March 11, 2024 • 19 mins
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CK on Sports. It is FoxSports Radio. It is my pleasure to
be joined by Adrian Sorensen. Howare you doing, Adrian, I'm good,
k thanks so much for having meon. So, Adrian, you
are the head coach at San JoaquinDelta College. Go Mustangs. I went
to San Joaquin Delta College. Myfirst taste in radio was at KSJC at
Delta College. Then I ended upgoing to k Win from there, let's
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go. Okay, I love that, I love them, sang yeah.
Man. So I was at KSJC, then went to k WIN and that's
where my career completely blew up.And here I am now. But let's
talk about you. So, SanJoaquin Delta College, the Stockton Cargo,
tell me your roles, what youdo, and let's talk about women's soccer
for a minute. Okay, Ilove that. Yeah. So I've been
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coaching at Delta College since twenty ten, got the head coaching job here at
that point, and the rest iskind of history. I'm just been building
that program. And then Lena reachedout to me a couple of years ago
about wanting to bring women's pre professionalsoccer. Two stocked in and just was
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like, I've I've been fooled.I need to reach out to you and
that you would be a good personto have involved in. So basically from
that point forward, I've been buildingit with the support of Lead and really
really grateful for the opportunity that he'sbrought to not just myself, but to
women and girls and talent in thisarea. And I think for me,
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the biggest thing is just we wantto create a true professional pathway for the
talented women and girls in this areabecause there it is rich with talent in
the Central Valley, as you know, and so there's just really never been
anything here for them in terms ofa real professional pathway to help them get
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to full professional and so bringing thathere has just been honestly such a dream
for me and getting to see itrealized and get to see the community's response
to the project has been phenomenal andsmall growth has been happening. We had
our inaugural season last year and justfinished in the top four, which was
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fantastic of a really tough NorCal Divisioneight seams in Norcow and just being able
to finish in the top four inyear one was phenomenal, But we definitely
have have bigger goals I'm very competitive, and everyone involved in the project is
super competitive, and so we wantto continue to get better and continue to
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get the talent involved from this areaand just keep growing. You're definitely competitive.
I see that you made Stockton Cargocompetitive last year. Some of the
players you're bringing back, Just soyou know, Alexis Brewha, my daughter
played in San Jose State. Welove Bobby. So the fact that Bobby
is back, let's go. Yeah, Bobby is back. Yeah. And
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I've known Bob for years and hadthe opportunity to coach her first season at
Delta, but I've known her sinceshe was fourteen, and and that to
me is she's a great example ofa real diamond that came from Stockton.
And she's not the only one.There's such it's so rich with talent,
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but just the talent being met withopportunity has always been an issue here in
this area. And so being ableto provide that opportunity now for for players
like Boppy and you know, somany more has been awesome. And obviously
a bright star she is. Shewas in the Golden Boot race all of
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last season and and so it's justit's amazing to watch players like her be
able to celebrate and be like thetruest form of themselves on the field.
Obviously like a great goal school,but the way that she celebrates, the
way she brings confidence and enjoy tothe game, I think it's something that
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really reached so many young girls inthe community, you know, along with
the rest of our really talented youngsquad last year, and so yeah,
just meeting that talent with opportunity,I think that's the biggest the biggest thing
for me and providing that pathway.I love the fact that you're doing this
with the Stockton Cargo and you havethis team impacting the community and the next
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level of future stars because and wecan have a very open, honest discussion
about this, we see it happenin Fresno, Modesto, Turlock, Stockton,
some of these better players who endup leaving the area for club soccer
to go play elsewhere. Using mydaughters as an example, my oldest played
at Santa Claara Sporting, my youngestplayed for the San Jose Earthquakes Academy.
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And I'm sure people even in thefive to five nine will look at that
and go, well, why didn'tyou just have them play for Odyssey whatever
club. And I was like,well, because the level of opportunity is
not the same in Fresno Stockton Modesto. But now with something like Stockton Cargo,
you're able to highlight these stars whomay have left and they could have
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played at Placer when they were younger. Right, No, absolutely, and
I think that you know, clubsoccer for me and just kind of seeing
the direction, you know, evenat the full national team level. Uh,
these young young stars coming up andyou know, shining at the full
national team level. But you lookat again like talent being met with accessible
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opportunity I think is a real issue. And you know, how can the
top young talent in this area haveaccess to the highest level of opportunity that
they're capable of. You know,it's very pay to play the system,
and you know, not every youngtalent in this area can logistically get themselves
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out to the Bay Area or evenup to Sacramento to find ECNL programs where
they can you know, continue toplay at the highest level that they can.
So Stocking Cargo, you know,we were excited to have some of
the elite youth talent involved and youknow it be more accessible, it not
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costs them money. It not uh, you know, require them to drive
two hours to get to the opportunityto develop at the highest of levels.
And so obviously it is a newerpathway, and so it's something that I
think young players are very interested in. But it's not as mainstream as ECNL
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and some of these other things.It's also not insanely expensive. So so
you know, that opportunity, youknow, of being able to play at
the highest of levels and have itbe accessible. I think it is something
that you know, we're also reallyexcited about for the for the young elite
youth talent in the area. Youknow, you're a mom, you love
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your kids. How excited are youto even bring something like this to stock
into the Central Valley and see yourdaughter have this blossom before her eyes.
Yeah, I mean I feel extremelyblessed, to be honest with you,
I always have felt very very blessedto be able to have my kids around
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the athletes that I work with ona day to day basis, and you
know that started at Delta College andbeing able to have them be able to
look up to these real role modelsis something that I'll forever be grateful for
and for with my daughter, Imean, she was six last summer and
just just starting, just getting intoher first year playing, and the way
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that the season impacted her, herher team, those young girls, being
able to walk out with with theseamazing talented women for the Stockton Cargo games
and just being able to see theway that it changed how she viewed the
game. And I mean her justsitting up on the edge of the fence
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watching the Cargo games and then thatflowing into the Delta season and how locked
in she is when she watches thegame. Now. That really started with
Cargo over the summer, and Iknow that that impact is felt not just
refer but with so many young girlsfrom this community, you know, and
and it's you know, it's momcoaching has always been a thing, you
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know, but we all know thedifference that being able to look at at
someone and being like, I'm I'mgoing to do that. I'm capable of
doing that. If I work reallyhard, maybe I can play for the
Stocking Cargo someday, And that forthese young girls in this community is something
that is in reach. And youknow, if they you know, if
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they're able to to work, youknow, work really hard. And put
themselves in uncomfortable situations and challenging environments, and now they have something that they
can really aspire to, a trueprofessional pathway and like a real like dream
to aspire for. So yeah,I mean I feel I feel very very
blessed to be able to have mydaughter around around the group, and also
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to just bring in so many younggirls from this community to be able to
have that impact. That's everything thatI that I want. Talking with Adrian
Sorensen, women's head coach at SanJoaquin Delta College, the general manager for
the Stockton Cargo, the women's teamthere, love the energy, love everything
you're bringing to the table, Lovethe type of players you're bringing into Stockton.
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And I have to ask you,how did Hannah Diaz get on the
team. Yeah, so Hannah,Hannah Diez. I I think sometimes sometimes
people just connect more with like withyour purpose and your vision more than anything
else. We super hit it offon our call, and she's a friend
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and former teammate of another player thatwe're bringing in this year. So the
connection, you know, I thinkhigh end players bring high end players,
So just you know, being ableto get on a call with her and
and you know, just kind oftalking to her. I mean, Hannah
had and you know, had opportunitiesto play really wherever she wanted to in
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the in the UFLW. But Ithink just talking with her, I mean,
she's a phenomenal human being, andshe's a fighter. She's a chip
on the shoulder type of fuming andyou know, and I just told her,
you know, we don't we don'tnecessarily have all the bells and whistles
here. We're tough, we're competitive, we're gritty, we're stocking, but
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like we're doing something really special here. And she was just like everything you
just said, like that's who Iam, Like I don't need all of
that other stuff, Like I wantto be able to come in and be
a part of something like this,and like that, I think really showed
me that it's not necessarily everybody,you know, every top player. It's
signing the right people to be partof this project. And we have such
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great, young, talented, hungryplayers on our roster already from last season
and being able to add some coreveteran type of leaders to the group who
have real experience. I mean,Hannah played in the NWSL just over a
year ago and just the experience thatshe brings from playing top division pro for
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all the seasons that she has thatbrings such value to our group. And
you know the fact that she wantsto be a part of something not necessarily
hop on a front runner, butcome in on a team that's trying to
you know, trying to crack kindof that next level, and that's something
she wanted to be a part of. So that really showed me like,
no, we're on track, youknow, and small growth, like that's
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that's what it's about. It's notgoing to happen overnight, and it's an
insanely difficult division, so it willbe very difficult for us to take another
step forward. But we're really excitedabout about the opportunity to go after it
and to really show what we're abouthere. And like, there's such talent
here, but there's also such amentality of toughness in this community, and
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like, I think people need tosee that and I think they will continue
to and just finding in the rightwomen to be a part of this project.
I'm really excited about like minded peopleand you know, and just ones
that want to go against the graina little bit. And so it was
pretty cool to connect with Hannah andwe're really excited to have her be part
of Cargo. Let me say this, in the limited amount of time that
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I've spoken to you, I understandwhy you win at San Joaquin Delta College
as the head coach. I understandwhere you're going with Stockton Cargo. This
has been a great conversation. I'mover here rooting for the Cargo. I'm
saying to myself, Man, ifyou have a chance to play Adrian Sorensen
be a part of the program,you should do so. So best of
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luck in the upcoming season, Bestof luck with what you have going on
this spring with San Joaquin Delta College. And the only thing I can say
is we're going to continue to helpsupport the Cargo and women's soccer in the
valley. We want to see thiscontinue to grow because it's all about impacting
the next generation who's going to becoming up seeing these girls play at such
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a high level. I appreciate everythingthat you're doing. Thank you so much,
Pike, and I can't tell youenough, like how important it is
to have people who believe in whatwe're doing and allow us to share,
like share what the vision is andwhy we're doing it in the purpose and
you know it's yes, it's aboutit's about women's football, but it's a
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lot bigger than that. I thinkthat there's just so much good here and
being able to try to live mypurpose through football is the dream for me.
And so just thank you, thankyou for giving me the opportunity to
share what we're about here at Stockand Cargo. I really appreciate it.
No, no, no, it'sbeen my pleasure. Before we let you
go, I got to put youon the spot. The Gold Cup is
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happening right now. We saw Mexicopull off the upset against USA the other
night. I was watching the USAColumbia game. In my opinion, the
way that they sit back and theycounterattack, I get it, I understand
it. Maybe it's a part ofthe new formation that they're running. But
at the same time, I'm like, that's never really been our style.
What are your thoughts about the USA, where they're going with this program and
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how the rest of the world isquickly catching up to us. Yeah,
I mean, gosh, what anexciting time to be in women's football and
it's exploding. That's something I mean, I can't tell you how excited I
am to be involved in women's footballright now because opportunities are exploding. The
game is just so bright coming offof the World Cup, and just how
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many teams, how much parody,how competitive it was across the world,
Like this is what we've been waitingfor, and it is so to me.
It is so good to watch theUS struggle so needed. It is
so needed, even as someone that'ssitting back and I'm watching it. I
mean, the next day I cameon the radio, I'm like, hey,
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look I got to give a shoutout to the Mexican women's national team.
Big upset against USA last night.What a game, and it just
shows the growth of the game.It shows, Hey, you know what
we used to be, that tenzero team, that eight zero team.
We would beat people on an averageof five zero. That's not happening anymore.
Yeah, And I just I mean, I have to say, like
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how excited I was to see thatfor Mexico, to see them take that
step and you know, really Imean comfortably beat the US out. I
mean tactically, they out coached USand they executed the game plan to perfection,
and it was so good to seefor me because I mean, I
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in the Central Valley here, Imean, we see so much, so
much youth talent, Mexican American talentin this area. And there's you know,
been several kids I'm I'm you know, working with a little bit now
and talking to through stocking Cargo thatare young and just bright talents in the
in the youth system for Mexico andbeing able to watch their senior team take
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that step forward. I just wantthem to continue with the good momentum so
badly. They're finally getting the supportthat they have always deserved. There's been
so much talent, you know,for Mexico over the years, but so
much, you know, so manypolitics in the international game across so many
countries, especially in the women's game. But I mean, yeah, I
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mean I watching the Gold Cup,it's just been these tournaments have never been
so competitive in the right. ConcaCap has never been so competitive as it
is now, and it just itjust brings so much, honest, so
much joy in my heart as afan of women's football and the women's game
and women's sports in general. Soyeah, I mean, Emma Hayes is
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an absolute goat. I'm so happythat we've hired her, and once she's,
once she's fully here, then thenI'll hop back on the show with
youc K and we'll really talk aboutyou. Okay, okay, Because I
really think Emma Hayes. I thinkthat she's one of the brightest minds in
the women's game, and I can'twait to see what saw she brings to
the women's national team. It'll beinteresting to watch a lot of the veterans
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kind of being phased out over time, and the young talent has just not
is not experienced, so there's gonnabe growing pains. And I'm very excited
for Emma Hayes and to see whatshe does what she does with us,
because we've always been at the forefront, forefront really of women's football in terms
of our resources, our talent,all those things. But now I think
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we have one of the best mindsin the game with us. So once
she's once she's done with Chelsea andcomes over and she's fully got the reins
and the control, I'm excited tosee where it goes for sure. And
again, we love Lynn Williams aroundthese parts, just so you know,
we got to represent we love LynnWilliams. We happy that she's getting her
shot. Maybe she has one moreOlympic team running her. But I do
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want to ask you about Katerina Macario, someone that we all know in love,
got her first goal in their firstgame back with Chelsea, Emma coming
back from Chelsea. Do you thinkwe'll see Katerina in the Olympic lineup?
Alright? I'm hot take, yes, Okay, yeah, yeah, hot
take. I think I think Cat'scoming. I love it, and you
know, I absolutely love her.One of the brightest young stars in football
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and all the ACL injuries, thetop stars so concerning, you know,
and I know Emma Hayes again isanother one kind of at the forefront of
really trying to push for for justmore research on injuries in women's football right
now, international calendar and things thatimpact it. But yeah, I think
Cat's coming, all right, allright, I do, and I'm excited
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there. She is the general managerand sporting director of the Stockton Cargo the
head coach at San Joaquin Delta College, Adrian Sorenson. We truly appreciate you
coming on the show. Go Cargo, Go Mustangs. Thank you for giving
your time today. Thank you somuch. K I really appreciate the opportunity.
That was a cool conversation right there. Adrian Sorenson appreciate her joining us
with k ON Sports, Fox SportsRadio. Everybody, have a great day, Seal
CK on Sports. It is FoxSports Radio. It is my pleasure to
be joined by Adrian Sorensen. Howare you doing, Adrian, I'm good,
k thanks so much for having meon. So, Adrian, you
are the head coach at San JoaquinDelta College. Go Mustangs. I went
to San Joaquin Delta College. Myfirst taste in radio was at KSJC at
Delta College. Then I ended upgoing to k Win from there, let's
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go. Okay, I love that, I love them, sang yeah.
Man. So I was at KSJC, then went to k WIN and that's
where my career completely blew up.And here I am now. But let's
talk about you. So, SanJoaquin Delta College, the Stockton Cargo,
tell me your roles, what youdo, and let's talk about women's soccer
for a minute. Okay, Ilove that. Yeah. So I've been
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coaching at Delta College since twenty ten, got the head coaching job here at
that point, and the rest iskind of history. I'm just been building
that program. And then Lena reachedout to me a couple of years ago
about wanting to bring women's pre professionalsoccer. Two stocked in and just was
(01:06):
like, I've I've been fooled.I need to reach out to you and
that you would be a good personto have involved in. So basically from
that point forward, I've been buildingit with the support of Lead and really
really grateful for the opportunity that he'sbrought to not just myself, but to
women and girls and talent in thisarea. And I think for me,
(01:27):
the biggest thing is just we wantto create a true professional pathway for the
talented women and girls in this areabecause there it is rich with talent in
the Central Valley, as you know, and so there's just really never been
anything here for them in terms ofa real professional pathway to help them get
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to full professional and so bringing thathere has just been honestly such a dream
for me and getting to see itrealized and get to see the community's response
to the project has been phenomenal andsmall growth has been happening. We had
our inaugural season last year and justfinished in the top four, which was
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fantastic of a really tough NorCal Divisioneight seams in Norcow and just being able
to finish in the top four inyear one was phenomenal, But we definitely
have have bigger goals I'm very competitive, and everyone involved in the project is
super competitive, and so we wantto continue to get better and continue to
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get the talent involved from this areaand just keep growing. You're definitely competitive.
I see that you made Stockton Cargocompetitive last year. Some of the
players you're bringing back, Just soyou know, Alexis Brewha, my daughter
played in San Jose State. Welove Bobby. So the fact that Bobby
is back, let's go. Yeah, Bobby is back. Yeah. And
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I've known Bob for years and hadthe opportunity to coach her first season at
Delta, but I've known her sinceshe was fourteen, and and that to
me is she's a great example ofa real diamond that came from Stockton.
And she's not the only one.There's such it's so rich with talent,
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but just the talent being met withopportunity has always been an issue here in
this area. And so being ableto provide that opportunity now for for players
like Boppy and you know, somany more has been awesome. And obviously
a bright star she is. Shewas in the Golden Boot race all of
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last season and and so it's justit's amazing to watch players like her be
able to celebrate and be like thetruest form of themselves on the field.
Obviously like a great goal school,but the way that she celebrates, the
way she brings confidence and enjoy tothe game, I think it's something that
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really reached so many young girls inthe community, you know, along with
the rest of our really talented youngsquad last year, and so yeah,
just meeting that talent with opportunity,I think that's the biggest the biggest thing
for me and providing that pathway.I love the fact that you're doing this
with the Stockton Cargo and you havethis team impacting the community and the next
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level of future stars because and wecan have a very open, honest discussion
about this, we see it happenin Fresno, Modesto, Turlock, Stockton,
some of these better players who endup leaving the area for club soccer
to go play elsewhere. Using mydaughters as an example, my oldest played
at Santa Claara Sporting, my youngestplayed for the San Jose Earthquakes Academy.
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And I'm sure people even in thefive to five nine will look at that
and go, well, why didn'tyou just have them play for Odyssey whatever
club. And I was like,well, because the level of opportunity is
not the same in Fresno Stockton Modesto. But now with something like Stockton Cargo,
you're able to highlight these stars whomay have left and they could have
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played at Placer when they were younger. Right, No, absolutely, and
I think that you know, clubsoccer for me and just kind of seeing
the direction, you know, evenat the full national team level. Uh,
these young young stars coming up andyou know, shining at the full
national team level. But you lookat again like talent being met with accessible
(05:36):
opportunity I think is a real issue. And you know, how can the
top young talent in this area haveaccess to the highest level of opportunity that
they're capable of. You know,it's very pay to play the system,
and you know, not every youngtalent in this area can logistically get themselves
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out to the Bay Area or evenup to Sacramento to find ECNL programs where
they can you know, continue toplay at the highest level that they can.
So Stocking Cargo, you know,we were excited to have some of
the elite youth talent involved and youknow it be more accessible, it not
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costs them money. It not uh, you know, require them to drive
two hours to get to the opportunityto develop at the highest of levels.
And so obviously it is a newerpathway, and so it's something that I
think young players are very interested in. But it's not as mainstream as ECNL
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and some of these other things.It's also not insanely expensive. So so
you know, that opportunity, youknow, of being able to play at
the highest of levels and have itbe accessible. I think it is something
that you know, we're also reallyexcited about for the for the young elite
youth talent in the area. Youknow, you're a mom, you love
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your kids. How excited are youto even bring something like this to stock
into the Central Valley and see yourdaughter have this blossom before her eyes.
Yeah, I mean I feel extremelyblessed, to be honest with you,
I always have felt very very blessedto be able to have my kids around
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the athletes that I work with ona day to day basis, and you
know that started at Delta College andbeing able to have them be able to
look up to these real role modelsis something that I'll forever be grateful for
and for with my daughter, Imean, she was six last summer and
just just starting, just getting intoher first year playing, and the way
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that the season impacted her, herher team, those young girls, being
able to walk out with with theseamazing talented women for the Stockton Cargo games
and just being able to see theway that it changed how she viewed the
game. And I mean her justsitting up on the edge of the fence
(08:18):
watching the Cargo games and then thatflowing into the Delta season and how locked
in she is when she watches thegame. Now. That really started with
Cargo over the summer, and Iknow that that impact is felt not just
refer but with so many young girlsfrom this community, you know, and
and it's you know, it's momcoaching has always been a thing, you
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know, but we all know thedifference that being able to look at at
someone and being like, I'm I'mgoing to do that. I'm capable of
doing that. If I work reallyhard, maybe I can play for the
Stocking Cargo someday, And that forthese young girls in this community is something
that is in reach. And youknow, if they you know, if
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they're able to to work, youknow, work really hard. And put
themselves in uncomfortable situations and challenging environments, and now they have something that they
can really aspire to, a trueprofessional pathway and like a real like dream
to aspire for. So yeah,I mean I feel I feel very very
blessed to be able to have mydaughter around around the group, and also
(09:26):
to just bring in so many younggirls from this community to be able to
have that impact. That's everything thatI that I want. Talking with Adrian
Sorensen, women's head coach at SanJoaquin Delta College, the general manager for
the Stockton Cargo, the women's teamthere, love the energy, love everything
you're bringing to the table, Lovethe type of players you're bringing into Stockton.
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And I have to ask you,how did Hannah Diaz get on the
team. Yeah, so Hannah,Hannah Diez. I I think sometimes sometimes
people just connect more with like withyour purpose and your vision more than anything
else. We super hit it offon our call, and she's a friend
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and former teammate of another player thatwe're bringing in this year. So the
connection, you know, I thinkhigh end players bring high end players,
So just you know, being ableto get on a call with her and
and you know, just kind oftalking to her. I mean, Hannah
had and you know, had opportunitiesto play really wherever she wanted to in
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the in the UFLW. But Ithink just talking with her, I mean,
she's a phenomenal human being, andshe's a fighter. She's a chip
on the shoulder type of fuming andyou know, and I just told her,
you know, we don't we don'tnecessarily have all the bells and whistles
here. We're tough, we're competitive, we're gritty, we're stocking, but
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like we're doing something really special here. And she was just like everything you
just said, like that's who Iam, Like I don't need all of
that other stuff, Like I wantto be able to come in and be
a part of something like this,and like that, I think really showed
me that it's not necessarily everybody,you know, every top player. It's
signing the right people to be partof this project. And we have such
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great, young, talented, hungryplayers on our roster already from last season
and being able to add some coreveteran type of leaders to the group who
have real experience. I mean,Hannah played in the NWSL just over a
year ago and just the experience thatshe brings from playing top division pro for
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all the seasons that she has thatbrings such value to our group. And
you know the fact that she wantsto be a part of something not necessarily
hop on a front runner, butcome in on a team that's trying to
you know, trying to crack kindof that next level, and that's something
she wanted to be a part of. So that really showed me like,
no, we're on track, youknow, and small growth, like that's
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that's what it's about. It's notgoing to happen overnight, and it's an
insanely difficult division, so it willbe very difficult for us to take another
step forward. But we're really excitedabout about the opportunity to go after it
and to really show what we're abouthere. And like, there's such talent
here, but there's also such amentality of toughness in this community, and
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like, I think people need tosee that and I think they will continue
to and just finding in the rightwomen to be a part of this project.
I'm really excited about like minded peopleand you know, and just ones
that want to go against the graina little bit. And so it was
pretty cool to connect with Hannah andwe're really excited to have her be part
of Cargo. Let me say this, in the limited amount of time that
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I've spoken to you, I understandwhy you win at San Joaquin Delta College
as the head coach. I understandwhere you're going with Stockton Cargo. This
has been a great conversation. I'mover here rooting for the Cargo. I'm
saying to myself, Man, ifyou have a chance to play Adrian Sorensen
be a part of the program,you should do so. So best of
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luck in the upcoming season, Bestof luck with what you have going on
this spring with San Joaquin Delta College. And the only thing I can say
is we're going to continue to helpsupport the Cargo and women's soccer in the
valley. We want to see thiscontinue to grow because it's all about impacting
the next generation who's going to becoming up seeing these girls play at such
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a high level. I appreciate everythingthat you're doing. Thank you so much,
Pike, and I can't tell youenough, like how important it is
to have people who believe in whatwe're doing and allow us to share,
like share what the vision is andwhy we're doing it in the purpose and
you know it's yes, it's aboutit's about women's football, but it's a
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lot bigger than that. I thinkthat there's just so much good here and
being able to try to live mypurpose through football is the dream for me.
And so just thank you, thankyou for giving me the opportunity to
share what we're about here at Stockand Cargo. I really appreciate it.
No, no, no, it'sbeen my pleasure. Before we let you
go, I got to put youon the spot. The Gold Cup is
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happening right now. We saw Mexicopull off the upset against USA the other
night. I was watching the USAColumbia game. In my opinion, the
way that they sit back and theycounterattack, I get it, I understand
it. Maybe it's a part ofthe new formation that they're running. But
at the same time, I'm like, that's never really been our style.
What are your thoughts about the USA, where they're going with this program and
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how the rest of the world isquickly catching up to us. Yeah,
I mean, gosh, what anexciting time to be in women's football and
it's exploding. That's something I mean, I can't tell you how excited I
am to be involved in women's footballright now because opportunities are exploding. The
game is just so bright coming offof the World Cup, and just how
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many teams, how much parody,how competitive it was across the world,
Like this is what we've been waitingfor, and it is so to me.
It is so good to watch theUS struggle so needed. It is
so needed, even as someone that'ssitting back and I'm watching it. I
mean, the next day I cameon the radio, I'm like, hey,
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look I got to give a shoutout to the Mexican women's national team.
Big upset against USA last night.What a game, and it just
shows the growth of the game.It shows, Hey, you know what
we used to be, that tenzero team, that eight zero team.
We would beat people on an averageof five zero. That's not happening anymore.
Yeah, And I just I mean, I have to say, like
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how excited I was to see thatfor Mexico, to see them take that
step and you know, really Imean comfortably beat the US out. I
mean tactically, they out coached USand they executed the game plan to perfection,
and it was so good to seefor me because I mean, I
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in the Central Valley here, Imean, we see so much, so
much youth talent, Mexican American talentin this area. And there's you know,
been several kids I'm I'm you know, working with a little bit now
and talking to through stocking Cargo thatare young and just bright talents in the
in the youth system for Mexico andbeing able to watch their senior team take
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that step forward. I just wantthem to continue with the good momentum so
badly. They're finally getting the supportthat they have always deserved. There's been
so much talent, you know,for Mexico over the years, but so
much, you know, so manypolitics in the international game across so many
countries, especially in the women's game. But I mean, yeah, I
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mean I watching the Gold Cup,it's just been these tournaments have never been
so competitive in the right. ConcaCap has never been so competitive as it
is now, and it just itjust brings so much, honest, so
much joy in my heart as afan of women's football and the women's game
and women's sports in general. Soyeah, I mean, Emma Hayes is
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an absolute goat. I'm so happythat we've hired her, and once she's,
once she's fully here, then thenI'll hop back on the show with
youc K and we'll really talk aboutyou. Okay, okay, Because I
really think Emma Hayes. I thinkthat she's one of the brightest minds in
the women's game, and I can'twait to see what saw she brings to
the women's national team. It'll beinteresting to watch a lot of the veterans
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kind of being phased out over time, and the young talent has just not
is not experienced, so there's gonnabe growing pains. And I'm very excited
for Emma Hayes and to see whatshe does what she does with us,
because we've always been at the forefront, forefront really of women's football in terms
of our resources, our talent,all those things. But now I think
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we have one of the best mindsin the game with us. So once
she's once she's done with Chelsea andcomes over and she's fully got the reins
and the control, I'm excited tosee where it goes for sure. And
again, we love Lynn Williams aroundthese parts, just so you know,
we got to represent we love LynnWilliams. We happy that she's getting her
shot. Maybe she has one moreOlympic team running her. But I do
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want to ask you about Katerina Macario, someone that we all know in love,
got her first goal in their firstgame back with Chelsea, Emma coming
back from Chelsea. Do you thinkwe'll see Katerina in the Olympic lineup?
Alright? I'm hot take, yes, Okay, yeah, yeah, hot
take. I think I think Cat'scoming. I love it, and you
know, I absolutely love her.One of the brightest young stars in football
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and all the ACL injuries, thetop stars so concerning, you know,
and I know Emma Hayes again isanother one kind of at the forefront of
really trying to push for for justmore research on injuries in women's football right
now, international calendar and things thatimpact it. But yeah, I think
Cat's coming, all right, allright, I do, and I'm excited
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there. She is the general managerand sporting director of the Stockton Cargo the
head coach at San Joaquin Delta College, Adrian Sorenson. We truly appreciate you
coming on the show. Go Cargo, Go Mustangs. Thank you for giving
your time today. Thank you somuch. K I really appreciate the opportunity.
That was a cool conversation right there. Adrian Sorenson appreciate her joining us
with k ON Sports, Fox SportsRadio. Everybody, have a great day, Seal
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