, the difference (or lack thereof) between the division levels in college soccer, what their programs and schools look like, how the became college coaches, along with some great stories in coaching. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo chat with Mike Kobylinski the women's head coach at Central College. Mike explains how he and his wife balance their very different work lives, what he feels is a top prospect, how his staff recruits, what it was like when their team tore Nick's team to shreds, Rob and Big, his love of old school hiphop, and how he's changed as a coach for the better of his teams and their success.. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo sit down with Indian Hills CC Head Coach Jon Fridal (@CoachFridal) and discuss the transition from NCAA to NJCAA. Jon debunks many of the theories on JUCO programs, how his team communicates with so many different nationalities on the roster, what's been the most impressive thing since moving to JUCO, where his coaching philosophies come from, and what has helped him the most at IHCC that he learned from a previous job. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo are joined this week by Mississippi State Women's Associate Head Coach Matt Kagan. Matt's one of the #GoodBrothers in the coaching profession that's always willing to help. Matt explains how coaching in every corner of the country has gotten him to the point he is at now, and what motivates him for the future. Coach Kagan always chats about working on staff with his best friends, being married to a coach, and who his biggest influences in coaching are. Matt's also a great recruiter who gives you the information on how he's become one of the top recruiters in the country. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

This is a special edition of #Soccerchat with University of Houston Women's Head Coach Diego Bocanegra (@Diego13Boca). We were lucky enough to get to chat with Coach Bocanegra after he sent out a tweet asking the soccer community for help in donating clothing items to the Houston community following the lead of basketball coach Kelvin Sampson. Hear how his team learned about the weather before getting on a flight back to Houston, how the players are dealing with being apart from their teammates and staff, and how he's keeping together his team and home. To donate items please send them to: Coach Diego Bocanegra University of Houston Women's Soccer 3204 Cullen Blvd, Suite 2015 Houston, TX 77204

Matt Smith (www.twitter.com/Smitty1915) is the assistant coach for new www.twitter.com/OUAZWSOC program. He tells @CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo about putting law school on hold to start coaching, how he's coached various teams all at once while also teaching, coaching with his wife as an assistant, helping jump start a successful club, taking his club teams across the country, and trying to recruit kids while not having any field or even any buildings on their campus. Coach Smith also gives great insight to anyone needing information on the recruiting process. Great guest, and even better conversation. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo have a chat with @CoachHageage, technical director of @MSCsoccerclub and member of the United Soccer Coaches National Staff. Coach Hageage was previously the head coach at D1 Eastern Washington University for 14 years as well as that region's technical director. Learn about George go from becoming a doctor to coaching full time, coaching with his wife Tamara, why he feels player development is so important, and a great story about the lights going out at a park during a recruiting trip. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo are joined by club coach Scott Wilson from @INFireJrsSouth. Coach Wilson has also been a head coach at the HS and NCAA levels. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge to the chat, but also how he mentors younger coaches without really doing so as well as how he constantly is in the need to learn more about coaching and wanting to see every side to every topic. He even shares some funny bits during Shaun's time as his assistant. This episode is very educational and information with great tips for younger and older coaches! Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

Pull up a chair, order a drink and sit back as @CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo are joined by best friends Nathan Kogut (@TheNathanK9) of Illinois College and Patrick McGinnis (@pmcginnis) of Ohio Dominican Women's team. Nathan and Pat tell us how quickly they became friends, the importance of having a close friend in the coaching world, Pat's love for darts, tips for young coaches, how they quit head coaching jobs in the same week, and why they often get confused as members of Rascal Flatts. This episode is a party for sure. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo are joined by Raliegh DeRose, assistant women's coach at Brown. Raliegh is a current member of the prestigious NSCAA 30 Under 30 program. Coach DeRose explains growing up in a life of a coach's daughter, her HS team's favorite pump up jam, adjusting to life on her own, and the moment she realized she could handle the coaching world. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo are joined by the Western Michigan Women's Head Coach, Lauren Sinacola. In a wide range of topics, the trio cover everything from Lauren's journey as a player to coach, how she transitioned from an interim head coach to head coach, how her staff brings their personalities into recruiting, Nick & Lauren's love for Nelly, and just how in the world she got the nickname Smurf. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.

@CoachSoderling & @CoachNRizzo sit down with the 4x NCAA National Champion Tar Heel, former US National player, and current UWSP Women's Head Coach Dawn Crow (@Bootit05)! Dawn shares her story of growing up in Texas and making the move to play with Mia Hamm and company. Hear the ups and downs of her time at UNC from not passing the fitness tests and not being on the travel squad to scoring in the National Championship. Coach Crow gets in deep about the differences, or lack thereof, between Division 1 and Division 3 soccer. Join the discussion on twitter every Wednesday night at 9:30PM EST using #SoccerChat or following @ChatSoccr. SPONSOR: Social Media For The High School Athlete, www.socialstudentathletes.com, also on Facebook/Twitter at @HSSocialMedia.