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Kansas Regional Referee Nathan Colling is back to co-host and nerds out about various gadgets many of us utilize in our referee endeavours. Former National Youth Referee of the Year, D1 college goalkeeper and longtime High School coach Sarah Gonzalez shares her story and a valuable perspective for officials to hear. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Experienced Kansas referee Peter Dulany swings by the pod to talk about his referee journey, his passion for futsal and what the future holds. FIFA AR and warm weather fan Logan Brown chats with Gordie about his journey and discuss a myriad of officiating topics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Guest co-host Stephanie Iwata shares her impressive game portfolio in her first 10 months of refereeing. Lance VanHaitsma talks about his role as Manager of Refereeing at CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) as well as his time as FIFA Futsal Referee. Umpiro Referee shoe at Official Sports https://officialsports.com/1708-umpiro-shoe/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Former National Assistant Referee and current High School assistant coach and Regional Referee Ryan Cook stops by to co-host this episode. CONCACAF Manager of Refereeing Lance VanHaitsma chats with Gordie about his journey, college soccer, futsal, CONCACAF and more in part one of the interview. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun...Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Referee and assignor Aaron Rench joins Gordie "deep in the bowels" of someone's basement for a chat. MLS Assistant Referee Jeff Swartzel discusses how to deal with dissent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Scott Van Pelt impersonator Jason Paepke shares recent observations about the state of refereeing from a coaching standpoint before nerding out about shoes. Andrew Bigelow, MLS assistant referee, High School coach and all-around nice guy chats with Gordie about his pathway.

Coach Matt Gow and Gordie connect about the coach/referee relationship, things he's noticed and learned along the way and some of the pet peeves we have with one another's roles. CEO and Founder of RunninRef, Austin Ardrey chats about his passion to provide sports officials the training and resources to stay fit and healthy, giving back to the game they love for years to come.

Tatum Richter returns to join Gordie in the studio, revealing the winner of "Nerding Out, part dieux". Mike Warneke, Founder and Executive Director for Fields of Dreams Uganda, shares his inspirational story via Zoom. Fields of Dreams Uganda www.fieldsofdreamsuganda.org linktr.ee/foduganda -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

PJ Garcia joins Gordie in the studio. Together they talk out about whistles in the first "Nerd out" segment. Lots of whistles! White Badger (FIFA referee), PRO ref and all around awesome guy Rubiel Vazquez chats with Gordie.

0:47 Friend of the podcast and previous co-host Zach Richter joins Gordie to discuss assigning, something he has taken on recently. 16:53 "Nerd Out" segment 20:26 Preseason NCAA discussion with Rich Grady 39:48 Outro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Season 2 Episode 3 0:43 Intro with Eric Montgomery 18:28 Nutrition with JJ Bilinski 28:35 Outro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

0:57 - Guest host Lucas Cuejilo joins Gordie in the studio. 8:09 - JJ Bilinski talks Fitness Myths in the first installment of his discussions about referee specific training. 27:59 - MLS AR Kevin Lock talks with Gordie about how he got started just outside Philadelphia as a 12year old working unsanctioned games to becoming a MLS Assistant Referee. 43:55 - Outro with Lucas Dynamic Athlete Training - dynamicathletetraining.com Kevin Lock - proreferees.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Gordie and Brendan say farewell (for now) to Christina Kremer with the last segment of Coffee with Christina, which deals with Mental Toughness.  Gordie interviews Becky Greenberg, the 2022 Young Female Referee of the Year. This impressive young woman has much more going for herself than "just" being a really good referee.   Gordie then speaks with JJ Bilinski, a National Referee from Florida. JJ started Dynamic Athlete Training (dynamicathletetraining.com) to help provide the tools and knowledge for referees to be successful in achieving their fitness goals. We will have segments in future episodes so JJ can help you reach your fitness goals.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...    Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun...  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...   When I Was A Boy by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060  Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Tony Sobolevsky rejoins Gordie for this episode to talk about recent updates to his refereeing career and a recent trip he was able to take to referee in Mesa, AZ.  The Coffee with Christina segment covers Motivation & Identity. This concept is relevant to many areas of life, not just refereeing. It discusses who you are and why you are doing what you are doing.   Gordie then interviews the one and only Christina Unkel. Christina is a litigation attorney, entrepreneur, and sports TV analyst/journalist. As a past NCAA collegiate soccer athlete and former FIFA referee, Christina has spent the past 15 years working and performing at the highest professional, international, and collegiate levels of the soccer game among the elite players of the world. She is also the State Referee Administrator (SRA) for the Florida State Referee Committee (FLSRC).   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Superepic by Alexander Nakarada   https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...     Energetic Drink by LesFM  https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...   When I Was A Boy by Tokyo Music Walker  https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

University of Kansas Assistant Coach Travis Smith makes another appearance as co-host and updates us on his soccer life.   Interview with Ryan Graves  Travis and Gordie talk with MLS Assistant Referee Ryan Graves and discuss his journey through the many levels of officiating. Spoiler alert: He spent time with the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.    Coffee with Christina  Christina and Gordie discuss the importance of having meaningful self-talk and how that helps us manage ourselves and our surroundings.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Superepic by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...    Energetic Drink by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/energetic-backgroun... Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...   When I Was A Boy by Tokyo Music Walker | https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...