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The TopDrawerSoccer Show: focus on the future with Top Drawer Soccer
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Yael Averbuch West on the importance of individual work in player development
0:00 - Taylor and Travis give an update on the show and discuss some of the things they've been watching and reading while live soccer has been off th...
Who is the next big USMNT dual national, will Canada eventually take over Concacaf, and more listener questions
Taylor and Travis do their best to answer your listener question!
Who is the next dual-national that could help the national team that wasn't in...
US men's Olympic qualifying roster, plus the U20 women are Concacaf champions!
Taylor and Travis break down the 23-man squad Jason Kreis has assembled for Olympic qualifying. Who are the notable omissions and what do they say abo...
The most exciting youngsters in the USL Championship
Who are the young players to watch in the 2020 USL Championship? The Athletic's Jeff Rueter joins the podcast this week to break down the league's rel...
10 young domestic players to watch in MLS this season
Joe Lowery joins this week's podcast to chat about some of the up-and-coming young U.S. players to watch ahead of the start of the 2020 Major League S...
Previewing the US U20 women's national team ahead of the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Taylor and Travis take a long look at the US U20 women's national team ahead of the start of the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. They break d...
Updates on eleven potential USMNTers abroad
Taylor and Travis take a look at eleven youngsters currently playing (or, in some cases, not playing) in Europe and try to figure out 1) where they st...
Performance analytics and player development in college soccer w/ Carl Carpenter
UVA Men's Soccer Performance Analyst Carl Carpenter joins the show to discuss how Video Analysis and Performance Analytics are used to find an extra e...
Updates on the US U20 men's and women's national teams
Taylor and Travis go deep on the US men's and women's U20 national teams. Up first, they take a look at the women's team and discuss the hiring of Lau...
Is a major change on the horizon for men's DI college soccer?
Travis talks to Maryland men's head coach Sasho Cirovski about the proposed 21st Century Model that will be up for vote this April
by the NCAA....
Recapping the 2020 NWSL Draft
Taylor and Travis review the 2020 NWSL Draft on location in Baltimore. Who did the best, who made the big moves, and what will the future hold for man...
2020 MLS SuperDraft review and NWSL Draft preview
Taylor and Travis discuss the strangeness of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft as well as, as Travis put it, "the players and teams that did things."
Afte...
2020 MLS SuperDraft preview, plus a little USMNT roster chat
Taylor and Travis take a look at the upcoming MLS SuperDraft. How different will it be this season, who are the key players who could be involved, and...
Recapping the men's and women's D1 College Cup Finals
Taylor and Travis discuss the DA showcase in Floria before turning their focus to the men's and women's college tournaments. On the women's side, they...
Discussing the 2019 Men's College Cup w/ Wake Forest Head Coach Bobby Muuss
Taylor gives a brief review of the recent events in the both the women's and men's D1 soccer tournaments. We'll discuss both the women's and men's fin...
NCAA men's and women's tournament updates, plus an interview w/ Washington State women's coach Todd Shulenberger
Taylor and Travis discuss all the action so far in both the men's and women's D1 soccer tournaments. On the men's side, it's mostly gone as expected,...
Women's and men's D1 tournament updates, plus a chat about the Jefferson Cup
In Part 1, Taylor and Travis review the big matches that have already happened and preview those soon to come in both the women's and men's D1 college...
NCAA Men's DI tournament preview bonanza!
ESPN broadcaster Jonathan Yardley joins the show to break
down the men's Division I tournament field, contenders to watch, MLS prospects to kno...
2019 Division I Women's Soccer Tournament Preview (and a few predictions)
Taylor and (mostly) Travis preview the start of the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer tournament by taking a look at the top 8 teams, as well as a f...
Wrapping up the USA at the U17 World Cup w/ Adam Belz
Adam Belz of the Scuffed Podcast joins this week's show to dissect the USA's performance at the Under-17 World. What is important, what isn't and wh...
Breaking down the U.S. U17 MNT at the World Cup
J.R. Eskilson joins the show to review the first two games for the United States at the U17 World Cup. What went right (not much), what went wrong,...
An American (almost) in Paris: Phallon Tullis-Joyce of Stade de Reims
Stade de Reims goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce discusses life in France's Ligue 1 Feminie, where she moved after playing for the University of Miami...
US U17 World Cup roster review and analysis
Taylor and Travis break down the US U17 World Cup roster. Who is in, who is out, and who will need to have a strong tournament to help the US make a d...
The rising stars of the NWSL, plus USWNT coaching search w/ Jeff Kassouf
Jeff Kassouf of Equalizer Soccer joins the show to discuss the next stars of the NWSL, the status of the US Women's national team coaching search, and...
US U17 World Cup roster projections, plus analyzing the latest U23 roster
Taylor and Travis start off by analyzing the 25 names included on Jason Kreis' 25-player squad for the US U23 national team ahead of its upcoming frie...
Jonathan González discusses the Alianza Showcase and the challenges faced by dual nationals
Travis talks to Mexico international (and former US youth international) Jonathan González about how he became a professional player, what his time in...
UVA women's head coach Steve Swanson on managing a #1-ranked team
On this week's show, Virginia women's head coach (and USWNT assistant) Steven Swanson breaks down his team's early success in the 2019 DI season, the...
Rosters and Results: keeping up with the US U17, U20 and U23 men's national teams
Taylor and Travis attempt to cure their USMNT Blues by taking a prolonged look at the next generation of talent coming through.
The U17 World C...
Discussing the best young players in USL League One w/ Ira Jersey
Taylor talks to Ira Jersey of The League One Fun podcast about the best young players currently employed by each and every USL League One side. Ira al...
Discussing the upcoming Development Academy season w/ Mike Woitalla
Travis talks to Soccer America's Mike Woitalla about the start of the 2019 Development Academy season, as well as the changes that have been implement...
NCAA Preview: the most exciting men and women to watch this college season
Taylor and Travis (mostly Travis) preview the 2019 college seasons (both men and women) by taking a look at some of the performers they think could be...
Young Americans in the Bundesliga, plus analyzing the operational changes at US Soccer
Taylor and Travis are back together (via the internet) to discuss the brights starts for both Gio Reyna at Dortmund and Sergino Dest at Ajax.
T...
Previewing the upcoming seasons for 10 young Americans w/ Adam Belz
Note - Apologies for the lack of introduction for this episode. My (Taylor's) microphone appears to have ceased functioning, so no fancy greeting up f...
2019 MLS Homegrown Game and assorted listener questions w/ Bobby Warshaw
From a hotel room in Orlando, Taylor talks to Bobby Warshaw about the 2019 MLS Homegrown game, which both attended but Bobby actually covered. After t...
Looking ahead to the 2023 World Cup w/ Kim McCauley of SB Nation
Travis talks to SB Nation's Kim McCauley about the 2023 Women's World Cup cycle: who from the 2019 might be in that squad, who are some youngsters who...
11 young Homegrowns who have impressed this season
Taylor and Travis take turns discussing their combined 11 homegrown players that have impressed this season in either MLS or USL (or occasionally both...
Boys and Girls Development Academy Playoffs and Finals w/ J.R. Eskilson
J.R. ESKILSON HAD MADE AN APPEARANCE!
Travis is joined by J.R. Eskilson (of TopDrawerSoccer) to discuss the girls and boys Development Academy p...
Changes to the NCAA recruitment rules, should Tab Ramos stay or go as US U20 coach, and more listener questions
After gushing about Gio Reyna's (now official) move to Borussia Dortmund, Taylor and Travis answer your listener questions, including (but not limited...
Establishing a base camp in Europe for young American players w/ Jordan Gardner of FC Helsingor
Jordan Gardner, Chairman of the Board and Co-Owner of FC Helsingor, explains the process he and his partners went through to transform a Danish 2nd di...
Training compensation and solidarity payments updates w/ Miki Turner
Travis talks to attorney Miki Turner about the recent news involving training compensation and solidarity payments. What do those terms mean, how has...