Andrea Yoch of Minnesota Women's Soccer discusses the trials and tribulations of establishing an independent, community-owned women's soccer club
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🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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On this episode, which will hopefully help restore at least a tiny bit of faith in American soccer, Andrea Yoch joins the show to discuss the founding of Minnesota Women's Soccer, the first independent women’s soccer club in the US, Why creating a team can be more fulfilling than reruns of The Office, how to go about creating a franchise and establishing a model, and what comes next as the club actively sells ownership shares to those who are interested! If you'd like to get involved, you can (and should) get more info at their funding site.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello everybody and welcome to the Total Soccer Show. |
| 0:24.3 | My name is Taylor Rockwell, and I am still feeling less than happy about the U.S. men's |
| 0:29.1 | disappointing home draw to Canada last night. |
| 0:32.0 | If you are looking for some more detailed conversation about that draw, then we've |
| 0:35.4 | definitely got you covered. |
| 0:36.3 | You can find my review with Joe Lowry. We watched the game. Then we went back and rewatched it, and then we've definitely got you covered. You can find my review |
| 0:37.9 | with Joe Lowry. We watched the game. Then we went back and rewatched it. And then we recorded |
| 0:42.1 | our thoughts. That is two episodes ago. And then the most recent one in this feed would be |
| 0:46.9 | allocation disorder, Paul and Sam, both on site. So then they also did an episode talking about |
| 0:51.8 | that game. So two USA review shows in this feed. |
| 0:56.5 | But as I said, even then, still feeling fairly disappointed, a little bit low on the U.S. |
| 1:01.9 | men's national team right now. |
| 1:03.0 | If you were in the same boat and you would maybe like a reminder that soccer in this country can be fun, exciting, and inspiring, then this episode is for you. |
| 1:10.7 | Because today, but really last |
| 1:12.5 | week, we did this chat last week, but it's airing today, I spoke with Andrea Yock, co-founder |
| 1:17.1 | and president of Minnesota Women's Soccer. They are the first independent women's soccer club |
| 1:21.7 | in the United States, and they are seeking to become a model for how to build and operate a |
| 1:25.8 | community-owned team. |
| 1:32.6 | You may have heard her chat with Grant Wall a few weeks ago, and we do cover some of that same ground, but we spend a lot of time discussing their ownership model. |
| 1:36.4 | Shares have gone on sale and how that process has been going. |
| 1:39.4 | The obstacles when it comes to developing a local team in a country that isn't always about |
| 1:43.2 | local, and how life changes when you've got a team to run, which is to say it changes pretty dramatically a whole lot more in there as well. But it was a really interesting conversation, at least for me. Hope it was for Andrea. Hope it will be for you all. And like I said, if you're feeling like you could use a reminder why soccer matters and can be fun, then hopefully this does a good bit of reminding. So on that note, with me now is Andrea Yock, co-founder and president of Minnesota Women's Soccer. Andrea, I'm guessing it's been a very busy week for you. Thank you for being here. Thank you so much for having me. Yes, it's been amazing. So let's talk about the amazing week. But first, |
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