Rethinking Football
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsRethinking Football discusses player development with current professionals, players, world-renowned scouts, professional football academy directors, coaches and others. We will use Spain's model and compare it to other national governing bodies in other countries. At the end of each podcast, we will update our Theory of Change to improve player development worldwide, using indicators, best practices and our own research, along with the opinions and expertise of our guests. Transcripts and additional information for each episode is available at www.prospectsss.com.
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Episodes
S1E12 Paying Your Dues to Become a Footballer in Europe
March 29, 2018 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MBThis is Part 2 of a 3-part series with Jackie Bachteler, Assistant Coach for Sweden's First Division team, Hammarby in Stockholm, Sweden. Bachteler will discuss her journey as a professional player in the US and her rise to UEFA Women Champions League. To access the transcript to this episode, go to https://www.prospectsss.com/rfpodcast/
S1E13 Coaching Matters
March 29, 2018 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBThis is part 3 of a 3-part series with American Jackie Bachteler. She is an Assistant Coach for Sweden's First Division team, Hammarby in Stockholm, Sweden. She also works at IFK Stocksund helping American players transition from the the U.S. Professional Women's team to European football. Bachteler will discuss her coaching philosophy and share her thoughts on development both as a coach as a player.
S1E11 From Dreamer to Trailblazer
March 28, 2018 00:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThis is part 1 of a 3-part interview with Jackie Bachteler. American Jackie Bachteler is an Assistant Coach for Sweden's First Division team, Hammarby in Stockholm, Sweden. In this episode, Jackie discusses her background in football and the beginning of her path to professionalism. To access the transcript of this episode, go to https://www.prospectsss.com/rfpodcast/
S1E10 The Next US National Team: Looking Beyond Size
March 23, 2018 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBThis is part 3 of a 3-part interview with Larry Sunderland. We will discuss the future of the US National Team, development of USMNT hopefuls, and the 2018 Generation Adidas Cup Sunderland has been recognized as a top coach and a visionary advancing the sport of football and player development in the United States. Sunderland led the development of the first fully integrated professional soccer model in the United States. He has also implemented and directed the execution of the mos...
S1E9 Domestic/Abroad? Strategic Thinking for Player Development
March 22, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThis is part 2 of a 3-part interview with Larry Sunderland. Sunderland is in a unique position to discuss development from several perspectives: -He is a parent of a young player who was playing in Spain. -He is also an academy director for the MLS's Portland Timbers. -He has been involved with developing players in the U.S. for a very long time. - He is a former professional footballer
S1E8 Putting All Your Ducks in a Row
March 20, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBThis is part 1 of a 3-part interview with Larry Sunderland. In this episode we will discuss current advances of US development academies, their challenges, and the potential for opening paths for professionalism for future academy players. Larry Sunderland has been recognized as a top coach and a visionary advancing the sport of football and player development in the United States. Sunderland led the development of the first fully integrated professional soccer model in the United ...
S1E7 A Pathfinder's Perspective
March 14, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBHayden Lyn Canizalez is a 19-year-old American footballer currently competing in Spain. Hayden is one of only three American players who have successfully graduated from Spain’s challenging academy system (in the Juvenil Nacional and Juvenil Division de Honor categories) and is currently competing as a senior in Spain’s Tercera Division Nacional. A native of Las Vegas, Hayden’s trajectory in Spain as a youth includes CE Sant Gabriel, RCD Espanyol, UE Sant Andreu, and Hercules CF. H...
S1E6: Beyond Believing We Can Win
March 09, 2018 04:17 - 42 minutes - 29 MBThis is part 3 of our 3-part interview with Hugo Perez. The United States men’s national team experienced its worst moment in its recent history in 2017. Despite a desperate change in management, the team had a poor FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign which ended in its elimination, something that had not happened in 32 years. This campaign also brought out the best in some and the worst in others. For example, some of the most iconic senior players and coaches of the men’s and wo...
S1E4 Football Philosophy and Culture
March 05, 2018 00:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBThis is part 1 of a 3-part series with Hugo Perez. We will discuss football and coaching culture in the US, and how it compares to other countries. Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, Hugo Perez, is a legend and a true agent of change. Perez was part of the generation that influenced tens of thousands of football lovers in the U.S. Perez was born in El Salvador, and grew up in Southern California. During his 14-year-career as a professional footballer, Perez earned 73 national caps includ...
S1E5 PMA FOR FOOTBALL GREATNESS
March 05, 2018 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBThis is part two of a three-part series with Hugo Perez. In this episode we will discuss the importance of Positive Mental Attitude for American players hoping to succeed in European leagues, and how PMA is instrumental in developing higher-level players. As a coach, Perez has been credited as the architect of the most talented U.S. Youth National team in history. The graduates from his U.S. U-15 boys national squads (between 2012-2014) represent some of the players that can poten...
S1E3 Cerdanya Cup: Summer Stage for Talent
March 01, 2018 00:00 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MBWelcome to Rethinking Football. This is part 3 of our 3-part series interview with Manuel Romero. I am your host Dawn Brown. Today we will be discussing one of the best international summer tournaments in Spain, the Cerdanya Cup. Competitive Youth seasons finish around June in Spain and there are no real football competitions for youth until around mid-August or September when all the youth players return from vacation to their top tier teams. Most teams take the opportunity to host...
S1E2 Elite Scouting: Goodwill Hunting
February 26, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBRethinking Football Season 1, Episode 2. This is part 2 of our 3-part series interview with Manuel Romero. We will be discussing best practices elite scouts use to find players and what it takes to play at the highest level in a professional tier system saturated with talent at every tier. Romero joins us from Sabadell, Spain and is speaking to us through an interpreter
S1E1 The Spanish Model, Why Are They So Good?!
February 23, 2018 00:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBThis podcast features an interview with Manuel Romero. Manuel Romero was head of scouting for Real Madrid in Catalonia, Spain. He has discovered and scouted hundreds of youth players who have reached professionalism in La Liga and other elite leagues. Some of the people he discovered include Kiko Casillas (Real Madrid), Dani Jarque (RCD Espanyol), Aleix Vidal (Barcelona FC), and Mariano Diaz (Olympic Lyon). Romero. Today we will be discussing the indicators that make Spain an ideal p...