264. Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir – Owning the Journey

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s pod, we sat down with Icelandic midfielder Andrea Rán Snæfeld Hauksdóttir — currently playing for Tampa Bay Sun and the Icelandic national team — for a raw, insightful conversation about resilience, reinvention, and rewriting your own playbook.

From qualifying for the Euros but not making the final squad,

to choosing college soccer at USF over going pro at a time,

to embracing every setback as fuel for the next chapter.

We also talk about:

⚽ Her journey across Iceland, France, NWSL, Mexico & now Tampa Bay

🧠 Mental toughness and self-accountability

📚 Why college soccer was the right path for her

🚗 And how she’s learned to stay in the driver’s seat of her own career

This one’s for anyone who’s felt overlooked, underestimated, or in need of a reminder that setbacks aren’t stop signs.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Talker knows, you know, we got some problems.
0:04.0	So you don't know where we're talking how to solve them.
0:07.0	We may laugh, we may learn, we might be your game.
0:09.0	We're missing.
0:10.0	Peace.
0:16.0	Do you have training today already?
0:18.0	Yeah, I did.
0:19.0	Running a little late.
0:20.0	Oh, good. We know how busy you are. We appreciate? Yeah, I did. Running a little late.
0:21.5	Oh, good.
0:22.3	We know how busy you are.
0:24.7	We appreciate you making time for us.
0:26.2	So how has it been there so far?
0:28.5	Really good so far.
0:30.7	How long have you been there?
0:32.2	In the USL.
0:32.8	Yeah.
0:38.0	It started last July, so yeah, since last year.
0:40.4	Okay, nice. And how do you like it? I do really like it. I know there were some people like thinking it's not going to be as good,
0:46.5	but I think so far it's been very competitive. And I think every single team has been like
0:53.0	really good and you never know who's going to win each game.
0:56.4	So so far, very competitive.
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