Coffee and Leadership With Pros

Failure isn't final. Finding the "hinge" moments of life that open the door to new opportunities and more!

Join us as we chat with former Manchester United Goalkeeper and Friend, Roy Carroll. Roy shares about his journey through professional soccer, his first meeting with Sir Alex Ferguson, his struggle with depression and alcoholism while at West Ham, to coming out of retirement and reaching out to others about Mental Health. This is a podcast you won't want to miss listening to! Enjoy!!

Join us as Pro GK, Logan Ketterer shares his inspirational story from youth to pro and the ups and downs to chasing his long-time dream of becoming a Pro MLS Goalkeeper. This podcast was originally recorded in April 2021. At that time Logan was the starting USL Championship League goalkeeper for the El Paso Locomotive FC. In early May 2021, Logan went on Loan to the Portland Timbers where he will be their starting goalkeeper through the end of 2021. Be inspired to not give-up and BET ON YOU! Enjoy!

Coach Amanda discusses being a leader and being led by both good and bad leaders in the world....being willing to have difficult conversations when they matter most and much, much more. Enjoy!

Join Coach Amanda and NWSL Pro Goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe in Season 2, Episode 2 of Coffee and Leadership with Pros.  Currently Aubrey is the starting goalkeeper for the NWSL Washington Spirit and most recently was called up again to the USWNT training camp. In this episode Aubrey shares her uncommon journey-from going unsigned in the NWSL Draft post college career to taking a leap of faith to go pro in Europe, returning to play pro in the US and working diligently for 10 years to becoming a starting NWSL Pro Goalkeeper. This is an encouraging and powerful story filled with lots of advice and lessons. Enjoy!!

Are you or your GK wondering which level of college play is best? Or what the commitment will look like at each of those levels? In this episode Eric "EV" Vaughter (former Duke, Vanderbilt and UNC-Greensboro Assistant Coach), Coach Niko Roros (Former Pitt Women's Club Soccer Coach), and Coach Amanda (RGA Head GK Coach and Current GK Coach at Marymount University) discuss the differences of playing at the next level including playing club. We review and answer many questions like: What does the commitment look like, What type of scholarship options are out there, how to narrow your list down to pick your colleges, how to pick and get the most from the ID camps you attend, how to communicate with college coaches, how recruiting really works and more! If you or your GK is interested in playing at the highest level and have questions about the processes of playing at the next level feel free to reach out!

Join coffee and leadership podcast cohost Amanda Forester and Former 21-yr MLS pro goalkeeper Jon Busch’s college Goalkeeping Coach and mentor still today, Eric “EV” Vaughter as he shares stories and wisdom from his many years of coaching. Throughout this talk we cover the many aspects of goalkeeping from playing to coaching and the importance of remembering to love the game! Enjoy!

Join coffee and leadership podcast cohost Amanda Forester and Former 21-yr MLS pro goalkeeper Jon Busch’s college Goalkeeping Coach and mentor still today, Eric “EV” Vaughter as he shares stories and wisdom from his many years of coaching. Throughout this talk we cover the many aspects of goalkeeping from playing to coaching and the importance of remembering to love the game! Enjoy!

Join Coach Amanda and current Marymount University head women’s soccer coach, former NWSL pro and US National Youth Team Midfielder, Manya Makoski Puppione as she shares her struggles about growing up with parents who struggled with alcoholism, using soccer as her escape to going pro and trusting the process of life after retiring. If you are a player, pro, retired pro or coach this one is for you.

Join Coffee and Leadership with Pros co-host Amanda Forester and Former MLS Houston Dynamo Defender, Oumar Ballo as they talk about Oumar’s journey in soccer through moving from Mali to the USA at age 9yo to multiple evictions and moves as a teen to excelling at the game in college to being drafted into the MLS. If you’re struggling or working through adversity this is the podcast for you. Get your pen and paper ready and enjoy!

Join Coffee and Leadership with Pros co-host Amanda Forester and Former MLS Houston Dynamo Defender, Oumar Ballo as they talk about Oumar’s journey in soccer through moving from Mali to the USA at age 9yo to multiple evictions and moves as a teen to excelling at the game in college to being drafted into the MLS. If you’re struggling or working through adversity this is the podcast for you. Get your pen and paper ready and enjoy!

Enjoy this Q&A session we had with former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll. RGA GKs, some well known pros and supporters joined in to talk soccer and ask Roy questions. Listen in as Roy talks about his playing days and his journey through the Premier league...talking about mental struggles, memories and the love for the game Enjoy!

Former USWNT & NWSL PRO Field Player, Brittany Bock joined us today. Listen in as she shares about overcoming adversity, injury, mental struggles, and more. If you’re struggling right now this is the podcast for you. Brittany takes us through her story and shares how she has overcome those hurdles mentally, emotional and physically. Enjoy!

An encouraging word from Coach Amanda during this uncertain period of time. Be encouraged RGA Family & Friends! We are standing with you!

Join RGA&VSA Owner Amanda and Staff as they share about the RGA & VSA Culture. In this episode RGA Head GK Coach Amanda Forester, RGA Co-Head GK Coach and NWSL NC Courage Pro GK, Sam Leshnak Murphy and VSA Technical Coach Marlana Barnard share about their personal experiences about culture at the player level in club, college and pro to now coaching. This episode is packed with information for parents, players, and the current coaches out there in soccer and the business arena. Listen in as we share how we formed our culture and made it a success and how to form a better environment as a coach, player and parent.

Join us as Macklin Robinson shares about his underdog story and journey to pro. 

In this this episode 2x Olympian and 3x World Cup 99er, Tiffeny Milbrett joins us. Listen in as she shares about developing quiet confidence, making choices for today, parenting your player and helping them navigate the soccer world and more!

EPISODE 1: NWSL NC Courage GK, Sam Leshnak joins Coach Amanda to discuss a topic and question asked by one of our RGA GKs, "How does Coach Amanda and Coach Sam disagree so much but stay friends?" Listen in as we share and discuss in more detail why we are okay with not having to agree with each other about everything and we still remain friends in the process. Also in this episode we talk about the importance of maintaining a healthy mental game and overcoming failure. Thank you for listening! Visit our Official Coffee Sponsor THE LOCAL CUP in Mechanicsville, VA! Are you an RGA GK or Parent? Check them out. They are 2 minute drive from our fields. A great place to hang out and drink coffee or grab one on the go!