One of good friends that we haven't had on the show (for whatever reason, we don't know).  So good to be joined by the new University of Kanas head coach Nate Lie!  Coming off massive success at Xavier, Nate explains the toughness in his decision to head to KU and you'll love hearing his passion for every place he has coached. What a story Nate has about turning to coaching after leaving the corporate world trading in suits for boots.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Nate Lie~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is p ..read more

Three years in the making...we finally got the one and only Julianne Sitch from the University of Denver on the show!  One of the cool things about talking to Julianne is once you start talking about soccer or coaching you see such a ray of sunshine radiate from her smile.  We chatted with her about being a professional player living her dream playing in her hometown, going into the coaching ranks, winning a National Championship as the head coach of a Men's teams, to getting a job in her dream destination. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST ..read more

The Icon, the Legend, the some might say "controversial"....no matter what you call him, all of us know his work to help make the game what it is from the 90's to now, we have with us the USMNT goat Alexi Lalas!  Alexi swings by to talk music, Fox Sports' upcoming summer of soccer, his recent fandom of WWE, and his journey to becoming one of the most well known  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Alexi Lalas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is powered by EXACT Sports.  EXACT empowers youth athletes through mental trainin ..read more

Just for yall its the 200th episode of #SoccerChat featuring 3 interviews....AND NICK'S BACK! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Jessica Clinton, Oakland Soul Head Coach Nicole Lukic, Minnesota Aurora FC Head Coach and Sporting Director Tiffany Weimer & Adelaide Gay, duktig brand founders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is powered by EXACT Sports.  EXACT empowers youth athletes through mental training in an ID Camp atmosphere as well as provides college coaches with opportunities to network and actively recruit high quality ta ..read more

This week we have two incredible coaches making their #SoccerChat debuts!  Good friends of the show Nicole Cooper from Southwest Mississippi Community College and Jen Klein from the University of Michigan joined up with us at the United Soccer Coaches convention in Anaheim for a great conversation! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Nicole Cooper, SMCC Women's Head Coach Jen Klein, Michigan Women's Head Coach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is powered by EXACT Sports.  EXACT empowers youth athletes through mental training in ..read more

Our most STAR STUDDED LINEUP YET! Have we ever had this many trophies on one show before? The Fox Soccer crew stopped by before their United Soccer Coaches Convention panel to chop it up about their upcoming summer schedule of the Euros and Copa America tournaments...talk about "the old days"...and just some great, well you know, soccer chat!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Warren Barton, Maurice Edu, Carli Lloyd, Landon Donovan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is powered by EXACT Sports.  EXACT empowers youth athletes th ..read more

ONE WEEK AWAY FROM United Soccer Coaches Convention and we're back this week with Morgan Ruhl (United Soccer Coaches 30 Under 30) who will be presenting on Saturday about Goalkeeping!  Morgan gives us her coaching background and has a scientific question for the guys that will stump most! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo Shaun Soderling GUEST: Morgan Ruhl, Northwestern Women's GK Coach ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SoccerChat is powered by EXACT Sports.  EXACT empowers youth athletes through mental training in an ID Camp atmosphere as well as provides col ..read more

Zach Hanson from Eastern Kentucky University hops on this week to talk about his upcoming field and lecture sessions at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Anahiem.  Zach is a long friend of the show and it was great having him on talk not just about his sessions, but also what the convention has meant to his career from attending, being involved with the Asian and Pacific Islander Community, and the network he's created.  Make sure to check out his on-field session on January 12 at 10:15AM and then follow him for his lecture presentation with his 30 Under 30 colleagues! DON'T F ..read more

United Soccer Coaches Director of Education Programs David Simeone hangs out and gets you prepared for the educational side of this year's convention!  David and his team has put together some incredible sessions and certificates for Anaheim that we know you're going to like!  Don't forget to use SOCCERCHAT24 and save on convention registration before the end of the year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo, St. Mary's Minnesota Women's Head Coach Shaun Soderling, Brescia University Women's Head Coach GUEST: David Simeone,  United Soccer Coaches Director ..read more

From the weird of Shaun having a chat with Nick's soon to be born baby, to the professionalism of Shaun's daughter Quinn asking the first interview question to the amazing insight of all things United Soccer Coaches Convention with massive friend of the show Geoff VanDeusen.  If what Geoff tells you gets you excited for convention, go register NOW and until the end of the year get a discount that's only available for SoccerChat listeners!  Use SOCCERCHAT24 and save on convention registration before it's too late! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOSTS: Nick Rizzo, St. Mary's Minne ..read more