The OFC Pro League: Meet Philip Mango : Solomon Islands Football King on Red Card For Mummy

Junior Matilda's Coach Mike Cooper: How to Grow an Australian Woman Footballer.

The Price of Entry. I love this phrase. It fits for anything you really have to try for , if you really want to achieve and is the key nugget of wisdom from my chat with Junior Matildas Coach, Mike Cooper for the latest episode of Red Card For Mummy. There's a price of entry for all players if you want to be good. If you want to be elite, the price is higher. Who knows, when you get in, you may come home with a door prize. So as Australia celebrates her soccer gene as the World Cup kicks off and our Instagram reels are swamped  by  gyrating Ugandan Kids, Tim Payne and Norwegian Vikings pulling imaginary oars, I can't help but reflect on the effort it takes to get there. To a World Cup , that is. For players. For parents. For Everyone. The Price of Entry. Nothing in the world of football is  certain, except that  everyone is just one ACL injury away from wanting an exercise bike for Christmas. But there are some things in sport that are true. On the point of that ACL. It mightn’t be that, but you will get injured. You will have to do the rehab. That’s if you want to make a comeback. An injury is not a shame or an aberration or an unexpected shock. It is the part of the price of entry. As is forgoing social life, getting up at sparrows fart, and eating so many bananas you would swing from the trees if your arms weren't so sore from gym. One would normally expect this to apply to  Ronaldo or Neymar or Sam Kerr or Mary Fowler or any of the superstars who have hairstyles the kids drag us to the hairdresser to copy.  But this could be your life too. Whether you have hopes and dreams for yourself, or your kid has found themselves on an elite pathway and it’s your role to facilitate each step without really knowing where it's all heading.   You may be paying your own price of entry, for them. Like learning to work from your car. or forgetting your partner's name. This episode of Red Card For Mummy was recorded in Suzhou China, at the Under 17 Women’s Asia Cup. Coach Mike Cooper is the custodian of Junior Matildas in the Matildas pillar of Junior, Young under 23 women and senior Matildas squads. Via this Asia Cup, Mike will take the Junior Matildas to their first ever  Under 17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco this November.  The Joeys will play the Men’s under 17 World Cup in Qatar in November.  The Big Matildas take on the world in Brazil, next year. Tell everyone. Mike takes us inside the Junior Matildas Asia Cup camp.  Here, they grow players for the future. Joe Montemurro is all over it, as he would be. The investment is for him. Everything here  is to prepare the girls for the next step in their Matildas journey. If any of them make the cut. So who are these coaches moulding the next generation of footballing youth, in a country still establishing its football culture as a potent force? For those of us who didn’t grow up with the game, how does it work? What does it take? and most importantly, what's the strategy? This podcast is the first in a series  from Red card For Mummy about growing champions, from grassroots to the globe  Insiders will tell you what’s going on. The do's and the don'ts. The universal truths. So beware. Difficult truths may arise. Bottom line, it's about mindset. The mindset of the players, the officials, the coaches the families.  When you have to stare effort in the face. When consistency begs for a sickie, when resilience is so hard you can barely spell it.  It gets hard for everyone, but the experience is  beyond contemplation. Join me for Red card For Mummy and Junior Matildas Coach Mike Cooper. If you've ever wanted to be better, it could be the price of entry. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The OFC Pro League: Meet Philip Mango : Solomon Islands Football King on Red Card For Mummy

Philip Mango, Captain and Goal keeper of the brand spanking new Solomon Island Kings, is everything about diplomacy that football sets out to be. Plucked from his basketball side as a teen to fill in as Goal Keeper in a school game because he could jump, Mango largely learned his skills guarding the net from you tube and a pamphlet given to him by OFC Goalkeeping Consultant James Bannatyne, a visiting coach on a development mission. In this deeply religious country that boasts an economy still largely based on fishing and farming just enough for the nations own use, Philip Mango at 30 is now one of the new breed of leaders learning management, mindset and physical empowerment through football; taking it back into the community in one of the worlds least developed nations. The Solomon Island Kings are the countries first ever professional club, created by the national government, the Solomon Islands Football Federation, and Australian club Wynnum Wolves. Never in his wildest dreams did Philip mango expect that he would be able to create a prodessional pathway in sport. beyond his pkaying and his capatincy, he has now been appointed as an educator for the OFC GK C License Course. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The OFC Pro League : Meet The Video Assisted Referee in the Solomon Islands

Neil Poloso is the referee development office at the Oceania Football Confederation , based in the Solomon Islands. In this inaugural season of the Oceania Pro League- which is a Club based competition in the Oceania region- Neil explains how the Video Assisted Referee system works. You know when the referee makes a rectangular box with his fingers to signify he needs to watch something over? Thats the VAR in action , and it’s about time we found out exactly how it all operates, when it’s used, and whether the tail wags the dog or the dog is in control of the tail. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

How to play for the Brilliant Matildas: Soccer's Basketcase of a Road Paved with Footballing Potholes.

Tell it like it is, Journalist Sam Lewis. She's a pioneer in the women's footballing space in Australia and has she got a Red Card to give out, as Australia's Matilda's just miss out on the silverware to Japan 0-1 in the 2026 World Cup Final hosted in Australia. In the wake of the loss there have been recriminations, blame, and believe it or not, in some sections, calm analysis. But Sam Lewis has the wisdom and analysis to identify the straight in the development road where it all comes undone for women hoping to play professional soccer in Australia - its the A - League. What is the A - league? So many keep asking, outside the tent. And voila, for those hoping to take a step inside soccers inner footbal workings - here is the answer. For the pottered history of Australia's professional soccer scene that every follower needs to be across....don't miss this candid and insightful episode with journo and advocate Sam Lewis. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Why Women Play Football: The Sisterhood of Travelling Soccer Players

Alicia Ferguson, known as Eesh - gives you the rundown on the great women of the game you really need to know, especially at this time of the Asian Cup in Australia. Eesh takes us into the dressing room for the story of the team - the relationships, the career paths, the babies, the adventures for a remarkably candid insight into the lives of women who have changed sport in Australia for all. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.