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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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	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 US men's disappointing
0:29.7	home draw to Canada last night.
0:32.1	If you are looking for some more detailed conversation about that draw, then we have definitely
0:35.7	got you covered.
0:36.7	You can find my review with Joe Lowry, we watched the game, then we went back and rewatched
0:41.0	it and then we recorded our thoughts.
0:43.6	That is two episodes ago and then the most recent one in this feed would be allocation disorder,
0:47.8	Paul and Sam both on site.
0:49.7	So then they also did an episode talking about that game.
0:52.8	So two USA review shows in this feed.
0:56.6	And as I said, even then, still feeling fairly disappointed, a little bit low on the US
1:01.9	men's national team right now.
1:03.1	If you were in the same boat and you would maybe like a reminder that soccer in this country
1:06.5	can be fun, exciting and inspiring, then this episode is for you because today, but really
1:12.2	last week we did this chat last week, but it's airing today.
1:15.1	I spoke with Andrea Yock, co-founder and president of Minnesota Women's Soccer.
1:19.8	They are the first independent women soccer club in the United States and they are seeking
1:23.5	to become a model for how to build and operate a community-owned team.
1:27.9	You may have heard her chat with Grant Wall a few weeks ago and we do cover some of that
1:32.6	same ground, but we spend a lot of time discussing their ownership model shares have gone on sale
1:37.5	and how that process has been going.
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