158 Sam Coffey- USWNT & Portland Thorns- Connecting with Her Real Love For the Game

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Today on the podcast we chat with midfielder, Sam Coffey. Sam tells us about making the decision and navigating transferring schools and switching teams in college as she went from BC to Penn State. Sam speaks on her evolving relationship and love for the game. She also gives great advice on how to make each teammate feel seen, heard and a part of the team.

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0:00.0	I'm in Portland. I'm in my apartment. You, uh, Portland? Mm-hmm. I do. I do love it. Yeah. It's currently
0:15.6	raining, which is pretty standard, but, um, now we're getting to, like, the part of the summer,
0:20.6	where it's, it's pretty nice. Right. Where are you guys located? We're all, we're based in New York.
0:25.3	Okay. We'll part in New York. Um, I'm alumni. Nice. I, I'm from Westchester, so I'm not too far.
0:30.5	Oh, okay. We're from sleepy hollow, right? I am. Yeah. That's pretty cool. So did, was it like,
0:35.5	really fun and Halloween town? Oh my gosh. It's crazy around Halloween. Like, the headless
0:39.9	horseman will come riding into town. All the kids go crazy for it. It's awesome. I haven't been
0:45.4	home for Halloween in, like, five years or something, which is a bummer, but it's crazy around that time
0:51.6	here. Yeah. I love it. I was curious. I literally cannot get into Halloween. It's like a force.
0:57.2	It is a force. I literally, unless I am invited, I am invited somewhere. I will not partake.
1:03.0	No, I have to. I'm like, people to do it. Well, going up, we turn the lights off and pretend
1:07.9	we weren't home, so she didn't have to give out candy. I'm like, I need to get on the porch. Come on.
1:13.2	I like seeing the little kids dressed up. He still does that.
1:16.0	That's awesome. But, um, yeah, so how's the season going and everything?
1:22.7	Season is going great. I mean, as a team, we're doing really well. I think we're like
1:29.6	second or third right now, which obviously you can't look at. Like, the standings don't mean
1:34.8	anything right now. It's a long season. Um, but I love it here. I love, I love this group.
1:41.6	Um, you know, we have a really amazing team culture. Obviously we just got like totally new staff
1:48.2	and, um, and coaching, coaching staff just completely different leadership in with the club,
1:54.4	which is, I don't know any different. So, um, I, I'm, I'm a huge fan of them. I think we're
2:00.7	ensuing a great job. Um, but yeah, it's a long year. Definitely different than one I've been
2:06.2	used to in college. I think that's been just like the biggest adjustment is usually or like
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