Welcome to Soka 101, the podcast where we tackle the soccer questions you never knew you had.

There are hundreds of soccer teams across the US from rec teams in parks to Conquer Calf Champions League winning Bayamoths.

All those teams started with an idea.

But how do you turn that idea into a club?

Is it possible to start an American soccer club from scratch with belief and ideals, or is it like

P Diddy once remarked all about the Benjamin's baby? On today's Soccer 101, we're looking at how to

start an American soccer team, whether that's locally, regionally, or at the top table. My name's

Ryan Bailey. Joining me today, we have, hello, Mr. Taylor Rockwell.

Hello, my friend. This shouldn't be a complex issue that we're going to resolve in 45 minutes at all.

Should be straightened to the point. Yes, that's right. Graham Rutherland. Hello, how are you?

Hi, Ryan. I am fine. The other day we talked about if TSS was a professional team with it, what our kits would be like, and now we're doing a 101 on how to launch and register a team. Are we launching a team? Are we going to have a

pro soccer team next year, next season? Yeah. We're showing our hand a little bit here, aren't we,

Graham? A little bit. Well, maybe I just asked on the top, have either of you, for clarity's sake, ever started a team before?

I have started and co-founded two rec league teams in the US. That's as far as my experience goes. Taylor?

Yeah, the same. Rec league, like, amateur level, indoor and outdoor, a few of those. And they are very much like herding cats i imagine running a whole club

is like hurting a herd of cats i guess i'm not quite sure how that would work but yeah that's about

the extent of my organizing thus far a herd of herd of cats is called a parliament of cats of course

of course graham how about you yeah Yeah, I started Real Madrid.

That was you!

I mean, prove that I didn't.

Can't.

Check, mate.

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