Episode 192 – Tarini Bhoga won the 5A girls state championship in 2024, her senior year. And, she’s headed to play at UT Arlington in August. In this episode we learn a little about this dual sport athlete, her mindset, and her future. Resources: Centennial High School Athletics: https://www.friscoisd.org/departments/athletics/homeUT Arlington Women’s Golf: https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-golf ..read more

Episode 191 – This episode is tough. It uncovers the pain of teenage girls and their experience with their basketball coach reaching back to the 1990s. We read through the March 2024 Texas Monthly article “A Coach Pleaded Guilty to Charges Related to Sexually Harassing Athletes—Yet He’s Still Working With Young Girls” by Alexandra Samuels and Dan Solomon.  My friends are some of the victims. It hurts to know what they went through and the pain they’ve held onto into adulthood. The families of the victims in this article have gotten together to help talk about action they can take going fo ..read more

Episode 190 – Antonio Carrera will tell you it’s faith, family, and soccer, in that order. He leads with love and gives his all on the field. From being the 33rd homegrown for FC Dallas and growing up through the system starting at age 10, to getting a lot of international experience already in his young career, he’s on ‘a linear path of growth’. They call him The Wall for a good reason. Listen to Toño talk about this family, teammates, and more in this episode of Hustle & Pro.  Bio: https://www.fcdallas.com/players/antonio-carrera/ Website: https://www.teamcarrera.com Antonio on Inst ..read more

Episode 187 – Jamie Lovegrove’s soccer story is from Crawley, England and includes professional soccer, junior college, and now 150 goals with the Dallas Sidekicks. Join us as we sit down with Jamie to hear about Tatu’s influence on him, his brother’s pull that brought him to the U.S., a his own coaching career so far.  Jamie Lovegrove: Sidekicks Bio | Instagram Dallas Sidekicks: dallassidekicks.com ..read more

Episode 186 – Local League Hopefuls | The East-West Shrine Bowl is basically a job interview for the NFL. Players get the opportunity to get in front of league reps and agents for the days leading up to the Shrine Bowl with the ultimate goal of getting drafted into the National Football League. Since the Shrine Bowl was in Frisco for the first time in 2024, we decided to go find a few local players. We talked to Ryan Watts, Tyler Owens, and Willis Patrick about their football careers so far and where they hope to go from here.  RESOURCES: Ryan Watts: ESPN Bio | Instagram: @theryanwatts_ ..read more

Episode 185 – Trey Taylor We take a break during Shrine Bowl week to talk to Frisco’s own Trey Taylor about football and family. Playing high school football for Lone Star High School, Trey is no stranger to playing at The Star. Maybe it gives him a slight advantage for this week – one of the most important, life-changing times of his life. There are 500 NFL scouts and reps in Frisco during the week leading up to the East-West Shrine Bowl. It’s a weeklong interview to play in the NFL. Resources: Trey Taylor: IG: @ovo.trey10 X: @trey_taylor007 Shrine Bowl ..read more

Episode 184 – Take a quick rewind into 2023 guests. What stood out to you? What episodes were the most popular? From FC Dallas players, RoughRiders and Rangers staff and front office to high school multi-sport athletes, youth golfers, branding experts, and pro basketball players, we talked to a lot of fascinating people in 2023. In this episode I also take a minute to reflect on how we got to where we are today with Hustle and Pro.  And, when I say we, that's how it started but it's really just me now, and my guests and my audience. WE are the collective who make up this little side passi ..read more

Episode 183 – Sydney Deckert stops by on her winter break from Tiffin University. I knew Sydney when she played at Wakeland High School, and I knew she had a knee injury that took her out of the game her senior season. We discussed that and how the next few years afterwards are playing out, with ups and downs she’s still working though, including a second recovery from ACL repair. When you look up resilient in the dictionary you may just find a picture of this girl.  Find us on YouTube @hustleandpro to see each published episode. Follow on IG @hustle_and_pro to see my day-to-day as a spor ..read more

Another basketball season in Frisco, another great time chatting with the Texas Legends players. We get to know Dexter Dennis, Jordan ‘Jelly’ Walker, Mike Miles Jr, and Maxime Carene as they get amped to start the 2023-24 season with Frisco’s GLeague squad.  Resources: Dexter Dennis: BIO Jordan 'Jelly' Walker: BIO Mike Miles Jr.: BIO Maxime Carene: BIO Texas Legends: Website | Instagram | Facebook | X ..read more

Hustle and Pro – Episode 181: On this episode we talk with former MLS/EPL great and TOCA Founder/President Eddie Lewis. Plus, we get some bonus footage as we give the new TOCA Training studio a go. Eddie played in the inaugural MLS season, two World Cups, and many a season in the US and across the pond. Then, he created TOCA to help soccer players with control and awareness. Now with almost 40 TOCA locations he’s teaming up with FC Dallas to help improve player development in their already strong homegrown academy system.  Resources: FC Dallas: https://www.fcdallas.com | Article on the Pa ..read more