Matt sits down with legendary Minnesotan Alli Kempainen to discuss her coaching career at the high school, club, and collegiate levels. With stops at St. Thomas, Alabama State, and a recent move to Florida Gulf State, Kempainen has a lot of experience to share. This show is presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.…

Mark sits down with head coach Aaron Blanchard and forward Niya Wilson of UPSL's Superior City FC women's squad to kickoff their 2024 season.This show is presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with players and staff from Sioux Falls City Football Club to talk about the upcoming WPSL season, future plans for the organization and to announce the full player roster.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark talks with the players and staff of Mankato United WPSL about their upcoming 2024 season and what they look to accomplish. This show is presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt chats with Molly Rouse, head coach at Ole Miss about her credibility as (perhaps) the youngest coach in the SEC. This show is presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down with Jennie Clark to talk about her role as assistant coach at Northwestern, the impact of Big Ten expansions, and her time at Utah Tech with an all Minnesota coaching staff. Presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down with Krystle (Kallman) Seidel to talk about her playing career at West Virginia and Minnesota, coaching her hometown Gophers and at Macalester, and her new role on staff at Wright State in the Horizon League. Show presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with new hires Mandy Pochobradsky (head coach of the new reserve team) and Colette Montgomery (lead assistant on the first team, new head of camps) from Minnesota Aurora about the growth of the club, their new roles on Sporting Director and Head Coach Nicole Lukic’s team, and more! Presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing!…

Mark sits down with Jackie Jares to ask her about her star studded career with the UMD Bulldogs soccer team, battling as a mid table NSIC team, being a veteran in the COVID era, and more! Show Presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down with Darryl "The Hammer" Isaacs and Derek Burns (of Dinkytown Athletes) to talk about the ground breaking Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) deal with Gopher Soccer, Darryl's famous Super Bowl Commercials, how Derek ended up leading the University of Minnesota's NIL collective, and more! Presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing…

Mark sits down with star freshmen Angela Gutierrez to talk about her debut college season, what made Drake a great fit for her, her soccer goals, and more! Show presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with U of MN Crookston assistant coach Morgan Philliber to talk about her journey into coaching, working to climb the ranks in the NSIC, living in rural northern Minnesota, and more! Show presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with Concordia St Paul star Katie Anderson to talk about being the old vet on a young CSP team, her long time NSIC rivalries, how she ended up in St Paul as a southern California native, and more! Show presented by Pentz Homes and Modist Brewing.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark Privratsky sits down with Minnesotan Kaitlyn MacBean to talk about her epic run to the Elite 8 with Penn State, recovering from her early college injuries, her time as a star youth and high school player in the Twin Cities, her favorite goals, places to play and what made her want to play for the Nittany Lions. Show Presented by Pentz Homes & …

Matt Privratsky sits down with Gopher Soccer's star centerbacks Elizabeth Overberg and Jordy Rothwell to talk about their strong performance in the run of play, Overberg's growth during her time in MN, Rothwell's experience with the Gophers after years at Creighton, how they're preparing for Big Ten play, and two pop quizzes on the Midwest and thei…

Mark Privratsky sits down with Minnesotan Jessie Hunt about her epic assist totals, being able to get individual stats while also winning as a team, Northeastern's rivals, her experience at MN Thunder Academy during her club years, her time with Salvo in the WPSL, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark Privratsky sits down with Minnesotan Emmy Ellington to talk about her career at Western Illinois, moving to centerback, being in a new conference, landing with Rochester FC in the USL W League, her playing ambitions, and more! Presented by Pentz Homes. (pentzhomes.com)Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Co-Owner Emily Thomas and Sporting Director and Coach Joe DeMay sit down with Matt to talk about Sioux Falls City FC's big announcement to be one of the five founding LOI clubs in the new WPSL Pro league, set to launch in 2025.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down the a full St Thomas crew to talk about the growth of the program in the DI era, how the attacking units may adjust to multiple formations, new transfers/freshmen who could show in the rotation, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with Hannah Adler to talk about her award winning experience with Minnesota Aurora, her beach national team duties, the Summit League connection with Aurora teammates, her pro stops overseas and in the NWSL, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with USL W League Defender of the Year Tianna Harris to talk about how Minnesota Aurora compared to her expectations, her college journey, when she knew she wanted to play professional soccer, her goal setting process, and her first professional contract in France!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down with St Thomas soccer star Arianna Sanchez (Chez) to talk about how she first got connected to the Tommies, why St Thomas was the right college fit for her, how her role has changed from freshman year to now, using her platform as a Black athlete, her favorite Summit League road trips, and more!…

Mark sits down with All-Everything Mankato star Jenny Vetter to talk about signing her first pro contract in Portugal, the mindset shift from star college player to tryout player in NWSL camp, the process of finding an agent, exploring her opportunities overseas, her historic NSIC career, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

It’s a “full-on Dragon edition” of Equal Time Soccer as Mark sits down with MSU Moorhead Head Coach Christie Kopietz and players Madeline Etter and Morgan Bachelor. They talk about next season’s recruiting class, how they maintain a culture of succeeding both on the field and in the classroom, and the evolution of the Highway 75 Rivalry Rock, which…

Mark sits down with Lindsey Birch, a first-year standout at D1 University of Nebraska Omaha and the first signing for the W-League team, Rochester FC, which will start its first season this summer.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Sioux Falls City FC is looking to build off the success of their first season in the WPSL. The club’s key players and staff recently joined Mark to talk about what they learned and reveal their 2023 roster. This episode features players Hailee Fischer, Ellie Shock, Juni Ejere, and Mary Perez, as well as Assistant Coach Anna Bondy, Head Coach and Te…

Matt sits down with incoming Gopher Soccer transfers Cam Xu, Jelena Zbiljic, Megan Nemec, and Jordy Rothwell to talk about how they chose Minnesota as their new soccer home, what they were looking for when they entered the transfer portal, how they might fit in Erin Chastain's system, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Annie Williams has played professional soccer all over the world - Costa Rica, Iceland, Sweden, and now Italy. Matt sits down with her to talk about her role at Parma (2 min), how her game as translated across leagues (6 min), adjusting to each new league (10min), what other MN pros she connects most with (15 min), playing for a club with an Americ…

Mark sits down with Minnesota State Mavericks star Brynn Desens to talk about her storied college career, her year getting the chance to play another season, her pitch-side marriage proposal, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with Emily Bunnell to talk about what it was like to transfer during the COVID shutdown, living in Seattle, navigating the world of Name Image Likeness deals, her post-college soccer goals, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark sits down with Jocelyn Tanner of the South Dakota Jackrabbits (just hours before she was named keeper of the year in the Summit League!) to talk about their undefeated season, her unique keeper share with teammate Hailee Fischer, some of her award winning teammates, the team's mindset heading into tournament play, and more!…

Matt sits down for a sequel to the incoming transfer show from last December with Gabbie Cesarone and Sophia Romine to talk about them making a huge impact for Gopher Soccer, guidelines for the press, how to handle free kicks and resets, how they host recruits, how they handle road trips, which coaches are the best athletes, and which teammates are…

Matt and Isa sit down with Sheila McGill (1-15min), Camryn Rintoul (15-30 min), Audrey Vidmar (30-45 min) of St Thomas to talk about their improvement from year 1 to year 2, Rintoul turning into a offensive threat from distance, Vidmar coming home to the Capital City as an impact transfer, the glamorous paperwork of DI soccer, and who would survive…

Matt sits down with star outside backs Abi Frandsen and Alana Dressely of Gopher Soccer to talk about how the team turned things around after four tough results to start this season, being such a big part of the offensive attack, their journey to the U of MN, and a quiz to see if they know who's showed out in key stat categories for the U this fall…

Mark sits down with DI star Ana Recarte - Pecheco to talk about her south Texas college career, the difference between playing club, high school, DA (at Shattuck St Mary's), and college, the idea of playing back home in Spain, being a cowboy, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark Privratsky sits down with Bemidji State Soccer star Sara Wendt to talk about how she landed at BSU, the possibility of breaking the scoring record, being the last NSIC team standing in the NCAA Tournament last fall, the team's goals this year, and why she *wouldn't* be the first person to die in the Hunger Games.…

Mark Privratsky and Dani Foxhoven Young sit down with MN Aurora FC Head Coach Nicole Lukic to talk about her USL W League Coach of the Year campaign, which players surprised the staff, what led to such a successful first year for the team, how those early recruiting conversations went, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark talks to MN Aurora FC stars Addy Symmonds and Kelsey Kaufusi about playing in front of a sold out crowd at TCO, their pro ambitions, being teammates at Utah State, and Addy's very real and significant Megan Rapinoe connection.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mark and Lis talk to Sioux Falls and South Dakota State star keeper Hailee Fischer about growing the game in her home state, getting the first win of Sioux Fall's WPSL season, being related to and training with Kasey Keller (!), and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Matt sits down with soccer star turned football kicker Maya Turner to learn about how she first considered kicking, the insane nature of punting a lemon shaped ball, attempting to make tackles, how her super accurate long balls in soccer translated immediately for field goals, her decision to head across the border to Manitoba, and more!…

Mark gives some general summer league updates on WPSL squads in the "Minnesota" conference and then jumps into a deep dive conversation with Cassidy Sepnieski who designed MN Aurora FC's new kits about her start in minor league baseball, why good kit design matters for lower league soccer clubs, her groundbreaking work with Forward Madison, working…

Marks sits down with Moorhead State Head Coach Christie Kopietz to talk about her playing career at Crookston, growing as a coach, trying to help a team climb the ranks in the stacked NSIC, selling the Fargo-Moorhead area, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

NDSU in England! Mark talks with Olivia Lovick, Kelsey Kallio, Kaitlyn Hanson, Paige Goaley, Dani Stuber all the way from England where NDSU is playing as part of their spring season.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Hannah Cade was all everything growing up in Minnesota, a four year starter at Iowa State, and is starting her second stint in the pro leagues in Iceland. Matt sits down with her to talk about playing in Europe vs the US, adapting to living abroad, her goals as a pro, being a soccer sister, and more!…

Kristelle Yewah starred for Michigan State, came to Minnesota for dental school, and was one of the first players announced for the new USL W League team Minnesota Aurora FC. Mark sits down with her to talk about her journey as a player, how she heard about Aurora, her high achieving family, her takes on the Bachelor/Bachelorette, and more!…

We sit down with Minnesotan Alaysia Lane, who's currently playing in the top pro league in Portugal. We talk about how she landed at Rutgers, her transfer process to Gonzaga, how her first pro opportunity in Portugal came about, and a return of The Internet Said It.Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Sarah Fuller, star goalkeeper known for breaking barriers across sports, was announced as the first ever signing for MN Aurora FC in the USL W League this week. Mark and Lis sit down with her to talk about her college career so far, dealing with such incredible levels of fame after kicking a field goal for the Vanderbilt football team, helping othe…

We check in with Erin Chastain to reflect on her first season leading the Gopher Soccer program last fall, some of her goals for the spring, the role incoming freshmen and transfers may play in deepening the rotation, her matter of fact communication style, her love of goal celebrations, and more!Oleh Equal Time Soccer

Mikki Denney Wright led the Gopher Soccer program for the 2004-2011 seasons, including the two deepest NCAA Tournament runs in team history. We talk to her about injuring Mia Hamm, partying with Gregg Berhalter, having Erin Hussey (Chastain) as her host when she transferred to the U, landing at Visitation as their new head coach, hiring former Goph…

We sat down with Alma Beaton, and incoming freshman for the University of Minnesota, and her mom Anne, who played for the Gophers in their first ever Division 1 season about being the program's first legacy pair, how the game has changed since then, Anne's time coach Alma, how Alma landed at the U of MN, and finally some Mother-Daughter Gopher Triv…