Kick It With Katie: A Soccer Podcast

In today's episode, I speak with one of the Tiny Soccer Troops founders, Amy Schweizer. She shares her soccer experiences growing up and then how becoming part of a military family had an impact on her love of the game and how she was able to stay involved in soccer.

In 2014, founder Amy Schweizer was living in Okinawa, Japan and finding it difficult to find activities for children under 5 years old. Combining her lo...

In today's episode, I interview Nathan Lowery, the current men's soccer coach at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. We discuss his unique soccer background, how he got into coaching and his experiences so far as a college coach. He gives some advice to young players of today looking to be recruited for college from his time as a coach and so far on the collegiate level. We discuss some differences players can expect when tr...

Today's episode is part two with Charlie Sandson. We delve deeper into the life of a referee currently. What can we expect from referees on game days? Does it help to talk to a referee before a game? What limits can some referees handle during a game as far as what is said to them or yelled at them? What can a new referee expect when signing up to become a referee? What perspectives do we as coaches, parents, and players not u...

In today's first part episode of my interview with keeper and referee, Charlie Sandson. He shares his story through the sport of soccer and playing as a keeper. He discusses his transition from player to referee and why he loves what he does as a referee. We have a lot of things to discuss about his referee career and what referees do that we split this into a two part episode. We discuss a lot regarding referees, people inter...

Today, Brooks and I continue our conversation regarding scouting, recruiting and more. Big topic of discussion, will it benefit players to play up? We talk about the benefits and also some setbacks people might face by having players play up.   We answer your questions about what should players do to get noticed by colleges when starting to choose schools. What can players do to get noticed when contacting schools? We answer these ...

In part one of my interview with scout, Brooks Laimbeer, we discuss some of his playing career and how he wanted to stay in the sport of soccer when his career was winding down. He has found a way to stay in the game by becoming a Midwest region scout with The Soccer Syndicate. We talk about his role as a scout and what his job essentially is for those that may not know what scouts actually do. We cover a lot of important topics pa...

In my interview with Breenan Neeley, he shares his love for soccer and how he has had family by his side during many teams he has been on, whether it's cousins or his brother. He shares experiences moving from a second team to a first team as a youth player and continuing to work hard to become a starter for that new team. His Sparta team was able to travel abroad to play in Spain for a week and train at the Real Madrid facili...

Today I interview Yura Movsisyan, 2009 MLS Cup Champion with Real Salt Lake and now current owner of Lions United FC. Hear about Yura's youth in Armenia vs moving to the United States at age 12. Hear about his determination as an immigrant to become a professional footballer and what it took to get him there. Getting drafted number four in the MLS draft and becoming a professional at a young age.
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In today's episode, I interview Kyle C Wilson, aka the Angry Soccer Guy. He gives us his history playing soccer through youth, collegiate and eventually playing for the US Men's National Futsal Team in the World Cup in Argentina. He talks about his important coach and mentor who gave him the wisdom he has today. He shares his knowledge of educating parents for youth player's in the US today. What are the most importa...

Today I interview Coach Tosh Adams. Tosh grew up playing soccer throughout different ranks, leagues, ODP, high school and beyond. As a youth player she was introduced to the coaching side of sports and caught the bug to coach. As an adult, she has helped coach multiple teams and has now crossed over into multiple sports. She has taken her experiences and has created a program to help coaches in all stages of their careers in all sp...

In today's interview, Valentino Di Lorenzo, shares about growing up playing in Italy, playing professionally,  making a move to the United States for work, getting into coaching and what he does  now with player mindset sessions. Do you have fears before playing in a game? Do you worry about something that might happen in a game or a training session? Valentino has information on how to get over those hurdles for athletes of t...

Abby Carchio is the other co-host of the Megged Podcast, she gets to share her story through her soccer career so far. We focus most of our discussion on her collegiate and professional careers and how she has navigated both. She shares the teams and countries she has played in and the difficulties of some of her situations. Abby has also started her coaching career in Europe and her hopes to coach professionally in the future. Wha...

In this episode I have a great conversation with Sydney Cummings about her football/soccer journey to date. She goes in depth about playing her youth career, getting recruited to play in college, and making the transition to play professionally. Playing her youth career in New Jersey, playing collegiate at Brown and then Georgetown, and hear about the NWSL teams she has played with and her career playing abroad. She has excellent a...

Ever wondered about breathwork and how it can help athletes on and off the pitch? Listen to my interview with Annie Cutri about her soccer (football) career through youth, college,  coaching and what she does to help elevate players games with breathwork. As a coach myself, she gives some great advice all coaches should remember about their players, I know it was something I think about often.

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In today's episode I share my interview with Filip Handl, one of the youth program coordinators for Sacramento Republic. He shares his journey throughout his soccer/football journey, how he got into coaching and what he does now with the Sacramento Republic programs. Hear what players he currently gets to watch train and play, how he stays involved in soccer with his kids and other youth athletes. 

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In this episode I interview Duncan Jarvie out of Utah. He is currently playing soccer for Stanford and having an amazing season as a freshman. He shares his story through youth teams, MLS Academies, MLSNext Pro and recruiting for college soccer. Hear what his advice is for youth players of today, how he navigated soccer through Covid, and what his goals are for the future. Also listen for his interesting way he started playing socc...

Today's episode features my interview with Jaimee Cooper, The Soccer Nutritionist. She shares her story from starting late into soccer, coming back from injury in college and having a family medical emergency that led her to make a decision that made her into the nutritionist she is today. Jaimee has a wealth of knowledge for all athletes and parents to make sure your players are ready when it comes to game time. She shares so...

In this week's episode, I breakdown week by week, my crazy 2023  summer schedule. What tournaments we participated in, who had championships to celebrate and the craziness behind tryouts. You want to know what life is like behind the scenes for coaches outside trainings and games? This episode shares a lot of behind   the scenes for me. 

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Ever wonder what it's like playing soccer abroad in another country as a youth player? Check out this week's interview with Jack Murray who is currentlyin Portugal. Stay tuned to see who the Player of the Week is at the end of the episode.

Jack Murray is a 14 year old elite level athlete who is from Nova Scotia Canada and currently living in Portugal playing soccer in the Portuguese first division. Jack is also a...