Hosted by Freddy Cavin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 13 episodes
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In this short introduction, I share the idea behind Play Free FC which is a podcast rooted in a lifetime around the game and built to explore the full ecosystem of soccer.From youth clubs to the professional stage, from coaches and executives to performance staff working behind the scenes, this is a 360-degree look at the sport and the people who shape it.This is the foundation for what’s to come.
Freddy Cavin hosts Play Free FC, a sports show with 13 episodes published.
This episode is a little different. Freddy heads home to the Philadelphia area to "play" with VE in an Over 50 regional semifinal against Christos SC, but what unfolds becomes way bigger than the game itself. From legend
Show notesA group of former high-level American players, all over 40, are heading to Thailand to represent the United States at the Over 40 World Cup… and somehow, almost nobody knows this exists. In this episode, Freddy sits down
Show notesAnd here we are… part 3 and the final chapter of this conversation with Mark C. Franek, author of American Soccer Nation. Mark’s new book, American Soccer Nation, published by Simon & Schuster with forwards from Tim Howa
Show notesWelcome back to part 2 of our conversation with Mark Franek, author of American Soccer Nation. If you caught part 1, you already know… this conversation could have gone on for hours. And, if you listened in full to the f
Show notesOne of my favorite conversations I’ve had… easily. This is Part 1 with Mark C. Franek, a Philadelphia Union Academy (YSC) educator, teacher, and historian, and we barely scratched the surface. This will be at least a 2 p
Show notesImagine chasing a dream at 50 + years old…in a sport… and still competing at the highest level. I sat down with Jimmy Connor… Vineland guy, longtime teammate, and someone who never let go of the game. At 50, he’s represe
Show notesImagine chasing a dream at 50 years old…in a sport… and still being able to play at the highest level. I sat down with Jimmy Connor… Vineland guy, longtime teammate, and someone who never let go of the game. At 50, he’s
Show notesImagine chasing a dream at 50 years old…in a sport… and still being able to play at the highest level. I sat down with Jimmy Connor… Vineland guy, longtime teammate, and someone who never let go of the game. At 50, he’s
Show notesImagine chasing a dream at 50 years old…in a sport… and still being able to play at the highest level. I sat down with Jimmy Connor… Vineland guy, longtime teammate, and someone who never let go of the game. At 50, he’s
Show notesThis one’s real. Most of our convos live here in the U.S… how we develop players, how the system works. But a big part of Play Free FC is getting outside of that. So today, we head to Dublin. I’m joined by Barry McCarthy
Show notesI’m joined by the Big 12's (a Power 4 Conference) Kansas University women’s head coach Nate Lie… former teammate of mine at Miami of Ohio, great human and someone who’s built his way up the hard way. But this episode rea
Show notesACL injuries are everywhere in the women’s game right now. But why? In this episode, I sit down with Pete Zulia, co-founder of Oxford Physical Therapy and a board-certified sports clinical specialist who’s spent decades
Show notesA solo jawn from Freddy breaking down the “alphabet soup” of American youth soccer: MLS Next, ECNL, EDP, and everything in between. This one’s real talk on how the system got so complicated, why families feel the pressur
Show notesBrandan Craig joins Play Free FC to talk about the journey from Philly soccer kid to young professional, what it takes to grow up fast in the game, and what it means to play for both club and country. Freddy and Brandan
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Show notesIn this short introduction, I share the idea behind Play Free FC which is a podcast rooted in a lifetime around the game and built to explore the full ecosystem of soccer. From youth clubs to the professional stage, from
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Play Free FC is hosted by Freddy Cavin. The show is categorised under sports (soccer) and has published 13 episodes.
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