Tony DiCicco is the former Head Coach of the US Women's National and Olympic Soccer Teams and the Head Coach of the US U20 Women's National Team. In 2008, in his return to international soccer, he coached the US to the FIFA U20 World Cup Championship in Chile. He had previously lead the Full National Team to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Championship, the largest women's sporting event in history. And in 1996, he coached the US Women's Olympic Team to the first ever Gold Medal in Women's Soccer. Tony DiCicco is also the President, Founder and Technical Director of SoccerPlus Goalkeeper School and SoccerPlus FieldPlayer Academy. You can get his book, Catch Them Being Good, here - Buy it on Amazon How to find Tony: His website: https://www.soccerplus.org His email: [email protected] His Twitter: @tonysocc Show Notes: 5:30 How (and when) Tony got into coaching 9:15 Tony explains how to get athlete buy-in 16:15 What really makes Mia Hamm so special 20:00 Can you cut a player and help her career? 27:15 What must the US do to produce high quality players 32:15 Winning does not equal development 40:00 Every kid has a path 46:00 Did Tony coach his own children? 48:00 Tony's Rule of One Moments 54:30 Tonys Coaching Philosophy Join us for the Way of Champions Coaching Conference June 2-4 2017 Sign up here!

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