Gary is joined by Keir Wenham-Flatt, a strength and conditioning coach based in the USA, who has worked with elite level rugby players all over the globe in places like the UK, China, Australia, Argentina and Japan. Kier discusses: - How a philosophy can also restrict a coach - How coaches can give themselves too much credit - Why soccer injury counts are not effect - What we must do to create more robust soccer players - Improving relationships with S&C Coaches And much more!! This podcast is brought to you by Bounce Athletics. If you are running a summer camp Bounce Athletics offers fully customized micro-stitched textured premium camp balls for under $9/ball. To receive free shipping, with delivery in May, order by February 15th. These are same camp balls that are used by major DI programs like Wake Forest, Creighton, Texas Tech, Michigan State, Florida State, and Clemson to name just a few. Modern Soccer Coach listeners can get a $50 discount on their first order of custom balls or training vests by mentioning the podcast when they email [email protected] to begin the order process.

The US U17s’ trip to Brazil was cut short on Saturday night with a 4-0 loss to the Netherlands. That’s it. We’re out, after a 4-1 loss to Senegal and a 0-0 draw with Japan. Scuffed regular Matt Hartman joins me to recap Saturday’s game and try to take something away from the tournament.

The U17 World Cup starts on Oct. 26 in Brazil, the U.S. has a tough group consisting of the Netherlands, Japan and Senegal and the roster should be released any day now. Scuffed regular Matt Hartman joins the pod to talk about who will likely get called up and who will likely be left off. We each give our preferred roster, nodding regularly to what we think we can probably expect from coach Raphael Wicky.

Christian is back all the way from Japan and Alexis has returned from his extravagant adventures in Grand Rapids, Michigan! We are both in studio and joined by Max Bretos all the way from Los Angeles. Max was on ESPN for years, fighting the good fight in getting soccer coverage on the network and now he's working for LAFC putting out some great content for the club. Segment 1: The French Abduction Segment 2: Interview w/ Announcer and broadcaster Max Bretos of LAFC Today's Sponsor SeatGeek // Download the Seatgeek app and use the promo code COOLIGANS for $10 off your first purchase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Unwanted party guests Japan showed at the 2019 Copa America that Asia is closing the gap on South America The National

Jimbo, James Horncastle, Matt Davies-Adams and Tom Williams talk about Tottenham’s Champions League triumph and look ahead to Liverpool v Chelsea and Palace v City. Plus: Rafa Honigstein on the Bundesliga title race, Dutch crooning, and more on the Drake CurseRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1a: Spurs 1 - 0 City - another Pep Euro brain fart? (02m 00s)• PART 1b: Liverpool 2 - 0 Porto - Klopp’s new midfield alchemy (11m 50s) • PART 1c: United 0 - 1 Barcelona (13m 40s) • PART 1d: Ajax 1 - 1 Juve and some Ronaldo numbers (15m 40s) • PART 2a: Hazard on fire ahead of Liverpool v Chelsea (24m 30s)• PART 3b: Palace v City preview (33m 00)• PART 4a: Is it all over in Germany? - with Rafa Honigstein (36m 20s)• PART 4b: France, Japan and the rest of the PL (42m 30s)• PART 4c: Serie A and Julian Assange (49m 30s)• PART 5: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (55m 30s)• PART 6: Exeunt omnes / Streatham Rovers (57m 10s) LIVE EVENT NEWS:• Join us for [**Totally Football Live in Leeds' City Varieties Music Hall on Mon 15 April**](https://www.cityvarieties.co.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=CVListings&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=)GET IN TOUCH: • [follow us on **Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• [find us on **Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• [send us a **tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)CHARITY NEWS: • we’re working with **CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. [Head to the Calm Zone](https://www.thecalmzone.net/) PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rog talks with World Cup/Champions League/Euros title winner David Villa about his decision to depart NYCFC for Japan, the connection he forged with America during his time here, and the growth of Major League Soccer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimbo has Daniel Storey, Ian Irving and Matt Davies-Adams in the studio and Rory Smith on the line from Buenos Aires to look back on the football that did happen in the Premier League and the football that didn’t happen in Argentina. Plus: much love for MoPo, Liverpool head to Paris, and tales from the Everton cafeteriaRUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Spurs 3 - 1 Chelsea (01m 30s)• PART 2a: City in Lyon and Liverpool head to Paris - with Julien Laurens (15m 40s)• PART 2b: Watford 0 - 3 Liverpool (22m 30s)• PART 3a: The biggest derby in the world that didn’t happen…twice - with Rory Smith (26m 20s)• PART 3b: Argy bargy in Japan too (33m 10s) • PART 4a: Wolves 0 - 2 Huddersfield, Fulham 3 - 2 Saints and settling (37m 10s) • PART 4b: Warnock in the jungle and clearing debts the Everton cafeteria (44m 00s)• PART 5a: News from Scotland and the Championship (48m 20s)• PART 5b: Ozil dropped, Mou shaves his head and the rest of the PL weekend (50m 00s) • PART 5c: MLS playoff update, more CL and European news (58m 20s)• PART 6: The odds with Paddy Power’s Lee Price (64m 10s)• PART 7: WSL chat / Exeunt omnes (66m 20s) GET IN TOUCH: • [follow us on **Instagram**:](https://www.instagram.com/totallyfootballshow/)• [find us on **Facebook**](https://www.facebook.com/thetotallyfootballshow/)• [send us a **tweet: @TheTotallyShow**](http://www.twitter.com/thetotallyshow)CHARITY NEWS: • we’re working with **CALM**, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, who are dedicated to preventing male suicide. [Head to the Calm Zone](https://www.thecalmzone.net/) PARISH NOTICES: • we’re sponsored by [**Paddy Power** - home of the Money Back Special](http://www.paddypower.com/) • and you can get a free copy of **The Economist** by texting FOOTBALL to 78070 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary is joined by Singapore U-19 national team coach and technical skills director, Robbie Servais. He talks about playing in Holland, coaching in Japan, working alongside Australian national team coach, Bert van Marwijk, during the recent World Cup in Russia and much more! This culture podcast is brought to you by WorldStrides Excel.

Gary is joined by global youth development expert, Tom Byer, to discuss his philosophy on parents playing the most important role in youth development rather than coaches, how he found innovative ways to communicate his vision in Japan, why it takes ten years for a football culture to embed, and much more. This is a new series of 'culture' podcasts and is brought to you by WorldStrides Excel.