Former SI Writer Liviu Bird on Trying To Make It as a Soccer Coach in America

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Grant has an enlightening chat with former SI soccer writer Liviu Bird, who left journalism to start a career as a professional soccer coach. Bird shares his story of coaching Kitsap Pumas to surprise success in the U.S. Open Cup, taking his current jobs with Sounders Under-23 and Kitsap Alliance and the work he's currently doing to earn his UEFA A and U.S. Soccer B coaching licenses. Bird also details the advice he has gotten from coaches like Bob Bradley, Caleb Porter and Darren Sawatzky and explains why he thinks American players can be coached by those (like him) who revere Pep Guardiola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.4	K slash Special Offer. Hey there I'm Grant Wall. Welcome to the
0:29.3	Planet Football Podcast. This week's interview guest is former SI writer,
0:34.4	Neeview Byrd, who's now moving up the coaching ranks.
0:38.0	He's an assistant coach for Sounders Under 23s and a youth coach for the Kitsap Alliance in the Pacific Northwest.
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1:02.1	On work.
1:03.0	Let's bring you in Leave You Bird, former S.I. writer covering soccer who has gone on to much
1:10.9	bigger and better things as a soccer coach.
1:13.7	Lee to you, how are you doing?
1:15.6	I'm doing well, Grant.
1:16.4	Thanks for having me.
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