Mid-major announcement to start with: Ranting Soccer Dad now has its own site. I’m not married to the design yet, … More
Category: youth soccer
Spirit season recap and a post-Vegas anti-cynicism rant
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, the Ranting Soccer Dad podcast opens with a few thoughts on why … More
Is youth soccer doomed to suck?
Flying solo on Ranting Soccer Dad this week and wondering whether there’s any way youth soccer can be a positive … More
How do we raise soft, tattooed millionaires? Alexi Lalas on RSD
Alexi Lalas is a Soccer Hall of Famer. He’s also an entertainer, with interests in music as well as riling … More
Podcast, Ep. 10 – Ronnie Woodard on women in coaching, youth soccer madness
Tennessee Soccer Club’s Ronnie Woodard is a legit women’s soccer pioneer — first scholarship player and goalkeeper at Duke, … More
Podcast, Ep. 9 — Girls’ Development Academy with Travis Clark, plus a soccerpolitical rant
The podcast starts this week with a bit of a political rant. The news on DACA is hard to ignore, … More
Podcast, Ep. 8 — Youth development and women’s soccer with Kris Ward
Kris Ward has done a bit of everything in coaching at a relatively young age — high school, Development Academy, ODP, college, … More
Podcast, Ep. 7 — Smarter soccer parents with Skye Eddy Bruce
With all due respect to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (now known as Will Smith), sometimes parents DO … More
Podcast: Ep. 6 — The Big Questions with Bobby Warshaw
“If you let your kid play sports, she’ll grow up to be a productive member of society! If you don’t, … More
Podcast: Episode 3 with Gwendolyn Oxenham and extraordinary women’s soccer stories
Gwendolyn Oxenham and I both went to Duke, but she’s a more typical Dukie overachiever — soccer player, filmmaker, author, etc. Her … More