Cornfed Coaching Jack Andrews and Jon Choda

In conjunction with the Iowa Soccer Symposium, the Cornfed Coaching team was able to sit down with two powerhouse coaches. Eloisa and Maren both tell us their phenomenal playing backgrounds and how those experiences shaped who they are today. We dive into some all too common issues within professional soccer coaching. They go through the challenges of being a female in a typically male dominated industry. It's an important conversation and we were very appreciative that they got so candid wit...

What a guest! The Cornfed team was able to sit down with Hasney Aljofree during the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Hasney's background is unbelievable. He was a player in Manchester United's youth system, then joined several organization through his professional career. Since hanging up the boots as a player, he joined Man U's coaching staff on the youth side for 10 years, and now is part of the PFA's coaching education system. Phenomenal conversation, and an even better educator.

Jack and Jon are BACK with another special edition in partnership with Iowa Soccer hosting the podcast at the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Bright and Barker offered reflection on their session and talked shop about development and soccer in the Covid era. Great catching up with two previous guests!

The Cornfed team is back! In this return episode, the Cornfed team was honored to be joined by Nick Garcia. Nick is a former professional player in the MLS and is now working for the league through media, and serves as the Executive Director of Sporting Brookside. He takes us through is unique journey growing up in Texas and playing for the USYNT throughout the years. Great discussion on giving back to the game and insight into the professional life and what it takes to get there.

The Cornfed team was happy to get back together and take and get back to our roots with a local coach doing big things! Mark McKeever wastes no time diving into how he got to America and started his coaching journey from Scotland. Mark is currently the head coach for Young Harris as well as the Des Moines Menace for the past two seasons. Mark talks about the different challenges coaching college and in the USL II. He gives great insight into the player's process as well as what it takes behin...

The Cornfed team welcomed back Paul Bright of The Coaching Manual in conjunction with the Iowa Soccer Symposium. Paul has been instrumental in the progression of The Coaching Manual, which is an online platform to help further coaching education with sessions and ideas for coaches to dive into. He joined the team today to talk about a hot topic in the soccer community, Periodization. Great chat!