Chasing the Game - Youth Soccer in America
Hosted by Liron and Matt · Liron Unreich, Matt Tartaglia
5.0from 32 ratings
- 41
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 32
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Chasing the Game - Youth Soccer in America
Chasing the Game: Youth Soccer in America is a weekly podcast for soccer parents, coaches, and players who want to understand how youth soccer development really works in the United States. Hosted by two dads, filmmaker Liron Unreich and investor Matt Tartaglia, the show covers everything from grassroots soccer to elite pathways like MLS NEXT and ECNL. Combining data, real experience, and expert insights from academy directors, college coaches, and former pros, each episode explains what families truly need to know. Weekly episodes focus on the core aspects of youth soccer: player development, coaching culture, college recruiting, tryouts, travel costs, and the challenges of parenting in youth sports in today’s competitive environment. For families navigating youth soccer’s complex system, Chasing the Game offers practical advice, credible voices, and relatable stories from two dads working to make sense of American player development, one episode at a time.
- Publisher
- Liron Unreich, Matt Tartaglia
- Category
- sports · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Oct 2025
- Latest episode
- 16 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 41 episodes have a transcript.
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Pro Soccer Offer at 15. A Family Decision.
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What U.S. Soccer Says Must Change in Youth Soccer
22 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Long Game. How Do You Keep Kids Loving Soccer?
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A Pro Soccer Offer at 15. A Family Decision.
Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like, My parents weren't the type to, you know, yell at me or try to like coach me. They kind of just let me play. And yeah, just try to keep me positive and make sure I was having a good time, especially at a young age. If you think about the really talented teammates that you've had over the years who didn't keep moving up with you, when you think about the most and you think about those kids, what are the most common reasons that you don't think that they progressed at the same pace that you were progressing? I would say coachability is maybe the number one. I think there's some kids that are, you know, super talented, great dribblers, great passers, but they don't want to be coached. […]
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- Jonny Shore
- Dan Helfrich
- Sean McCafferty
- Andrew May
- Ditmer de Jong
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Liron and Matt host the show. Published by Liron Unreich, Matt Tartaglia.
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