The 50/50 Podcast

It's the return of INSIDE #TXHSSOC...Season 6 -  WOW!! Founder and Host, Hector Cano is joined by High School Soccer expert and Co-Host, Coach Rafa Castorena of The San Antonio Soccer Roundtable Podcast and 50/50 Pod Contributor, Kevin Gomez of Yellow City Soccer. In this season's first episode, we preview our upcoming coverage and content for the 2025-2026 UIL Texas...

It's a Special Edition of the Pod as we welcome Rob Bledsoe, President of TASCO and Head MSOC Coach of San Antonio O'Connor as he joins us LIVE. We look back at a historic 24-25 TXHSSOC Season and look at the state of TXHSSOC. We also look ahead to the 2025 TASCO Convention and take an inside look at TASCO as an organization and the many things they have in the works for high school soccer coaches across the State of Texas. Coach B...

It's a special edition of the Pod as Jeanette Spain, college soccer parent (UTSA) and former TXHSSOC parent and Dripping Springs Booster Club President, joins us to have "Real Talk" from a parent's point of view. We discuss everything from Club and High School Soccer to the college soccer recruiting process and how a parent can balance it all and be best prepared to support their son/daughter through their recruiting journey. Don't...

Derek Pittman, Head WSOC Coach of UTSA and Jake Plant, Head WSOC Coach of UIW join us LIVE for a very special episode as they highlight the return of the second annual "Hometown Showdown" between UTSA and UIW WSOC set for Thursday, September 4, 6:30pm, at the home of San Antonio FC, Toyota Field. Dubbed "The Battle of the Birds," or as we've labeled it, "The Toyota Field Takeover," we go back and forth with both coaches on their th...

Friend of the Pod and one of the brightest minds in College Soccer, Ahmad Brown, Assistant WSOC Coach & Video Performance Analyst, USC Trojans, joins us once again. In this episode we discuss the importance of how being a military veteran has helped shape Ahmad’s coaching career, to last season’s great run in the NCAA Tournament for USC. We also discuss their upcoming season and their new state-of-the-art Rawlinson Stadium sche...

Coach Justin Lowry of the Melissa Cardinals joins us to discuss their recent summer event, "The Soccer Tournament" (TST). Coach Lowry shares insight on how the tournament came to be and how it played it out along with lessons learned in it's inaugural year and thoughts on the future of the tournament. He also shares his thoughts after his first year at the helm for Melissa MSOC and what has him excited about the upcoming 25-26 seas...

A special and heavy heartfelt show as we pay tribute to Coach Reece Zunker, Head MSOC Coach of Kerrville Tivy, who sadly passed away along with his wife in the recent Hill Country Flood tragedy. Along with INSIDE #TXHSSOC Co-Host, Rafa Castorena, we're joined by a star-studded panel of coaches in Bryan Hayman of Baytown Sterling MSOC, Elias Ramos of McKinney Boyd WSOC, and Eduardo Venegas of Georgetown WSOC. We look at the Summer o...

Great friend and long-time colleague, along with new Head WSOC Coach of the University of Dallas, Jeremiah Narvaez, joins the Pod! We discuss his ongoing transition into his new role as Head Coach and what his summer looks like on the recruiting trail. Coach Narvaez also gives us an in-depth look at what it means to coach and attend/play at a D-3 institution and program. Don't miss this great episode! 

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We return with a special episode - The Coaches Panel, featuring Alex Adams, Head WSOC Coach of Timber Creek, Justin Johnson, Head WSOC Coach of San Antonio Churchill, and Alexi Upton, Head MSOC Coach of Royse City.

Our 6A coaches join us to discuss their new roles and why they made the change. They also give us great insight into the interview and hiring process. We also discuss the state of TXHSSOC and the many changes that have t...

INSIDE #TXHSSOC returns for Season 5-Episode! Founder and Host, Hector Cano is joined by High School Soccer expert and Co-Host, Coach Rafa Castorena of The San Antonio Soccer Roundtable Podcast. We look back on Day 3 of the UIL State Championships in Georgetown, featuring 6A. We also look back at Region-by-Region breakdown of the Finals and how they did head to head....