EVERYBODY SOCCER

The History of American Goalkeeping continues with its fourth installment. Goalkeeper junkie Chris Barocas joins the podcast to speak on his time growing up playing goalkeeper in the 80s and 90s and how that ultimately led him to his current role as a goalkeeper coach for Chattanooga FC. Prior to joining Chattanooga, Chris coached at Inter Miami, New York Red Bulls, and Orlando City. Although goalkeeper coaches are typically known for having well-thought philosophies, Chris came prepared for our conversation with excellent hindsight and analysis of the current game.

0:00 - Intro2:00 - Background8:00 - What makes USMNTProspects unique 22:45 - What can the USMNT scouting community do better?28:30 - Do you have a responsibility to publish content in a certain way?37:30 - Discussion on personal sabbatical 45:45 - Charlie Keenan discussion54:30 - Handling the haters1:08:20 - Goalkeeper talk

2:45 - Steve’s background and intro4:50 - What does the US Open Cup mean for American soccer’s history?10:00 - How does the current struggle for power between MLS vs USSF compare to previous moments in American soccer?16:45 - Where does history indicate we are heading to?25:00 - Can we look for signs to see which side (MLS vs. USSF) has more power?28:30 - What can we expect to see with two division one leagues in women’s soccer? (NWSL and USL Super League)35:30 - How likely are we looking at a merger for the two leagues?

5:40 - 20 years ago, the USMNT starter had to be in Europe. Now that isn’t the case. What has changed? Is England (cutthroat territory) good for US gks right now?12:00 - What went wrong with our American goalkeepers in England?20:00 - US Soccer’s connection to goalkeeper development26:30 - Demands from the game vs. what type of goalkeeper the US actually develops37:40 - USOC vs. MLS drama / How does USOC help gks? And how do MLS and USOC help each other? Do they need each other?53:35 - NWSL draft: what good does it do to draft a young gk only to bench them? Are there better solutions than the current system when it comes to gk development in the NWSL?1:11:35 - Camp Shutout Talk

Chad Prickett is a former goalkeeper from the University of Kentucky and is now the founder of Columbus Goalkeeper Academy. His passion for the position made him the perfect person to talk to about development for teenage goalkeepers, specifically the connection between three training environments: individual training, team practice, and games.Although those three areas have a lot of nuance that we don’t quite get all the way into - the difference from coaching male and female gks, areas of the country, styles of play within certain clubs - our main focus with this podcast was to survey how our country approaches each of the three - again, individual training, team practice, and game. We talk about why they’re important, how we’re connecting the three areas to one another, and where we’re currently succeeding/failing within each one.

FC United’s Stan Anderson and Bill Reno take a deep dive on the USMNT goalkeeper depth chart. Prior to recording, Stan and Bill ranked their top USMNT goalkeeping options, then averaged the lists together, then counted up the list from 25 to 1. Check the episode notes to jump to a specific section in the podcastAs an aside: I’ve been wanting to do something similar for the USWNT yet I’ve been unable to find a buyer. If you or someone you know knows the USWNT goalkeeping pool and can talk about it beyond a couple of names, please reach out to me at [email protected].———————5:0725. Brad Guzan24. Nathan Steinwascher23. Earl Edwards22. Bill Hamid21. Alec Kann———————14:3020. Kyle Morton19. Chris Brady18. Tim Melia17. William Yarbrough16. Danny Vitello———————25:2015. Roman Celentano14. Gabriel Slonina13. JT Marcinkowski———————37:2512. Tyler Miller11. Zac MacMath10. Stefan Cleveland———————51:309. Joe Willis8. Stefan Frei7. Sean Johnson———————59:306. Zack Steffen5. Steve Clark———————1:08:204. ???3. ???———————1:16:002. ???1. ???———————1:27:15Closing remarks

Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:10 - Atlanta United11:06 - Chicago Fire20:37 - FC Cincinnati29:41 - Columbus Crew35:00 - DC United43:06 - Inter Miami49:05 - Club de Foot Montreal54:24 - Nashville SC58:33 - New England Revolution01:06:55 - New York Red Bulls01:11:07 - New York City FC01:17:03 - Orlando City SC01:23:17 - Philadelphia Union01:29:57 - Toronto FC

Timestamps0:00 - Intro1:53 - Austin FC6:25 - Colorado Rapids11:50 - FC Dallas19:00 - Houston Dynamo24:00 - Los Angeles FC30:16 - Los Angeles Galaxy37:25 - Minnesota United42:28 - Portland Timbers49:25 - Real Salt Lake1:50:51 - San Jose Earthquakes1:08:52 - Seattle Sounders1:13:15 - Sporting Kansas City1:19:00 - Vancouver Whitecaps

4:20 Reggie Cannon’s response + “how do we keep people at the table on divisive issues?”23:00 Why are MLS and NWSL backup goalkeepers so good?46:00 Neuer vs ter Stegen1:01:00 Jon Busch

2:10: What is an “American” style of goalkeeping9:30: Modern, American goalkeeper training characteristics14:30: 2019 U20 World Cup roster discussion23:00: How NWSL/MLS have approached development for young goalkeepers30:10: Recent changes in the professional goalkeeping world37:30 Where has the country been doing well in goalkeeper development?52:00 Where the US needs to improve moving forward

Stan’s #1: 2:20Stan’s #2: 8:10Stan’s #3: 14:30Bill’s #1: 22:10Bill’s #2: 22:30Bill’s #3: 25:00Top goalkeepers from 2019: 34:00

This episode we have long time returning guest Stan Anderson from FC United and UIC helping me dive into the American goalkeeper landscape. We start with the proposed split-season model for D1 men's soccer. Spoiler: we’re both fans of it. We then jump to a college success story in Zack Steffen and what has held him back on the international stage. From there, we recap the 2019 MLS season and where MLS teams are falling short in what they over and underrate, which bleeds over into a brief rant on the GOTY award. We get close to ending on a positive note with picking highlights from Tim Howard’s and Nick Rimando’s career, before trying to make sense of the, then recent, 2-0 loss to Canada.

We return after a summer break with Steve Holroyd to discuss a number of non-goalkeeping events, specifically the 2019 Hall of Fame class, the upcoming MLS CBA, and a mini-documentary PBS put out on the Bethlehem Steel. While Holroyd is not technically a goalkeeper, he provides a point of view as a historian and labor lawyer that many can’t match. So getting Steve in really fits the “everybody” in “everybody soccer”, although we’ll get back to goalkeeping in the next episodes.

EJ Proctor was a three year starter with the blue devils, finishing in the fall of 2017. For a goalkeeper who’s a little undersized, she never wavered in playing the position correctly and I think that really showed as Duke made deep trips in the national tournament each year with her in net. She would proceed to get drafted by the Utah Royals in 2018 and was set to backup Nicole Barnhart until the dissolution of the Boston Breakers bumped her to a practice player. EJ recaps her time at Duke as well as her short stint with the Royals, including the highs and lows of the whole process. Towards the back part of the interview, EJ and I talk about an article her mother, Kathy, wrote. It’s a really wonderful and personal account of Kathy detailing her journey as a parent of a gay athlete and how she approached this new stage in her life. EJ discusses her reaction to reading it, all positive, of course, and to be honest, connecting with EJ over the idea of being proud of our parents was a real pleasant surprise for me.

Current Nashville SC and Creighton alum Connor Sparrow alongside St. Louis Gallagher goalkeeping director Tim Kelly. Tim has known Connor for over a decade know, being instrumental to his development. So we flip back the pages to hear about the two discuss their time together and how Tim approached Connor as a young goalkeeper.

Stan Anderson of the developmental academy side FC United returns to cover a number of topics. 1) We bounce around top all-time collegiate goalkeepers. 2) Kepa Arrizabalaga 3) Foreign goalkeepers in MLS 4) GOTY predictions.

Stan Anderson returns this week to discuss Zack Steffen's move to Manchester City, Evan Bush's new contract, and USL v the NCAA.

Do goalkeepers receive too many fouls or not enough? Where is the line on player safety?

Tom Serratore (University of Oregon) discusses his work with the St. Baldrick's Foundation and why coaching isn't limited to just competing on the field.

Stan Anderson joins the Everybody Soccer podcast in an attempt to revive the two-year hiatus. We discuss goalkeeper development in the college system.

MLS goalkeeping legend Jon Busch fields questions ranging from the 1993 U17 World Cup to the recent MLS CBA to how height plays a factor in goalkeeping.

tracy noonan was the backup goalkeeper for the 1999 uswnt world cup champions and now runs her own goalkeeping camp called dynasty goalkeeping.

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Hope Solo and the USWNT (opener) Clint Irwin, Tim Howard, Dumb Media - 3:30 Brad Guzan - 11:00 Various headlines - 17:00 #gkroyale - 21:30

Guzan, Howard, and Hamid have all fallen on hard times. What does the future hold for them? MLS and NWSL drafts were a thing last week. What about them?

kasey keller's article can be read here for those with espn insider subscriptions: http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-soccer/story/2759319/the-state-of-mls-goalkeeping opening song belongs to mewithoutYou and is called "watermelon ascot".