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Soccer by 3four3
Hosted by 3four3 · EN
Soccer Education for the Serious
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Live #5 – Pochettino’s USMNT: What Most People Are Missing
Jun 2901:25:43Tap to summarizeThe USMNT is through to the knockout stage after winning its group, but the conversation coming out of the loss to Turkey tells a much bigger story. Recorded live on YouTube the day after the match, Gary Kleiban and Benny Rogers react to the result while taking questions and comments from viewers throughout the show. […]
Transcribe →#433 – What Makes a World-Class Center Mid? Breaking Down the 6, 8 & 10
Jun 2501:04:22Tap to summarizeWhat does a world-class central midfielder actually look like? In this episode, we break down the three midfield roles in a 4-3-3: the 6, the 8, and the 10. Rather than relying on buzzwords or coaching clichés, we examine the specific technical, tactical, and mental qualities that separate elite midfielders from everyone else. Using players […]
Transcribe →#432 – The Youth Soccer “Cradle to Grave” Experiment: What 8 Years With One Team Reveals
Jun 2101:12:51Tap to summarizeMost youth coaches never get to see the full arc. They get a team for a season or two, maybe three, and then the team changes, the club changes, the coach changes, or the players scatter. That makes it difficult to truly understand what development looks like over time. In this episode, we speak with […]
Transcribe →#431 – USMNT Culture Crisis? Where Do National Team Cultures Come From?
Jun 1001:15:25Tap to summarizeWhat does it actually mean for a national team to have an identity? Brazil has samba. Germany has precision. Argentina has emotional fire. Spain transformed from La Furia Roja into a possession-based powerhouse. These identities didn’t come from a marketing department. They came from the people, the history, the streets, the clubs, and the culture […]
Transcribe →#430 – Pochettino Exposes the Real Problem With American Soccer Culture
Jun 201:06:11Tap to summarizeEverybody in American soccer loves to say we don’t have the right soccer culture. But what happens when someone like Mauricio Pochettino actually brings a higher-level soccer culture into the room? That’s where this episode begins. The backlash against Pochettino — over emails, roster decisions, media comments, job rumors, and even who he names captain […]
Transcribe →#429 – Tab Ramos on Youth Development, Coaching, Winning, and the USMNT
May 2901:15:45Tap to summarizeTab Ramos joins the podcast for one of the most honest and layered conversations we’ve had on American soccer development. Most people know Tab as a U.S. national team legend, a World Cup veteran, and one of the most technically gifted American players of his era. But what makes this conversation especially valuable is what […]
Transcribe →#428 – Pochettino’s USMNT World Cup Roster: Who Belongs, Who Doesn’t, and Who Has Magic?
May 2401:10:31Tap to summarizeRoster prediction shows are usually bubblegum content. Fun, clickable, and mostly speculative. But with Pochettino preparing his USMNT World Cup roster, Benny forces Gary into the exercise anyway. Who should go? Who should be left out? Who actually belongs on the field when the World Cup starts? We go position by position: goalkeepers, center backs, […]
Transcribe →#427 – The Coach-Parent Conflict Few Are Honest About
May 2001:17:01Tap to summarizePlaying time is the issue. Not “one of” the issues. In youth soccer, it is often the issue that drives the most tension between coaches and parents. A player is not getting the minutes the family expected, and suddenly the coach-parent relationship starts to fracture. In this episode, we get into that dynamic directly. We […]
Transcribe →Ep 295: Burnout is Bullshit
Oct 25, 2021Tap to summarizeThe following episode is on the topic of burnout. Nick and I touch on whether burnout is a real thing, or yet another artifact of a particular culture where everything needs to be soft, where competition is a bad thing, and everyone deserves a trophy. “Burnout is bullshit” is a phrase I’ve probably said a […]
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