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The TopDrawerSoccer Show: focus on the future with Top Drawer Soccer

TopDrawerSoccer

Uncovering the underbelly of American soccer with insights from the experts at Top Drawer Soccer

Episodes

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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 b...

35:58Mar 27, 2020

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'...

48:37Mar 20, 2020

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 th...

39:52Mar 13, 2020

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 le...

01:06:15Mar 5, 2020

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 Majo...

55:15Feb 28, 2020

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. Th...

34:06Feb 21, 2020

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) whe...

54:46Feb 14, 2020

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...

33:59Feb 7, 2020

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 hir...

49:22Jan 31, 2020

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 NC...

30:12Jan 23, 2020

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 ho...

33:18Jan 17, 2020

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."...

45:13Jan 10, 2020

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 inv...

35:10Jan 3, 2020

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...

39:29Dec 21, 2019

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...

25:09Dec 12, 2019

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...

35:40Dec 6, 2019

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...

34:58Nov 27, 2019

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...

44:20Nov 20, 2019

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 w...

44:38Nov 14, 2019

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'...

31:56Nov 8, 2019