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Hosted by Freddy Cavin · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 19 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 19 episodes published.
I wasn’t planning to record this episode. But after a few days watching my daughter at XtraTime 215, I kept coming back to the same thought: this is what good coaching looks like. We talk a lot about goals and wins, but
First addition of "F.O.F.: Friends of Freddy". Two Englishmen, huge soccer players and fans. One American host (semi pro at podcasting ...at best and fancies football a bit). One great football conversation. Fresh off En
This World Cup feels different. In this episode, I share why I think soccer has reached a new place in America. From the beaches of Wildwood to the streets of New York City, the game seemed to be everywhere. Families pla
At some point, every athlete feels pressure. Pressure to perform. To make the team. To earn playing time. To live up to expectations from coaches, parents, teammates, and often themselves. And sometimes that pressure sta
The World Cup is here. I wanted to talk about Mexico, South Korea, the U.S., ticket prices, youth soccer, and all the other stuff that's been bouncing around in my head this week. And, I did...but I kept coming back to s
We back! Talk a little bit about my schedule...and where this is going moving forward. GREAT guests coming. All good stuff. How about this, Mauricio Pochettino recently challenged the US Men's National Team with a simple
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
A 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
And 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
Welcome 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
One 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
Imagine 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
Imagine 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
Imagine 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
Imagine 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
This 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
I’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
ACL 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
A 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
Brandan 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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